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The Changing Landscape of C-Suite Executive Tenures: Insights and Implications

N2Growth Blog

A study by Equilar reveals that the median tenure among S&P 500 companies has decreased by 20% from six years in 2013 to 4.8 In 2013, the average CEO tenure stood at 7.6 Factors affecting global trends, such as technological changes and shifts in stakeholder expectations, are also contributing to this trend. years in 2022.

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How Can Innovation Be Better Disseminated?

The Horizons Tracker

In a recent article, I highlighted some of the challenges involved in translating investment in technology and innovation into productivity improvements across the economy. In an age of smartphones, AI, and genetics, it seems crazy to think that the record sums invested in technology aren’t making more of an impact. in 1992.

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How Serious Is Japan’s Labor Shortage?

HR Digest

Japan, known for its technological advancements and economic prowess, is facing a significant challenge – a labor shortage. Companies that invest in recruiting, retaining, reskilling, and respecting the strengths of this group will position themselves for success as the demographics of the workforce continue to shift.

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The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

Skip Prichard

For centuries, we’ve built and organized scientific and technological knowledge through testable explanations and predictions. Managers are no exception, especially when incentives favor finding causal relationships between variables that are difficult to measure, such as changes in leadership style and team performance.

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Virgin Atlantic Tested 3 Ways to Change Employee Behavior

Harvard Business Review

Clearly, positive environmental impact can be quite profitable. At the end of 2013, we randomly allocated the captains to three treatment groups and one control group, and in January 2014, all captains were told that their flight and fuel behavior would be monitored for the next eight months. This was the targets group.

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If Data Is Money, Why Don’t Businesses Keep It Secure?

Harvard Business Review

Similarly, trust erosion triggered by Edward Snowden’s revelations of government surveillance in mid-2013 are estimated to have cost U.S. technology companies as much as $35 billion in potential business. At the same time, several technology platforms that do not collect or share personal data have emerged since mid-2013.

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Health Insurance Exchanges Fulfill Both Liberal and Conservative Goals

Harvard Business Review

Left to voluntary action, system-wide reforms, such as the adoption of health information technology and new provider payment practices that lower costs and increase quality of care, will proceed with glacial slowness. But if some do, the exchanges will be in a position to encourage or require their adoption.