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Innovators and Early Adopters

CO2

When they are young in their careers, we walk out of meetings with them and think they are weirdos. When they are advanced in their careers, we walk out of meetings with them and think they are geniuses. I have one word of advice for all of you – don’t stop. You may have interacted with one at work once or twice.

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CMI Highlights

Chartered Management Institute

In terms of solutions, Ann emphasised the need for employers to promote women proportionately through the ranks, offer flexible working solutions for those on career breaks and create sponsorship programs that cater to women from diverse backgrounds. She discussed the issue on LBC News with Martin Stanford.

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0511 | Larry Downes: Full Transcript

LDRLB

If you follow his advice, you’re going to wait too long. In a better and cheaper world, you use the term big bang disruption or the sort of shark fin to describe what this model looks like, that you scale up to those early adopters becoming the majority way quicker than you can predict nowadays. In this case, it’s not.

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Prepare Your Workforce for the Automation Age

Harvard Business Review

We estimate that robotization, digitization, digital self-services, distributed digital advice and sales, and robo-advisors could result in a 60-70% reduction in the workforces of service providers, from financial services to telecom. So early preparation is needed. Start early to shift the leadership mindset.