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Rookie Talent: Avoiding a Kodak Moment

Leading Blog

During most of the 20th century Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film, and in 1976, had an 89% market share of photographic film sales in the United States. The Kodak name became synonymous with a resistance to change, but it’s not just innovation the company lacked. Human Resources'

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Minimalism: Doing More, with Less

In the CEO Afterlife

Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things is a film following two men, who have titled themselves “The Minimalists,” on a 10-month tour across America promoting their book Everything that Remains. As a proponent of ‘do less, better’ the piece struck a chord.

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WOMEN: As we THINK, so we are

Women in the LEAD

I always remember in Viktor Frankl's classic book, Man's Search for Meaning , he documented how those who survived the Holocaust were people who envisioned that they had something significant left to contribute. There is an inspiring video clip from the film at the Global Dialogue Center Knowledge Gallery exhibit on Viktor Frankl.

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Why Your Employees Should Be Playing With Lego Robots

Harvard Business Review

Lego’s Mindstorm robots (or education and innovation kits as they are sometimes known) were developed in collaboration with MIT Media Lab as a solution for education and training in the mid to late 90’s. Education Human resources Technology' People don’t ge t ideas; they make them. It is an entirely goal-driven process.

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

Ask Atma

E.g. take a team of developers to tour an abattoir, take the human resource team to a museum exhibit on ancient Egypt, or take legal on an outing to a flower show. The benefit of this kind of team activity, is the opening of one’s mind, and shared creative stimulus, which fosters innovation. These are just a few examples.

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Gender at Work Is Not a Women’s Issue

Harvard Business Review

What the film doesn’t mention is that so do a vast swath of men , at least those that didn’t die in the mud of WWI without ever having voted. It is also a damning portrait of the men in their lives. The women are courageous, hard done by, and united. The men are weak, duplicitous, and sometimes cruel.