Wed.Sep 28, 2022

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How to Keep Innovating In an Economic Downturn

Viima

As we seem to be living in a constant economic downturn, leaders find themselves between a rock and a hard place, trying to reduce costs and foster growth at the same time. This dichotomy delivered by the financial pressure is unfortunately pushing many leaders and top managers towards suboptimal decisions that tend to focus more on survival and not enough on investing in the future.

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Sustainable Practices Start From the Ground Up

Business and Tech

We talked to Blue Diamond Grower’s director of sustainability about how (and why) more businesses should pursue green initiatives. Dan Sonke Director of Sustainability, Blue Diamond Growers. Why is it important for businesses to adopt more sustainable practices? It has become cliched to say that we pursue sustainability because “it’s the right thing to do.

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Policy Deployment: Examples, Techniques, and Tools

Kainexus

Moving an organization toward its long-term strategic objectives while maintaining and improving day-to-day operations requires thoughtful planning and attention to organizational alignment. It is essential that the strategy be an integral part of daily work and thinking from the top of the organization to the bottom. Because strategy execution is central to operational excellence , fundamental principles and techniques have evolved that reflect the practices of the most successful organizations

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Saving Money While Saving the Planet

Business and Tech

Capstone Green Energy helps organizations save money and reduce their carbon footprints by strategizing and executing more sustainable energy solutions. Capstone president and CEO Darren Jamison offered his insights into why going green is good for business. Darren Jamison President and CEO, Capstone Green Energy. Does adopting sustainable practices and technologies make good business sense?

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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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When Hiring, Prioritize Assignments Over Interviews

Harvard Business Review

Small projects can help ensure you’re hiring for skills — not just connection.

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A Q&A With the American Sustainable Business Network

Business and Tech

The American Sustainable Business Network is committed to promoting sustainable and equitable business practices. Jeffrey Hollender CEO and Co-Founder, American Sustainable Business Network. What are the ASBN’s three policy areas and how do they affect business? The American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN) works with its members to develop a vision and policy framework for a sustainable market-based economy.

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Why Paper Recycling Is a Success

Business and Tech

What makes paper recycling a success? American Forest & Paper Association’s Heidi Brock explains. Investing in and improving paper recycling has been among our industry goals for decades. We first set goals to improve paper recycling in the 1990s. The recycling rate has more than doubled since then. More than 50 million tons of paper was recovered for recycling in 2021.

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How to Prepare the Next Generation to Run the Family Business

Harvard Business Review

Start by understanding why they might be reluctant to inherit it.

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How Businesses Can Plan and Execute Climate Strategies

Business and Tech

The need to drive climate action is more important than ever. That’s the message as Climate Week NYC, the biggest global climate event of its kind, concludes. Now the company that’s helping businesses like Seventh Generation, Ben & Jerry’s, and Walmart become more sustainable wants to help others become more environmentally conscious and act. “You need to know where you’re starting, what that target is, and you need to involve the core parts of the business for alignment,” notes Greiner, co-

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Keeping Up with Customers’ Increasingly Dynamic Needs

Harvard Business Review

Relevance is fleeting these days. Here’s what sets successful companies apart.

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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

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What’s Next – The Only Way Forward is Through

Innovation Excellence

by Braden Kelley The world needs you. The United States needs you. Your family needs you. Both your heart and your mind are needed to work on potentially the greatest innovation challenge ever put forward. What is it? We must find a solution to the division and lack of meaning that has become the American […].

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Is backwards the way forwards for business?

IdeaSpies

The pandemic has got Aussies feeling sentimental about the past.

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With First-Party Data, Marketers Are Finally in the Driver’s Seat - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM TWILIO

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from Twilio.

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88% of managers do not believe their teams are productive working remotely

Idea to Value

A new survey of 20,000 by Microsoft shows how little trust most managers have in their teams. When asked “ Do you feel productive when you work remotely? ”, 87% of workers said they felt as productive or more productive working remotely than in the office. Yet when managers were asked “ Do you have confidence that your employees are being productive?

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How Automation is Driving Efficiency Through the Last Mile of Reporting

Speaker: Jamie Eagan

As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of

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Founder Michael Brunner is Honored as AFF Pittsburgh’s Hall of Fame Inductee

Brunner

With bold leadership and dedication, Michael Brunner — Brunner’s founder — has led the company to huge successes over the years, culminating in his recent win as an inductee to the American Advertising Federation (AFF) Pittsburgh’s 2022 Hall of Fame. And we couldn’t think of anyone more deserving than Michael. More than 30 years after its inception, Brunner remains one of the top 100 independent advertising agencies in the country and a key reason for that success is Michael. .

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How to Create an Empathy Map

Carla Johnson

September 27, 2022 When was the last time someone at work asked you how you felt about a major change in the business? Has anyone ever asked you for your perspective? And if they did, did you feel heard? Valued? Respected? If you’re thinking that seldom happens but it’d be amazing if it did, you’re not alone. Eighty-eight percent of. Read More. The post How to Create an Empathy Map appeared first on Carla Johnson.

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The State of Revenue Operations in High-Tech and Software - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM WEST MONROE PARTNERS

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from West Monroe Partners.

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How an understanding of Jobs to Be Done can strengthen democracy 

Christensen Institute

From the United States to Brazil , news headlines about the state of democracy across the world have been bleak recently. If democracy in many of these nations fails that could lead to political and social instability, and even widespread violence. . Responsibility to strengthen democracy in the countries that practice it falls on everyone, including elected officials, corporate executives, and average citizens.

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Implementing Intelligent Document Processing Solutions: Why It Works

See how companies like yours are tackling some of today’s most common business problems using AI-assisted automation for document processing. Manually capturing, extracting, and processing data within documents is a costly and outdated practice that’s holding your company back. IDP takes document processing to a whole new level so you can understand and use your data more effectively than ever before.

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4 Steps to Start Monetizing Your Company’s Data

Harvard Business Review

AI is no longer a luxury accessible only to big tech companies.

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