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9 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2024 and Beyond

Harvard Business Review

In 2023, organizations continued to face significant challenges, from inflation to geopolitical turmoil to controversy over DEI and return-to-work policies — and 2024 promises more disruption. Employers who successfully navigate these will retain top talent and secure a competitive advantage for themselves.

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4 disruptive trends for higher ed in 2024

Christensen Institute

As the new year dawns, here are four other trends that could change the status quo in 2024. The decline in enrollment in higher education, disruptive alternatives to higher education, demographic declines, and the continued rise in spending by higher education. But the basis of competition is shifting. What’s driving this ?

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China the story of innovation and disruption.

Paul Hobcraft

Disruption is all around us; it never seems to go away; it simply appears in a different and often entirely new form. The result is the same; it disrupts what we know and often in how we suddenly need to set about doing it differently. Much of the innovative disruptions seem so obvious; you wonder why we were not doing these before.

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Are You Future-Proof? Preparing for Technological Disruptions

Phil McKinney

We live in unprecedented technological advances, and with these advances come disruptions that can significantly impact our lives and businesses. Understanding Technological Disruptions Technological disruptions refer to unexpected shifts in technology that can disrupt industries, businesses, and life as we know it.

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How Competitive Benchmarking Misses the Mark – And What Anticipatory Leaders do Instead

Daniel Burrus

Why does this happen, and how can you as a leader resist the urge to benchmark against the competition? I have five tips that can put a stop to counterproductive professional benchmarking, but first, understand this: The competition isn’t really competition, as we are all on the same team in one way or another.

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The flaw behind coding bootcamps’ attempt to disrupt higher ed

Christensen Institute

At the Christensen Institute, we wondered if they might disrupt universities’ master’s degree programs. Companies like Casper and Harry’s epitomized the trend. McGrath’s analysis of why companies like Casper lacked enduring disruptive value also reveals the central flaws in coding bootcamps’ initial direct-to-consumer models.

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Use a Strategy Uncertainty Map to Find Clarity in Disruptive Times

Leapfrogging

The past two years were as disruptive as they get for both society and business. The success criteria for the external environment might include customer acceptance, competitive differentiation, market trends, or anything else external to your organization that you don’t control. First do it for the External Environment.