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What Prompts Investments In Energy Innovation

The Horizons Tracker

Spurring renewable innovation. The researchers highlight that despite the invasion prompting many countries to double down on renewable innovation, others have responded by doubling down on domestic production of fossil fuels. Instead, it is participation in initiatives like Mission Innovation , which has done. Energy funding.

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Management Innovations Only Work When No One Else Is Doing Them

The Horizons Tracker

The analytics-driven tactics used by Oakland Athletics’ manager Billy Beane not only inspired the best-selling book and film Moneyball, but also a wave of imitators seeking to tap into the secret sauce that allowed Beane to over-achieve with the unfancied baseball team he was in charge of. ” Management innovation.

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Hot Seat: Jeff Immelt at GE

Leading Blog

I N SEPTEMBER 2001, Jack Welch was a tough act to follow. GE had internal problems, it was overly reliant on GE Capital, and it was not digitally literate and innovative. And in 2001, the economic tailwinds that Welch enjoyed were about to shift. And learn to recognize the difference between tailwind and good management.

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Using AI To Better Manage A City’s Waste

The Horizons Tracker

Space is at a premium in most cities around the world, and few would actively choose to devote more of it to waste management than was strictly necessary. Recent research from the University of Johannesburg explores how AI can give waste managers a helping hand in forecasting the landfill requirements of their city in the medium to long-term.

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Change is a Double-Edged Sword

Lead Change Blog

One of my favorite change quotes comes from a book by Michael Fullan, a Canadian expert on educational change, who wrote in Leading in a Culture of Change [2001]: “Change is a double-edged sword. While many of us know change is typically rapid and non-linear, less often is depicted its exciting potential for creative, innovative solutions.

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An Overview: Agile and Enterprise Architecture

Strategy Driven

Back in 2001, what we know today as the Agile Manifesto was born , by the hand of several American CEOs of the technology sector (software) and they decided to combine various ideas to propose an alternative to the slow working methods that were not responding to the current ones needs, before your organization and your customers.

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Generational Differences in the Workplace: Understanding and Embracing Generational Diversity

HR Digest

These generational differences can create challenges in the workplace, but they can also be a source of strength and innovation when properly understood and managed. Generation Z (2001-2020) The youngest generation in the workforce, Generation Z, is just beginning to enter the workforce.