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Increasing Employee Productivity: Getting The Best Out Of Your Team

The Human Factor

Motivated, dedicated, passionate employees can make all the difference to the fortunes of a business. If you run a company, and you’re eager to achieve the best results, it’s advisable to try to increase employee productivity and get the best out of your team. Here are some tips to boost morale and optimize outcomes. . Image credit: [link]. Investing in technology and embrace innovation.

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The Semmelweis Reflex bias, and why people continue to believe things which are proved wrong

Idea to Value

How would you react to a piece of information which proves that something you believe is wrong? While most people think they would react logically, you might be surprised to know that your brain might tell you to ignore this new information and continue to believe what is wrong. This is an unconscious bias known as the Semmelweis Reflex. It is a story about one of the most important medical findings of our time, and how many people whom it would benefit the most, chose to simply ignore it.

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Five Reasons Why You Should Think Like a Criminal

Destination Innovation

Image by Ryan McGuire on Pixabay. Have you seen the movie, The Day of the Jackal? In this 1973 film directed by Fred Zinnemann, Edward Fox plays a professional assassin, the “Jackal”, who is hired to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle. It is a compelling thriller in which it is hard not to admire the cunning and guile of the ruthless killer.

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The value of three horizon mapping for a Sustainability Journey.

Paul Hobcraft

Sustainability is one of the hottest topics in the business world at present. There is a hunt to find a new growth engine for a business and fundamentally show the pathway to a sustainable future. A sustainable future that mobilizes action in searching for new economic thinking incorporates a more circular model of management that builds a more purposeful recycling approach that reduces the pressures on our use of precious minerals and resources.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

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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How the 2021 Olympic Games Are Some of the Most Innovative Yet

IdeaScale

Overview: The Tokyo Olympics are using innovation to overcome a range of challenges in a Games facing formidable obstacles, including 5G, robotics, and e-waste recycling. Each helps the Games flow smoothly during a difficult event. The Challenge. The Tokyo Olympics were originally scheduled for 2020 but were delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Almost immediately, work began to hold the games safely and so athletes could compete, even if fans could only watch remotely.

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The value of three horizon mapping for a Sustainability Journey.

Paul Hobcraft

Sustainability is one of the hottest topics in the business world at present. There is a hunt to find a new growth engine for a business and fundamentally show the pathway to a sustainable future. A sustainable future that mobilizes action in searching for new economic thinking. One which incorporates a more circular model of management that builds a more purposeful recycling approach that has the objective to reduce the pressures on our use of precious minerals and resources and current consump

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The Biggest Adaptations We Need to Make to Accommodate Climate Change

InnovationManagement

In 2020, for the first time ever, solar and wind made up the majority of the world’s new power generation. In 2021, the US alone committed to protect 30% of terrestrial and marine ecosystems by 2030. And as of Earth Day this year, more than 30% of the Fortune 500 have made commitments to a carbon-free future. The post The Biggest Adaptations We Need to Make to Accommodate Climate Change appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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Developing Innovation Growth Boards: Insights From Practice

ITONICS

Danielle Ferry was a guest in our Innovation Rockstars Podcast , where she shared interesting insights about the Why, What, and How of Innovation Growth Boards at Moody's Analytics.

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Success Strangles

Mike Shipulski

Success demands people do what they did last time. Success blocks fun. Success walls off all things new. Success has a half-life that is shortened by doubling down. Success eats novelty for breakfast. Success wants to scale, even when it’s time to obsolete itself. Success doesn’t get caught from behind, it gets disrupted from the bottom. Success fuels the Innovator’s Dilemma.