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Focus on what you can control

Idea to Value

I came across a great LinkedIn post by Fredrik Haren on this exact topic. He speaks about when he set his goals, he almost always set his ultimate measure of success as being “the best”: When I wrote my first business book, The Idea Book, I wanted it to be ranked as one of the best. Other business books which outsold his.

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New Business Designs can be delivered through a Business Ecosystem Approach.

Paul Hobcraft

New Business Design- Empower Your Business Ecosystem. When looking at radically different thinking and design in business, where Ecosystems become central, you need to ask yourself what industries would benefit from such an alternative design and thinking due to the changing complexities and challenges they are facing.

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The Power of the Outsider Mindset

Destination Innovation

They are all famous entrepreneurs who founded successful new businesses. According to the Entrepreneurs Network , while just 14% of UK residents are foreign-born, 49% of the UK’s fastest-growing startups have at least one foreign-born co-founder. But also they are all immigrants or the children of immigrants.

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Scientific Management, Taylorism and how employees are prevented from innovating

Idea to Value

The Harvard Business Review’s Podcast “ HBR Ideacast ” has recently started a series on four business ideas which changed the world. Today I want to highlight another great episode on a topic I learned a lot more about: Taylorism. I already told you about their excellent episode on Disruptive Innovation.

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How Women Can Overcome Barriers That Some Men Don’t Even See

Business and Tech

Several weeks ago I was on stage in front of an audience delivering a keynote speech about the topic of “Wellness Privilege.”. To unpack the topic, I began listing several examples of what Wellness Privilege might look like in the workplace. Picture this. Case in point. Everything was going well, until I shared my last example.

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Examples of Businesses navigating complexity by fostering Ecosystems.

Paul Hobcraft

Achieving Meaningful Change through Business Ecosystems Achieving Meaningful Change through Business Ecosystems Achieving Meaningful Change through Business Ecosystems Several business organizations have committed to navigating complexity, fostering dynamism and originality in approaching innovation and business ecosystems.

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Why Being Digital Is a Key to Small Business Success

Business and Tech

If you ask the average entrepreneur or small business owner what lessons or skills they have learned and developed over the past year, there is one answer that comes up again and again: Zoom (AKA flexibility). . There is no flexibility in the modern business world without a digital presence. Digital platforms. Fast followers.

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