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Creating a Learning Organization: Fostering Continuous Improvement and Innovation

N2Growth Blog

According to LinkedIn’s Workplace Learning Report, 94% of employees would stay at a company longer if it invested in their career development. Mentoring Programs: Pairing experienced employees with newcomers facilitates knowledge transfer and professional development. times more likely to outperform their peers.

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Yes, You Can Brainstorm Without Groupthink

Harvard Business Review

In articles in both the New York Times and The New Yorker earlier this year, the concept of brainstorming as introduced in the 1940's by Alex Osborn has been attacked as ineffective and linked to the concept of " Groupthink.". Anyone, alone or with other people if they need or want help, can pick any idea and develop it further.

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Digital Transformation Doesn’t Have to Leave Employees Behind

Harvard Business Review

This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 7th Global Drucker Forum. Osborne from Oxford University calculated that about 47% of American jobs could disappear by 2020 due to digitization. The third step is about developing an organization that will foster digital practices.

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7 Reasons You Should Attend SOBCon Colorado

Terry Starbucker

As Kneale Mann, 2010 Chicago attendee, put it , “SOBCon is about full participation. I’ll let SOBConer Amber Osborne (aka Miss Destructo) have the last word : “What I have found at SOBCon is real, honest and supportive people that I have only known previously behind a computer screen. If you attend, you work.

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