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Are Bosses With Integrity Less Innovative?

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They only analyzed companies where the CEO was hired between 2011 and 2013, and who had also stayed in post until at least 2018. In addition to measuring integrity, the researchers also analyzed shareholder letters for keywords that are highly correlated with innovation, proactiveness, and risk-taking.

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Innovation Thrives Despite Piracy

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After all, when people could get your core offering for free, not only would that harm your income but it would discourage the industry from producing content and stifle innovation. Research from the University of Southern California explains why piracy wasn’t the death knell of innovation so many feared. Thriving creativity.

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Study Finds No Publishing Bias Against Novel Research

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Against novelty The researchers explain that there has long been a concern that reviewers and journals leaned more toward conservative research findings, which inevitably discourages researchers from pursuing novel and innovative projects.

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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. Satya Nadella.

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Tier 1 Visas And The Immigration Scandal

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When stories of Tier 1-related corruption began to break, the government responded in December 2018 by suspending the route, only to retract this suspension shortly afterwards and issue several hollow statements about toughening up surrounding regulation. . Details of the case appear damning.

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An Interview with Diane Gherson, CHRO at IBM, on Driving Organizational Transformation

HR Digest

According to Diane Gherson, “speed and innovation” are two essential organizational competencies in the digital era. Her vision has lead IBM to venture into innovative management systems, ones that empower the employees and facilitate continuous learning through technology. Digital technologies forced-disruption of all that.

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Will The Future Of Work Require More Investment In Technology, Not Less?

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In 2018 MIT created a ‘Task Force on the Work of the Future’ to explore the way technologies are impacting the world of work, and how society can adapt to ensure that prosperity is broadly shared throughout. in 2013, with this resulting in the stagnating wages we’re seeing today. Boosting productivity.