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The Changing Landscape of C-Suite Executive Tenures: Insights and Implications

N2Growth Blog

CEOs tend to be most effective in their first few years, bringing new ideas, energy, and strategic direction to the organization. Over time, however, they may become entrenched in their ways, leading to a lack of innovation and agility.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Innovation Capital. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders.

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Work-Study Programs Benefit Students

The Horizons Tracker

While it may be tempting to assume that students at university should be devoting their full energy to their studies, research from Bocconi University suggests that a well-designed work-study program can significantly boost human capital. “Working while in school is controversial,” the authors conclude.

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Growing Entrepreneurs And Entrepreneurship: Lessons From Estonia

The Horizons Tracker

It was originated by the energy company Eesti Energia and developed a four-step methodology to engender an entrepreneurial mindset in students ranging from 13 to 19 years of age. The Global Innovation Index illustrates this, as they cite the inhibiting impact a shortage of human capital is having on the innovation potential of the nation.

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How Employees Respond When Activist Investors Get Involved

The Horizons Tracker

While their focus may be somewhat short-term, however, their impact tends to be more long-lasting, with this often because of the loss of human capital that results from hedge fund interference. Lasting impact.

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Culture Change: Avoid These Credibility Gaps and Traps

The Practical Leader

Human capital — assets with skin — have a different value than human beings. Most waste time and energy. Building an agile and change adaptive culture is vital today. Many leaders blindsided by change because of their expertise. A leader’s language is often a subtle indicator of his or her true values.

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Are Older Entrepreneurs The Best Entrepreneurs?

The Horizons Tracker

He suggests that the virtues of youth are that you have often boundless energy, combined with a lack of weariness in knowing what is ‘not’ possible. At the heart of their hypothesis is the notion that older adults have a variety of passions, and that these passions can feed into new ideas and innovations. Is it always the case however?