Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2024

Research suggests that the most effective leaders adapt their style to different circumstances — be it a change in setting, a shift in organizational dynamics, or a turn in the business cycle. But what if you feel like you’re not equipped to take on a new and different leadership style — let alone more than one? In this article, the author outlines the six leadership styles Daniel Goleman first introduced in his 2000 HBR article, “Leadership That Gets Results,” and explains when to use each one.

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Sopheon

APRIL 9, 2024

InnovationOps is the way of the future for any organization intent on efficient, repeatable and scalable innovation. By bringing together culture, ways of working, people and products, companies can operationalize innovation and bring every team member together under an overarching goal.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2024

Layoffs are trauma-inducing for an organization and its employees. When handled badly, some people (and organizations) never fully recover. Leaders make six common mistakes when communicating layoffs: 1) They’re not transparent about the state of the business; 2) They’re not clear on the path forward; 3) They don’t get the tone right; 4) They don’t offer remaining employees the opportunity to ask questions; 5) They don’t bring middle management on board; and 6) They don’t show appreciation to de

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Entrepreneur - Innovation

APRIL 9, 2024

Corporate intrapreneurs are uniquely positioned to lead the charge in harnessing the transformative power of artificial intelligence within their organizations. Here is how and why.

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Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2024

As DEI work faces increasing scrutiny socially, politically, and legally, organizations are taking extra care to re-evaluate their DEI efforts. Leaders are right to consider change, not as a reaction to backlash, but to work toward a more accountable, transparent, and successful vision of what DEI could be. The author identifies three things that need to change: 1) Clumsy, jargon-heavy communication, 2) disconnected and decoupled DEI goals and programs, and 3) nonexistent or vanity DEI measureme

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 9, 2024

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton It’s award season, which means that, as a resident of Boston, I have the responsibility and privilege to talk about The Departed (pronounced: The Dep-ah-ted). The film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2007 and earned Martin Scorsese his first, and to date only, Academy Award for Best Director.

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Kainexus

APRIL 9, 2024

Leaders who want to develop a culture of rapid continuous improvement have many tools at their disposal. So many that it can be challenging to keep them all in mind when deciding how to execute an opportunity for improvement or address a difficult challenge. Most organizations don't use all of these techniques simultaneously, but each can be remarkably effective when applied to the right situation.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2024

A conversation with MIT Sloan’s Bill Aulet on how to navigate a fast-changing landscape.

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Yet2

APRIL 9, 2024

Words by Emily Smith Introduction: In today’s discourse, sustainability often revolves around familiar buzzwords like electric vehicles (EVs) and renewable energy. While these are undoubtedly crucial components of the sustainability puzzle, there’s a vast landscape waiting to be explored beyond these mainstream solutions. Our aim here is to broaden the perspective on sustainability, uncovering innovative solutions that might not always steal the spotlight.

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Rmukesh Gupta

APRIL 9, 2024

Ilon Specht's iconic "L'Oréal" tagline, created in 1971, significantly impacted feminism and highlighted the power of clear communication. This post is about lessons for leaders that we can learn from this iconic piece of creativity.

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 9, 2024

Free the Genie for Teams is a simple, online, collaborative process that enables teams to unleash their collective genius and generate breakthrough ideas in service to a compelling goal, challenge or opportunity. The service we provide is the distillation of what we've learned, since 1987, designing and facilitating more 1,500 creative thinking sessions for 130 organizations in 11 countries.

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ITONICS

APRIL 9, 2024

To stay ahead in innovation, think of yourself as a detective, keeping a close eye on disruptive trends and new technologies. You want to make informed decisions about what technologies pose a risk to your business, and which present opportunities. Companies need a system to monitor and analyze such drivers of change constantly. This blog provides guidance on how to effectively monitor technologies relevant to your business.

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Carla Johnson

APRIL 9, 2024

April 9, 2024 Some people seem to just glide through changes and challenges like they’re surfing a wave. That’s adaptability in action. It’s not just a trait, but a skill you can grow and measure: your Adaptability Quotient, or AQ for short.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 9, 2024

Whenever I ask my clients to tell me about the quality of their company's brainstorming sessions, they usually roll their eyes and grumble, noting several of the phenomena below. Recognize any of them in your organization? 1. Lame facilitation 2. Wrong problem statement 3. Unmotivated participants 4. Hidden (or competing) agendas 5. Insufficient diversity of participants 6.

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Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 9, 2024

To kick off an exciting 2024, we’re highlighting a selection of the powerful features and updates that we launched over the last 12 months. Some of you might have already encountered these in some capacity, but we want to make sure you haven’t missed anything and fully understand the value each update represents. From streamlined campaign creation to enhanced collaboration tools and game-changing integrations, we’re here to supercharge your innovation efforts.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 9, 2024

At Qmarkets we’ve always believed in the power of the crowd, and the importance of harnessing that power through a structured innovation process. Generative AI tools are now putting this ability at your fingertips – allowing you to leverage literally billions of voices against any question or problem you might have on a daily basis. However if you want to harness that power to create value at an enterprise level, you need a much more sophisticated solution.

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