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Within Work Nothing Happens All The Time, There Are Exceptions

Mike Cardus

BTW – I am teaching a Professional Development class for University at Buffalo School of Social Work in Solution-Focused Leadership. The class is full, but don’t worry, if you are interested contact me and let’s talk about brining the content and lessons to your organization, team and people. Barnlund 1981. Steve de Shazer 1988.

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How Companies Succeed By Engaging Radically With Society

Eric Jacobson

Clearly and powerfully define your company's contribution to society -- which must be at the heart of the company's purpose, not a side operation. Apply world-class management to traditionally "soft" societal topics. Engage radically -- a completely open, proactive and constructive approach to the outside world.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Great leaders intrinsically understand that team building catalyzes collaboration, creates both disruptive and incremental innovation, facilitates a certainty of execution, and is one of the key foundational elements associated with creating a dynamic corporate culture. They are simply meant to foster a spirit of cooperation.

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New Perspectives Required To Create AI Fit For Humanity

The Horizons Tracker

The movement is not operating from a standing start however, as there has already been some fascinating work done to explore how humans interact with industrial robots. Robotic colleagues. We’re seeing the rise of machines with agency, machines that are actors making decisions and taking actions autonomously,” the team explain in a blog.

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Larry Summers on What Business Can Do to Save the Middle Class

Harvard Business Review

Their answer to inequality and stagnant living standards is “inclusive prosperity,” an economic agenda centered around middle-class growth. Inclusive prosperity refers to the idea that growth — growth that is inclusive, that benefits the middle class — is essential if nations are going to flourish.

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Stop Trying to Control People or Make Them Happy

Harvard Business Review

Hence, the introduction of, say, a risk management team or a compliance unit or an innovation czar. And when managers need to boost morale and get people to work better together, they still follow Mayo’s “soft” approach — launching people initiatives such as off-site retreats, affiliation events or even lunchtime yoga classes.

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Germany’s Midsize Manufacturers Outperform Its Industrial Giants

Harvard Business Review

They belong to a class of small-to-medium German enterprises that are outperforming the country’s top public companies. The 300,000 companies in the association’s data set have more than doubled their profits from operations over the past 13 years, outpacing their corporate counterparts in the country.