Tue.Jul 30, 2024

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How Biases About Motherhood Impact All Women at Work

Harvard Business Review

Women’s experiences as parents in the workplace are completely different from men’s. Men get a “fatherhood wage premium,” while mothers encounter a “motherhood penalty” in wages and advancement opportunities. One might think that women without children have workplace advantages on a par with their male counterparts. But they don’t. The maternal wall hinders all women’s careers, whether they plan to have children or not.

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What is Your Purpose?

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Purpose. Goal. Mission. You hear these words a lot this time of year. Not because it’s the start of the annual business planning cycle but because it’s graduation season.

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Is It Time to Pivot Your Strategy?

Harvard Business Review

Three questions to help you decide when and how to correct the course.

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Want a High-Performing Org? Learn from Gene Kim’s “Wiring the Winning Organization”

Planview

Technology companies want to deliver products better and faster, but as it is, demand often exceeds capacity, visibility is limited, rework is too common, and investments lack focus. Researchers have invested countless hours of study to understand how organizations can overcome these problems, including Gene Kim and Dr. Steven J. Spear in a recent book: Wiring the Winning Organization: Liberating Our Collective Greatness through Slowification, Simplification, and Amplification.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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An Astronaut’s Advice on High-Stakes Collaboration

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with Cady Coleman on teamwork under pressure.

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47 Quotes on Curiosity

Carla Johnson

August 30, 2024 Ever wonder why some people seem to have a knack for coming up with brilliant ideas? I’ll let you in on a little secret: it’s all about curiosity. That’s right, that same wide-eyed wonder you had as a kid asking “why” about everything under the sun.

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