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Restoring the Soul of Business

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Interconnect to Larger Trends and Events. How does the data relate to what you’re doing or to an emerging trend or a competitor’s product launch? Data can spawn new and better data. Is there a test you might run based on the information you’ve gathered that can produce more insightful facts and figures?”

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How to Win in Africa

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They say business leaders tend to “underestimate Africa’s size and potential as a market, and overestimate the challenges of doing business there.”. Africa is the next growth market. Authors Acha Leke, Mutsa Chironga and Georges Desvaux of McKinsey and Company, take a different view in Africa’s Business Revolution.

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How to Be an Engaging Leader in a World of Robotics, AI, and Digitization

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I want to be treated as an individual – not as a trend or a robot.”. Plus, you will gain even further insights from them on how to leverage technology to gain to tap new markets, gain market share, and enhance the customer experience. Prioritize the Person, as Well as the Technology. “I Listen deeply. Align Vision and Values. “I

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Is Your Organization Digitally Mature?

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Instead, it involves fundamentally rethinking how you do business in light of all the digital trends occurring both inside and outside your organization. This includes not just knowledge of markets and trends, but how they are evolving and how the business should respond. What About Leadership?

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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2020

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Rather than dispensing simplistic rules, he mentors readers in the development of a mental toolkit for approaching challenges based on how startup markets evolve in real life. frameworks that help make thoughtful decisions about starting, growing, managing, and selling a business. Why and how do these kinds of things happen?

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John Chambers: Connecting the Dots

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When you compete against a market transition, you learn how to see around corners.” To address the real problem, you have to investigate the specific underlying issues and learn to step back to see the patterns and trends that point to the big picture.”. If the problem is market inflicted, don’t dramatically change your strategy.”

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Rookie Talent: Avoiding a Kodak Moment

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During most of the 20th century Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film, and in 1976, had an 89% market share of photographic film sales in the United States. I can’t help but wonder: If Kodak had paid attention to its aging workforce trend, would the company have maintained market share and avoided bankruptcy?

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