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How to Ensure Your Organization’s Digital Transformation Succeeds

Leading Blog

To illustrate the potential impacts, in 2007, Nokia had a little over half the mobile phone market with an operating profit of about $7.8 Subsequently, its market share plummeted by 90 percent. Nokia just couldn’t keep up. Its phones were quickly viewed as antiquated and difficult to work with for developers.

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Doubting Existing Management: Private Equity’s Talent Conundrum

N2Growth Blog

Transition Amidst Talent Scarcity The transition isn’t smooth, especially when the industry is aggressively vying for C-suite executives from public domains and broadening their horizons to embrace a more diverse talent pool, aiming to retain a younger, dynamic workforce.

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What Makes Urban Labor Markets Resilient?

The Horizons Tracker

Urban labor markets are often said to be highly resilient, but it’s not always entirely clear why that is. There is clearly a strong desire across policymakers, economists, and employers to understand the kind of factors that contribute to a healthy job market. Traditional models have limited workers to narrowly defined jobs.

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The Role Prediction Markets Play In Assessing Climate Risk

The Horizons Tracker

Prediction markets are often highly effective means of bringing together diverse perspectives, and have been shown to outperform individuals and teams in a wide range of tasks. Prediction markets are designed so that incentives are given to those with vital bits of information to disclose that information.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. I’ll take it one step further – I can’t really think of any issue that should be argued or decided solely on the merits of diversity. In fact, let me take it up even another notch…diversity should be a non-issue altogether.

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The Big Picture of Business – Diversity is Important for Business

Strategy Driven

Diversity is most important for business, the economy and quality of life. I have conducted many diversity audits of companies. I have seen corporate America embrace diversity in many practices, including the workforce and suppliers. Diversity is about so much more than human resources issues.

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5 Strategies, Tactics and Traits to Support Diversity in the Modern Workplace

Strategy Driven

Whether it’s embracing differing cultural backgrounds or bringing in workers from abroad, modern businesses are becoming more diverse than ever in terms of talent. In fact, there’s a strong argument to be made that embracing more diverse backgrounds is a net positive for modern businesses. Think about it. Conduct Individual Check-In’s.