Harvard Business Review
JUNE 10, 2024
There is a common leadership misconception that merely encouraging team members to voice their opinions will foster an environment of openness. But people won’t speak up unless they feel safe doing so. As a leader, this means you have to address the underlying reasons for employee reticence, including the individual and systemic barriers to speaking up.
IdeaScale
JUNE 10, 2024
This post is about a meeting method variously referred to as conversation mapping, dialogue mapping, or argument mapping and a software tool that supports it. Conversation mapping is the outgrowth of Issue-Based Information Systems (IBIS), an idea first proposed in 1970 by Horst Rittel, an urban planner and designer.
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Harvard Business Review
JUNE 10, 2024
There is no easy solution for companies trying to craft policies that balance in-office and flexible working, as there are undeniable benefits to both approaches. But much of the recent messaging from company leaders demanding that employees return to the office has felt tone-deaf at best and dictatorial at worst. To be successful, companies need to engage in dialogue with employees and be explicit and honest about which outcomes are most critical.
IdeaScale
JUNE 10, 2024
Drop in on the Q&A portion of a recent innovation conference, sponsored by my colleagues at Visagio. I gave the keynote speech about Seeing Around Corners and the criticality of innovation. Here is an excerpt from the Q&A. Image via Pxhere What are the risks and benefits of completely changing a business model?
Speaker: Jay Allardyce
As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 10, 2024
Too many organizations with unsustainable “work hard, play hard” cultures believe that checking the well-being box by offering mindfulness training or yoga classes qualifies them as having a positive and safe culture when, in fact, they’re merely “carewashing.” Like the more familiar term greenwashing, carewashing is derived from whitewashing: covering up or putting a misleading spin on a failure to meet some commitment, stated claim, or standard.
Innovation Excellence
JUNE 10, 2024
GUEST POST from Greg Satell In 2014, Stephenie Landry was finishing up her one-year stint as Technical Advisor to Jeff Wilke, who oversees Amazon’s worldwide consumer business, which is a mentor program that allows high potential executives to shadow a senior leader and learn first-hand. Her next assignment would define her career.
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Stephen Shapiro
JUNE 10, 2024
PIVOTAL launches in less than a week. But the reviews of the pre-release version are fantastic! “Shapiro has written a grounded book for dizzying times. His simple yet profound framework combines stability and agility to offer a wise alternative to perpetual pivoting that can help you build an iconic, enduring business.” — DANIEL H. PINK, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive , The Power of Regret , and To Sell Is Human “Innovation has become the default—but what happens when innovation
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 10, 2024
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Yet2
JUNE 10, 2024
Words by Carlos Pichardo Here’s a hard fact: in the competitive landscape of business, your network often determines success or failure. A good network can give you access to capital, solution providers, and other elements necessary for a booming business. Here’s another hard fact: building a winning network is difficult work. You have to be able to leverage different channels, recognize opportunities, and build lasting relationships.
Stephen Shapiro
JUNE 10, 2024
Imagine a brightly lit stage. The speaker comes out and says nothing for 30 seconds. He is holding a basketball, which he begins to bounce a few times. The sound resonates through the room, and the audience wonders what’s going to happen next. He then demonstrates a classic basketball move: the pivot. He proceeds to say: When executing a pivot, in basketball, just like in business, all eyes are on the foot moving in circles.
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Michael Roberto
JUNE 10, 2024
Fortune's Phil Wahba has written an excellent article titled " From Tide Pods to Coach bags, how Fortune 500 companies use museums of their hits and misses to drive success." He documents how business leaders have developed company museums and assigned individuals to serve as corporate historians. Many firms derive great benefit from these efforts to preserve and highlight important facets of their histories.
Paul Hobcraft
JUNE 10, 2024
Recently, I presented my framework to the GIMI think tank GIMI was initiated by a worldwide group of chief innovation officers, innovation executives, academics and consultants in 2009. The framework I offered is built upon interconnected ecosystems. Connecting innovation, business, dynamics, and enterprise is crucial for creativity, growth, adaptability and growth.
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