Planview

MAY 19, 2025

Note: This is an updated post (original publish date was Aug. 29, 2018). Wait, what? When is it bad to eliminate risks? Between tariffs that threaten to eliminate your margins, regional conflicts that disrupt supply chains, and with the next economic downturn just around the corner, who in their right mind would want to embrace risk? Many companies we speak with are keen to score their portfolio of initiatives across a number of dimensions, like: Strategic fit Market value Development cost Techn

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Focused Momentum

MAY 19, 2025

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, having a clear roadmap for your organization's future isn't just helpfulit's essential. Strategic planning provides the framework that allows businesses to navigate challenges, seize opportunities, and achieve sustainable growth. Let's explore why strategic planning is vital for your organizations success and when you should consider updating your plan.

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Qmarkets

MAY 19, 2025

When an innovation gains traction, it rarely happens all at once. Adoption unfolds in stagessome people jump in early, others wait for proof, and a few only come on board when they have no other choice. This pattern isnt random. It follows a model that has helped business leaders for decades: the innovation curve. For large organizations, recognizing where a product, process, or initiative sits on the curve is a competitive advantage.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2025

Eye contact, body language, and inner stillness can be the key to making overwhelmed employees feel supported.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 19, 2025

GUEST POST from Greg Satell Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenski has been compared to great orators like Winston Churchill. He vowed to the English House of Commons to fight in the forests, in the fields, on the shores, in the streets.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2025

She’s a case study in relevance, resilience, and connection.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2025

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Tullio Siragusa

MAY 19, 2025

From Customers to Community: Redefining Business Relationships Community is more than just a buzzword, its the backbone of lasting business success. In a recent episode of The Bliss Business Podcast, Jason Parker, CEO of K-Nine Resorts, shared how a simple idea built on trust transformed a local pet-sitting service into a nationally recognized brand.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2025

She got promoted with her former boss’s help. Now they’re competing for the same next level opportunities.

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Stephen Shapiro

MAY 19, 2025

People often ask me if Personality Poker is just DiSC or Myers-Briggs with cards. The answer? A resounding NO. Personality Poker was designed specifically for innovation, not just as another personality test. And unlike traditional written assessments, it reveals so much more. Personality Poker is more than a game; its a breakthrough experience that exposes the hidden gaps holding your people and teams back.

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Speaker: Mark Gilham, FCCA, CPP

Finance used to be the function that counted, now it's the one that’s counted on. 📊 For accounting firms, controllers, and finance leaders, expectations are rising faster than headcount. Businesses want agile forecasts, granular analysis, seamless reporting, and smart automation—often without added resources while demanding uncompromised accuracy and compliance.

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Michael Roberto

MAY 19, 2025

Source: Berkeley Economic Review What happens when we know that others are paid more than us? Does it affect our willingness to collaborate with them? What about hiring decisions? Are we more or less likely to hire someone who may earn more than us? Cornell Professors Kevin Kniffin and Angus Hildreth examined this question in a series of experimental studies.

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Phil McKinney

MAY 19, 2025

The Hidden Exchanges That Drive Breakthroughs You can have innovation or control, but never both. This fundamental tension explains why the most valuable work in your organization happens in the shadows. The tighter you manage, measure, and monitor, the more innovation retreats underground, finding routes around your carefully constructed systems. While corporate mythology celebrates the eureka moment in gleaming laboratories, true innovation rarely originates from formal systems.

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ITONICS

MAY 19, 2025

Technological innovation isnt just about disruption. Its about delivering more value in response to real market needs for the entire organization. Cross-functional teams play a crucial role in driving innovation and adaptability within organizations. Across various industries, companies are using technologies like gene editing, smart contracts, and carbon capture to solve problems faster, more sustainably, and at scale.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2025

Strategies to subvert, counter, or sidestep assumptions and biases that may pose barriers to advancement.

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Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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