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The Gender Pay Gap Isn’t Because Women Don’t Negotiate

The Horizons Tracker

What women do The researchers quizzed a nationally representative sample and found that the myth that men negotiate their salaries more than women is prevalent. Indeed, the sample thought 64% of men would negotiate versus just 47% of women. It’s not the source of the problem,” the researchers explain.

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The Mixed Returns From Predictive Analytics

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers assessed a representative sample of manufacturing plants in the United States in 2010 and 2015, with a survey asking them about their use of predictive analytics, their management practices, the use of data in their decision-making, and the general design of their production process. Strong returns.

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Doomsday Predictions Around ChatGPT Are Counter-Productive

The Horizons Tracker

This is an especially stark juxtaposition as the company has, since its founding in 2015, marked itself as a nonprofit team of humanitarian scientists working for the good of us all. Indeed, these people thought nearly half of workers had been automated, which compares to a figure of just 29% among the entire sample.

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What Twitter Can Tell Us About The Health Of A Community

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers acknowledge that Twitter doesn’t provide a representative sample of the population, but nonetheless believe it’s useful. The researchers analyzed around a billion geo-tagged tweets sent between 2009 and 2015. The tweets were compared to 1.7 million responses sent to the Gallup-Sharecare Wellbeing Index.

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Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) Business

Coaching Tip

In the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) business landscape expected to continue for 2015, leaders face many challenges , requiring aggressive, sustained talent management strategies to prepare them for success. Four times more likely to have built a strong pipeline of ready-now leaders to fill available critical roles.

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Most Popular Leadership Posts So Far This Year

Eric Jacobson

With the first half of 2015 past us, here's a look back at the three most read postings on my leadership blog so far this year. He also teaches entrepreneurship, innovation, and creativity courses. It's so powerful I wanted to bring it back again this year as 2015 gets underway. Take a personal risk.

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14th Annual In2:InThinking Network Forum June 10-14 in Los Angeles

Deming Institute

The 14th Annual In2:InThinking Network Forum ( Break the Mold: Aspire, Inspire, Achieve ) will be held June 10-14, 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA (to be hosted by Woodbury University in Burbank). The conference itself begins on Friday, June 12th with Happy Hour at 5pm and dinner at 6pm, followed by a keynote presentation.

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