Mon.Sep 26, 2022

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Building out our innovation ecosystem in design and thinking

Paul Hobcraft

Finding the new building blocks of innovation ecosystem design and thinking. Why change our thinking and designing around innovation ecosystems?“. For me, ecosystem thinking and design offer fresh ways for accelerating mutual learning, and through this innovation, outcome potential for sharing and knowledge building. As we build an understanding of the power of digital platforms and ecosystem thinking, we can see gains and new values and realize different opportunities denied to us in the past b

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Women in the Trades: Making the Glass Ceiling a Myth

Business and Tech

We spoke to Roni Savage, CEO of Jomas Associates , about working successfully in a male-dominated industry and challenging the status quo. Roni Savage CEO , Jomas Associates. How have you, as a woman, navigated and succeeded in a male-dominated industry? It can be daunting not seeing anyone who looks like you in the workplace. However, I grew up with four older brothers and that experience certainly prepared me for navigating the male-dominated industry I now work in.

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Job Insecurity Harms Both Employees and Employers

Harvard Business Review

Many organizations make no secret of their strategic use of the threat of job loss to motivate employees. But new research suggests that this isn’t just cruel — it’s often counterproductive.

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Leveraging Opposition to Drive Change Forward

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell Clearly, we live in a time of great flux. First, #MeToo, then Covid-19 and now a new racial consciousness in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. The most important task for leaders over the coming years will be to guide their organizations through change. Make no mistake, it […].

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From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential with AI

Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, and guest speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.

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How Sustainability Efforts Fall Apart

Harvard Business Review

Corporate structure and culture often derail companies’ best intentions. Here’s how to overcome these common pitfalls.

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Five ways to drive innovation from the centre

Cris Beswick

Innovation has the potential to thrive in every organisation, no matter how large or small. So why are 55% of businesses not seen as active in innovation? The answer may lie with your middle managers, says Cris Beswick, author and co-founder of OUTCOME. Here’s how you can create the right conditions to enable your people to lead and contribute to innovation-led transformation.

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How Important Are Face-to-Face Interactions for Innovation?

Michael Roberto

Source: www.lifesize.com Much has been written about the impact of remote work on collaboration and innovation in the workplace. Yet, few rigorous studies have attempted to document the actual impact on innovation. Now comes a fascinating new paper from David Atkin , M. Keith Chen & Anton Popov. They used an enormous amount of smartphone geolocation data to track face-to-face interactions.

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Getting Along with a Biased Tormentor

Harvard Business Review

When you don’t want to quit, but you need to protect yourself from a manager’s bias and incivility.

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Is Your Family Office Built for the Future?

Harvard Business Review

Five critical decisions to set it up for long-term success.

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Coming Soon: Season 4

Harvard Business Review

The new season of Coaching Real Leaders tackles becoming an entrepreneur, making a later-life career change, and other new leadership challenges.

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How Mature Companies Are Scaling Transformational New Businesses

Scaling transformational innovations in large companies is challenging due to ‘Company Fit’ issues, which arise when the resources, processes, and priorities (RPPs) of the core business are not aligned with the needs of the new business. Many companies have learned how ambidexterity—the ability to both ‘exploit the present and explore the future,’ can help them address these issues for ideation and incubation of new innovations, but scaling transformative business innovations remains a challenge