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How the Food Industry Is Using Cross-Training to Boost Service

Harvard Business Review

Cross-training employees on a variety of tasks can be a powerful tool for improving operations, as well as for attracting and retaining workers. When employees are cross-trained to perform a variety of both customer-facing and non-customer-facing tasks, they can adjust their work depending on demand and business needs.

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Moving the Skilled Trades Industry Forward

Business and Tech

As soldiers returned from war and families were growing at a rapid pace, infrastructure also boomed, which led to high demand for a workforce of men and women to support those industry needs. As a nation, we are now facing a shortage of well-trained skilled tradespeople. Industry forward. By 2028, the U.S.

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How Inovation Affects Leadership and Reskilling: Industry 4.0 Case

Idea to Value

The fourth industrial revolution is no longer just something that companies need to prepare for – it’s a reality that has already arrived. In the age of Industry 4.0, There’s more to Industry 4.0 HR and business leaders need a strategy to nurture the skills that will open the door to Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0

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The Failure of Innovation Training

Innov8rs

Skillset and mindset training must be integrated into a complete innovation stack to have any chance of delivering real impact. Even with all the best footballers in the world, the best training, and the most shots on goal - you’re not going to win the World Cup if you’re playing volleyball. Sadly, it doesn’t work like that.

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Measuring Innovation Performance

Why do only a third of the organizations worldwide have formal innovation metrics in place despite accepting that innovation is critical to survival? Download this eBook to learn about the 5 basic principles that guide every successful innovation process.

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How To Drive and Sustain Innovation With Learning and Development Training

IdeaScale

Innovation and training? Moving innovation from the training room into daily operations can be achieved by reevaluating how your company currently approaches training, to utilize L&D strategies that will maximize your organization’s innovative potential. They go hand-in-hand. Build Safe Spaces To Let Ideation Flourish.

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3 Experts Predict the Future of the Retail Technology Industry

Business and Tech

What long-term changes do you foresee the ongoing pandemic having on the retail industry? Three examples are augmented reality and virtual reality, hiring and training frontline people that can deliver personalized experiences similar to what consumers get online, and instant gratification.