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In Group Bias: Why we prefer people who are similar to ourselves

Idea to Value

So then why is it that so many companies are full of similar-looking people? It partially comes down to a cognitive bias called In-Group Bias. The In-Group bias shows that people naturally split other people into two groups: those who are similar to themselves (the In-Group) and those who are different from themselves (the Out-Group).

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What Demographics Forms Say About Inclusivity at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

For members of minority groups, finding their identity omitted in an organization’s demographics forms can make them question whether their identity is valued and respected by that organization.

Company 84
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Crowdsourcing vs. Focus Groups: A Comparative Review

IdeaScale

Companies use crowdsourcing for product innovation and focus groups for market research to gather the most relevant and useful data. Could using one or both of these methods of data collection be helpful to your company? Crowdsourcing Vs. Focus Groups Defined. Focus groups are, by nature, more reactive than innovative.

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How the Altice Group is leading innovation in Portugal

Exago

Between 2015 and 2017, the group devoted over 200 million euros to activities connected to innovation, almost twice as much as the second company featured in a study recently published by the national Directorate-General of Education and Science Statistics.

Groups 190
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How To Create A Movement To Drive Transformation In Your Company Or Industry

Speaker: Greg Satell

What you need is a cascade: small groups that are loosely connected but united by a common purpose. Everybody has something they'd like to change, whether it is a problem in their organization, their industry, their community or society at large. When they synchronize their collective behavior as networks, they become immensely powerful.

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A Better Way for Companies to Address Pay Gaps

Harvard Business Review

All too often, workers of one particular group (usually women or people of color) are systematically underpaid across an organization. The remedy for such pay gaps is often to focus on those workers who are most underpaid.

Company 126
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If It’s Lonely at the Top – Find the Right Peer Advisory Group

Innovators Alliance

What if you could connect regularly with a group of entrepreneurs from non-competing businesses at different stages of development? The opportunity for us to review our successes, share our challenges and work together to help support each other was priceless for myself and my company.

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Best Practices for Modern Records Management and Retention

Speaker: Sean Baird, Director of Product Marketing at Nuxeo

In this webinar, we will: Examine the pitfalls that prevent groups from failing to meet company and regulatory expectations. He will highlight real-world successes and analyze the key strategies and technologies that help organizations find balance.

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Measuring Innovation Performance

Why do only a third of the organizations worldwide have formal innovation metrics in place despite accepting that innovation is critical to survival? Download this eBook to learn about the 5 basic principles that guide every successful innovation process.

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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.