The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Creating such a culture of learning is something Shelley Osborne, Vice President of Learning at Udemy suggests needs five steps to be undertaken in her latest book The Upskilling Imperative. Given the importance of the topic, the book isn’t the only one to explore it, and Hire Purpose itself provides an interesting contrast.

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Osborne Development Tacit Knowledge Kaizen 117

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 1, 2019

Oxford University researchers Carl Benedikt Frey shot to public attention in 2013 when he and colleague Michael Osborne released research in which they predicted that 47% of jobs could be automated within the next decade or so. Adapting to change.

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Technology Short-term Osborne Long-term 70

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Resolving the first issue requires getting your employees to learn more about the way they think… a tall order for managers. Unfortunately, quite a bit of research demonstrates that the traditional brainstorming methods first described by Alex Osborn in the 1950’s fail. Innovative Teams (20-Minute Manager Series).

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Groupthink Process Osborne Idea Generation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

So when you’re managing a team or working in a group, what can you do to help foster creative thinking? arguably one of the most individualist countries in the world , is also the most creative in terms of patents generated, innovation, and scientific research publications. It’s no coincidence that the U.S.,

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Creativity Brainstorming Osborne Maslow 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

It is a nearly irresistible narrative, which has been captured in books such as Martin Ford’s Rise of the Robots and The Second Machine Age , by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee. Take, for example, the role of a marketing manager or executive in a consumer products company.

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