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4 Steps To Become An Aware Leader

The Horizons Tracker

The value of thought diversity is well documented, but often we can become so enamored with our own culture, our own intelligence, and our own way of doing things that we effectively block out any diverse opinions. Think multiple steps ahead – the last step requires us to try and think a way into the future.

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Board Performance Optimization: Beyond Compliance Towards Excellence

N2Growth Blog

The concept delves more deeply than mere regulatory compliance, stretching towards a proactive approach that involves risk anticipation, scenario planning, and sound decision-making processes. This leadership should be committed to the organization’s vision, mission, and core values.

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Create a Strategy That Anticipates and Learns

Harvard Business Review

Traditionally, the discipline of strategy has emphasized a deep understanding of market economics and potential disruptors, the evolution of demand and value expectations, the competencies of the organization, and the role of talent and performance management. We can connect insights and execution at a pace never before possible.

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Create a Strategy That Anticipates and Learns

Harvard Business Review

Traditionally, the discipline of strategy has emphasized a deep understanding of market economics and potential disruptors, the evolution of demand and value expectations, the competencies of the organization, and the role of talent and performance management. We can connect insights and execution at a pace never before possible.

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The Olympics as a Story of Risk Management

Harvard Business Review

A terrorist incident, a breakdown of the London rail system, power blackouts, volcanic ash clouds , flooding, an outbreak of infectious disease—the London organizing committee (LOCOG) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) spent years thinking about every scenario they could imagine.

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Mindfulness Can Improve Strategy, Too

Harvard Business Review

In an age in which corporations and public organizations are increasingly under attack for short-term thinking , a dearth of vision , and perfunctory reactions to quick stimuli , it’s worth posing the question: Can mindfulness help organizations — not just individual leaders — behave more intentionally?

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Get Ready for the New Era of Global Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

McKinsey has identified more than 20 distinct submarkets in China, for example. On the innovation front, the opportunities are more diverse, but equally powerful. They are used mostly for assembling models and prototypes, but also have been used to make intricate aerospace components and even replacement human organs.