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How to Ensure Your Organization’s Digital Transformation Succeeds

Leading Blog

This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models. In 2013, Nokia’s mobile phone business was sold to Microsoft. Subsequently, its market share plummeted by 90 percent. To achieve alignment, a common language is crucial.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?. Selection Methodology.

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2012 Women in Business and the Gender Gap Research and Statistics

Women on Business

The year is almost over, and as we prepare to enter 2013, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the data that quantifies the gender gap that women in business face. Let’s hope the numbers continue to change for the positive in 2013 so companies hire and promote powerful, diverse teams and leaders. Women in Technology.

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Target’s Fall Guy: Is Your Board Prepared?

N2Growth Blog

The primary reason stated was because of the continued fall-out from the 2013 massive data breach. What if the board does not have technology expertise? Or if their technology expertise is antiquated? Technology expertise in this case, by the way, does not refer to the CEO or former CEO of a technology company.

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3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Ed Catmull, President of Pixar Animation and Walt Disney Animation Studios, describes what he’s learned about leadership and corporate culture in his excellent new book, Creativity, Inc.: With the leadership change, Disney began to produce hits such as Tangled and Wreck-It Ralph. Encourage self-expression and diversity of thought.

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Managing Distraction in the Digital Era

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Amy Blankson: In 2013, the National Center for Biotechnology Information reported that the average attention span of a human has dropped to a mere eight seconds , one second behind that of a goldfish. If you can’t step away from technology completely during work, consider limiting how often you check email.

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Success Stories From 10 Successful Entrepreneurs From Around The World

Eric Jacobson

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership. Around 2013 we began to notice an exciting renaissance in the SF tech scene as startups and entrepreneurship took off.