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Bad news does not Travel up the Hierarchy

Destination Innovation

However, senior managers at the contractor and at NASA were not notified. Amy Edmondson, professor of leadership and management at Harvard Business School, has written a book, The Fearless Organization, in which she argues that a culture of silence is both common and dangerous. In short, bad news does not travel up the hierarchy.

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The Travel & Hospitality Industry is Being Disrupted, Again.

Leapfrogging

Now big travel and hospitality companies are going after the next disruptive innovation themselves before getting blindsided yet again. It’s no wonder Plug and Play created a vertical focused on travel and hospitality. The “travel-tech” sector has attracted over $19B+ since 2008. Airbnb disrupted hotels.

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Phasing the Energy Transition by Technology and Horizon Management

Paul Hobcraft

How do we handle rapid changes in infrastructure needs, incentivising market changes or managing a number of potentially stranded assets, switching from fossil fuel to renewables, or the ability to ensure developing countries can have access to financing these changes, even with proven technologies we have today.

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Choosing your direction of travel

Paul Hobcraft

The project and portfolio management, the life-cycle management, integrating the supply chain, quality assurance and corporate sustainability all are work-in-progress. Digital connections and technology platforms. So many organizations are not internally connected-up as they should be. A dream or within the realms of reality?

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The Emerging Spend Management Sector: Simplifying Your Accounting Processes

Speaker: Spencer Falbo, Principal at Kong Basile Consulting

For a long time, the market has offered point solutions for accounts payable, such as bill payment, expense management, travel software, and corporate cards. A Spend Management Software that consolidates all expenditures onto a single platform and automates many of the workflows associated with spending company funds.

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How Business Travel Spurs Innovation

Michael Roberto

Companies clearly have adopted a range of improved communication technologies since 2020, and managers have become more adept at using these technologies. The scholars found that, "a 10 percent increase in nonstop flights between two locations led to a 1.4 percent increase in new patents between firms in those places." hours or less.

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2 Rising Travel Innovators and the Advantages of Direct Bookings

Innovation Walk

When we want to book a hotel we automatically go to our favourite online travel agency (OTA), also known as a booking portal. Here I share my thoughts on 2 rising travel innovators and the advantages of direct bookings. They currently manage data for over 6,000 hotels. So, what is the alternative?