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70 Trends to Watch in 2019

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By Linda Fisher Thornton Each year I curate a list of sites that write about trends that will change how we do business in the coming year. This year's list includes some ongoing trends from last year and some fresh ideas and new directions. Take a look at the 70+ trends at the links below and start getting ready for what's ahead!

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100 Trends to Watch in 2012

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As we enter 2012, these trend reports will give you a sense of where the world is going in a variety of different areas, from responsible leadership to social media, branding, consumerism, mobile apps and web design, food and color trends.

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Digital Deception: Unethical Sleight of Hand

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It will take a healthy dose of skepticism, critical observation and research skills to find out if what we see is as it appears. There are many new ways that bad actors are usual digital sleight of hand to trick us. And the list is growing. Educate yourself and your teams about these methods of trickery and how to spot them:

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A Zoom Lens Won’t Help You See “Good Leadership”

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This close-up view can be helpful for fine-tuning our leadership skills, but then we may begin to think that this close-up view is all there is to good leadership. By Linda Fisher Thornton Leadership is multifaceted, but leadership books are not often written about that.

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Thinking Beyond Disciplines: Why We Need it

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The Institute for the Future and the University of Phoenix Research Institute list transdisciplinarity as #7 in a list of skills critical for Workforce 2020. What is Transdiciplinarity? They define it as "understanding concepts across multiple disciplines.".

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Ethical Leaders Care

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there is an equally important side of ethics that involves helping others develop their own skills and abilities in ways that support the organization's mission. Many Programs Focus on Risk While many ethics programs focus on the risk side of ethics - compliance with laws and regulations, avoiding lawsuits, etc.,

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Staying Focused in a “Human Attention Power Grab” World

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By Linda Fisher Thornton Whether it's cute cat videos or shocking (and sometimes untrue) headlines, we've all found ourselves "down the rabbit hole" of distraction. We suddenly realize how much time has passed, and that we have abandoned important tasks to take an "infotainment journey.".

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