Mon.Oct 03, 2022

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The Ways Inflection Points Define Our Future

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell Humans tend to think in a linear fashion. If something is growing, we expect it to keep growing. If it is decreasing, we expect it to continue to decrease. We are natural trend watchers and instinctively look for patterns. Yet it is often the discontinuities, rather than the continuities, that […].

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Getting Along with an Insecure, Know-It-All Pessimist

Harvard Business Review

How do you bring about positive change — or just keep a workplace functional — when the person in charge won’t listen?

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Getting The Fundamentals Right

Innov8rs

Innov8rs |. If you don't know where you're going, how will you know when you get there? You won't get results from your innovation programs, processes and projects if the fundamentals are lacking. It may sound obvious, but in most if not all organizations there's still quite big gap between aspirations and actuals. From setting a proper strategy and structuring and organization the function, to having clarity about who makes what type of decisions when, to understanding how to align with and inv

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How Do I Get Promoted Without a Clear Career Path?

Harvard Business Review

A leader learns how to advocate for himself to reach his long-term career goals.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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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6 Ways to Drive Sustainability in Transportation

Acuvate

The world is facing a pressing crisis in terms of a rapidly expanding population, depleting resources, growing carbon emissions, and rising temperatures. With our planet on a path to a 2.7 degree-celsius temperature rise by the end of this century, there is an immediate need to tackle the climate crisis, reduce global warming, and progress toward achieving zero-waste sustainability goals.

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How a Company Becomes a Pillar of Its Local Community

Harvard Business Review

It was never guaranteed Detroit would become Motor City.

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Competing in the New Talent Market

Harvard Business Review

Six changes companies need to make now.

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The UK Economic Crisis Might Not Be a One-Off

Harvard Business Review

Britain’s travails are part of a wider set of political and economic problems in Europe.

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How Employers Can Set Formerly Incarcerated Workers Up for Success

Harvard Business Review

What effective second-chance hiring looks like.

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