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How to Solve Our Wild Problems

Leading Blog

The big decisions in life, what Russ Roberts calls Wild Problems — whether to marry, who to marry, what career path to follow, ethical dilemmas — “can’t be made with data, or science, or the usual rational approaches.”. In 1838, Charles Darwin faced a wild problem. So what do we do when faced with a wild problem?

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Visionary Thinking Is a Practiced Skill

Leading Blog

I’m not trying to downplay the incredible success these people have achieved, but I believe everyone is capable of being a visionary — you just need to develop the skills to identify the vision and then bring it to reality. That sets a high bar for the practice of visionary thinking.

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Put The SERVE Back in Public Service – 5 Ways Government Leaders Can Restore Trust

Lead Change Blog

As a result, Americans have developed a chronic sense of mistrust toward government. Too many leaders in Washington have insulated themselves with “yes men,” people who believe and think alike, and that allows group-think to reign and egos to run wild.

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How to Get the Most Benefit from an Executive Development Program

Great Leadership By Dan

In my current role as Director of Executive Development Programs at the University of New Hampshire , I’ve had the opportunity to observe and interact with hundreds of our program participants. Most executive development programs are heavy on the pre-work and evening work – case studies, assessments, interviews, etc….

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Celebrate Failure

Career Advancement

In doing so, they help their most creative people to develop exciting new ideas. Keep a track record of failures, with detailed information about what people tried. Just as a failed cancer drug proved incredibly useful for managing the AIDS virus, a past failure can become a wild success in a different context.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Take stock of the progressive development plans and programs they’ve made available to the workforce. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better. and a development manager at Oracle Corp.

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Have You Ever Contemplated Your Own Demise?

Great Leadership By Dan

Whether it’s a career plan or an organizational strategy, we tend to feel far more comfortable developing positive, purpose- or mission-driven strategy. It’s our go-to approach to strategy development because it helps us to break down long-term growth planning into practical, incremental activity.

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