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Viral Engagement on a Global Scale

Strategy Driven

But the problem is not with financial capital — it’s human capital, where too many companies are missing a key component of the growth equation. A foundational study by James Fowler and Nicholas Christakis out of the University of California and Harvard, respectively, demonstrated that cooperation spreads from person to person.

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The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

I firmly believe that if we redeployed even a fraction of the time and energy we spend focusing on failure toward learning from success, we'd get a lot farther faster.". Chris Young , from Human Capital Strategy Blog , picked When Emotion Becomes Leadership's Biggest Enemy. What can leaders learn from the makers of fine cognac?

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Bots Won’t Just Help Us Buy Stuff. They’ll Help Us Become Better Versions of Ourselves

Harvard Business Review

Data-driven selvesware could help the global project manager hoping to foster greater cooperation and camaraderie within their team. Just as they do for physical fitness, technologies tracking steps and heart rates already capture actionable inferences about individual energy levels and moods.

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5 Ways to Boost Your Resilience at Work

Harvard Business Review

In a 2014 global survey of Human Capital Trends conducted by Deloitte , 57% of respondents said that their organizations are “weak” when it comes to helping leaders manage difficult schedules and helping employees manage information flow, and that there is an urgent need to address this challenge. Develop mental agility.

Stress 14
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Four Innovation Trends to Watch in 2013

Harvard Business Review

North America's fracking fever has proviked experts (who once feared the world had passed Hubbert's Peak ) to predict the US will soon be a net energy exporter. Human ingenuity — increasingly augmented by technical amplifiers — remains the most remarkable renewable resource. We Don't Need No Stinkin' Badges! '.

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Innovating Your Way Out Of The Resource Curse

The Horizons Tracker

Nugent, and Hoda Selim, explores the topic through the particular lens of the six Arab nations that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council. Indeed, many of the gleaming facilities are crying out for the throngs of people and energy that most characterize the very best innovation hubs around the world.