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Productivity Growth During The Digital Age Could Be Higher Than We Think

The Horizons Tracker

“Productivity growth is arguably the most important engine of growth in developed economies and most of the new technologies in recent decades are argued to be strongly factor-biased,” the authors explain. ” Under-reported growth. .

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First Look: Leadership Books for December 2019

Leading Blog

Redman was horrifically wounded in Iraq in 2007 when he was shot at close range through the face and arm. The Amazon Management System : The Ultimate Digital Business Engine That Creates Extraordinary Value for Both Customers and Shareholders by Ram Charan and Julia Yang.

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We Need Caution When Predicting The Future Of Work

The Horizons Tracker

Predictions of technological change are often very similar, which perhaps explains why the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) famously found that just 10% of technology predictions made by experts between 1990 and 2007 were accurate. This leads to gradual progress over time rather than rapid changes delivered at once.

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Robots for Health Care from Toyota

Curious Cat

Japan is also among the leading countries for developing robots for health care and living assistance. Most often innovation efforts take the form of understanding the jobs your customers are using your products and service for now and developing new solutions to delight those customers. That gives them a chance to be successful.

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Protecting Your Employees (and Yourself) from the Stress-Connection Gap

Michael Lee Stallard

People in task-oriented jobs, including physicians, lawyers and engineers, are vulnerable to loneliness. In our 2007 book, Fired Up or Burned Out , we wrote: “The bottom line is that connection is a necessity to any organization that aspires to achieve sustainable superior performance.

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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I believe great leaders will mentor and coach subordinates for the purpose of identifying and developing other great leaders. While there is an element of truth in that statement if this is what you aspire to as a leader it constitutes a complete under-utilization of leadership responsibility.

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Do you know why you lead? Post featured at Cheryl Bachelder’s site

ReImagine Work

since 2007. Post featured at Cheryl Bachelder’s site appeared first on Mary Schaefer, empowerment expert, speaker, coach & trainer for those in engineering, scientific & IT-related positions. I so appreciate Cheryl Bachelder featuring my post at her site. Learn about the value of knowing why you lead.