Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

With fall officially here, children are now fully settled in at school, businesses are back up to full speed after summer vacations, and many of us are taking stock of our 2017 resolutions – and how to accomplish them before the holidays approach. Learning not only benefits ourselves but helps advance our communities as well.

Execution 247

Execution Education Learning-by-Doing Agility 247

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2018

Our research points to one possible reason: employers increased skill requirements during the recession, when high-skill workers were more plentiful, making it more difficult to fill those positions as the job market began to recover.

Education 10

Education Skills Marketing Industry 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The market panicked. The Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 was under way. This is most apparent in the credit markets, where revenues have shrunk by more than 40% from pre-crisis peaks. Defaults on subprime mortgage loans mounted. There was a run on British bank Northern Rock. Over the next year, many banks fell.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Bottom-up Compliance 8

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 8, 2019

Whilst the likes of the Frey and Osborne paper predicted a pretty widespread demolition of 47% of all jobs, the reality is that those with low-skilled, routine jobs are far more at risk. The thing is, those with low skills have been on the receiving end of pretty much every shift in the labor market over the past decade.

Technology 69

Technology Osborne Education Skills 69

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

After being denounced for years for its dictatorship and destructive economic policies, Zimbabwe entered a new chapter in November 2017, following the military’s removal of president Robert Mugabe, who ruled the country for 37 years. This is promising for a market formerly dubbed the “breadbasket of Africa.”

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

India Business Council found that its large company members were prepared to invest $40 billion into India by 2017. At the same time Amway and L’Oreal thrived in the same market and personal care sales boomed across most of India. Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington last September, the U.S.-India

Venture Capitalist 11

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

Businesses that require professionals with skills in high demand are virtually required to embrace the preferences of the next generation. The company committed to goals of being water neutral by 2012, carbon neutral by 2017, and ultimately zero waste. This fits with the idea that much innovation is driven by a war for talent.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8