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How to Keep Remote Employees Enthused, Energized and Engaged

Michael Lee Stallard

According to the Census Bureau’s annual American Community Survey, it is estimated that telecommuting rose 79% between 2005 and 2012, and with the constant evolution of communication technology, this trend shows no signs of stopping. In addition to virtual communication, schedule times to meet in person as often as possible.

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Speak Your Truth So That Others Can Hear It

Leading Blog

This response would likely trigger an amygdala hijack in the other person, make that person defensive, and completely ruin any chance of productive communication. If someone asks you what you think about a project and you say, “My interpretation is that it sucks,” you may be honest, but you’re not being respectful.

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N2Growth Helps Businesses Combine Strategy & Innovation for a Consumer-First Approach to Digital Transformation

N2Growth Blog

Digital technology continues to transform both the retail and consumer experience. That transformation requires adopting new digital technologies in every aspect of business — from product design and operations to customer service and marketing. To stay competitive, brands must innovate and transform.

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Are SMEs The Overlooked Engines Of Innovation?

The Horizons Tracker

This is especially so as around two-thirds of the 40 million new jobs created in the US economy between 1980 and 2005 were created by new SMEs. Small business innovation It’s particularly common, however, to see small businesses dismissed as low-technology, hyper-local and often employing just the founder and their immediate family.

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PCamp Utah and the “unconference” explained

Lead on Purpose

In the technology world, conferences have grown into huge events that attract thousands of participants and occupy massive convention centers. Hosting technology conferences has turned into an industry driven by big money and advertising. BarCamps sprouted up in 2005 as the unconference way of gathering and sharing ideas.

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ProductCamp Utah

Lead on Purpose

In the technology world, conferences have grown into huge events that attract thousands of participants and occupy massive convention centers. Hosting technology conferences has turned into an industry driven by big money and advertising. BarCamps sprouted up in 2005 as the unconference way of gathering and sharing ideas.

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How to Stop Selling Your Ideas and Start Enrolling People in Them

Next Level Blog

With the possible exception of the car, there’s a pretty good chance you bought the product online after reading a lot of customer reviews. That idea comes from Donagh Herlihy who, when I interviewed him for the first edition of The Next Level back in 2005, was the CIO for Avon. Why was that the case?