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How Can Innovation Be Better Disseminated?

The Horizons Tracker

In a recent article, I highlighted some of the challenges involved in translating investment in technology and innovation into productivity improvements across the economy. This is emphasized by the fact that only 12% of respondents reported to having achieved an outstanding result using innovative dissemination channels.”

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Part-Time Work Can Help People Back Into The Labor Market

The Horizons Tracker

The furlough schemes deployed around the world to stave off mass unemployment during the Covid pandemic were a huge labor market experiment the likes of which have never been seen before. A similar proportion of employees thought that the furlough scheme had made their line manager more amenable to part-time work.

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Unlocking the Potential of Less Than Truckload (LTL) Freight Shipping: Strategies for Efficiency and Cost Management

Strategy Driven

As businesses navigate an evolving market, they increasingly turn to Less Than Truckload shipping to transport goods cost-effectively and flexibly. Strategies for Cost-Effective LTL Freight Shipping Cost management in LTL shipping requires a multi-faceted approach.

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First Look: Leadership Books for November 2023

Leading Blog

With his usual elan, Morgan Housel presents a master class on optimizing risk, seizing opportunity, and living your best life. The Heart of Innovation is the first popular book to concretely delve into what innovations really are and how to create them.

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Better Management Will Help Drive Productivity Improvements

The Horizons Tracker

It’s less common for poor management to be targeted to explain lackluster productivity, but research from Stanford’s Nick Bloom suggests that is a mistake. Weak management Bloom’s World Management Survey was established in 2004 to measure management practices across hundreds of medium-sized firms in the likes of the U.K.,

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N2Growth Helps Businesses Combine Strategy & Innovation for a Consumer-First Approach to Digital Transformation

N2Growth Blog

To stay competitive, brands must innovate and transform. That transformation requires adopting new digital technologies in every aspect of business — from product design and operations to customer service and marketing. Digital technology continues to transform both the retail and consumer experience.

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Doing Well By Doing Good With Darrin Williams, CEO Southern Bancorp

N2Growth Blog

Darrin Williams , CEO of Southern Bancorp, may have been a little surprised when a world-class business school professor came knocking at his door. For two decades she focused on organizations that were doing nothing short of reinventing capitalism by introducing innovative new business models.

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