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How To Innovate And Grow Via Nondisruptive Creation

Eric Jacobson

The book, Beyond Disruption , shows companies how to build a path beyond disruption, where economic growth and social good are not trade-offs that work against each other and divide us. It’s what we call non disruptive creation that allows us to innovate and grow without disruption and social pain,” share the authors W.

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Are SMEs The Overlooked Engines Of Innovation?

The Horizons Tracker

For instance, a study from KU Leuven University and the European Central Bank found that large companies do understandably innovate more often and more successfully than SMEs. In relative terms, this may be a small number, but when set against the 20 million or so SMEs operating across Europe, it’s a vast number of innovative firms.

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A List of Referrable Keynote Speakers and Topics to Consider for Your Next Conference

Great Results Team Building

Sean is also an author, and each of his books, Rapid Teamwork , The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates , and Staying Coachable , are entertaining parables with powerful take-aways for team growth and leadership! And your conference’s impact will extend well beyond their session.

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How Tax Policy Encourages Firms To Invest In New Technology

The Horizons Tracker

As Columbia University’s Jason Resnikoff explains in his recent book Labor’s End , the concern around robots taking our jobs has been commonplace at least since the term automation was first coined by Ford in the mid 20th century. Complementary investment.

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How The Coronavirus Is Transforming Innovation

The Horizons Tracker

Pre-covid, innovation folk would talk about the value a “burning platform” plays in driving lasting change, and for many businesses, this has been just such a burning platform. There is scarcely an activity that has not been affected in some way, and our professional life has been no exception. Unnecessary hurdles.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

As technology becomes more disruptive and we see more importance placed on big data and artificial intelligence, what will matter most are those things that make us human – the soft skills. Anyone can innovate if given the opportunity and the support. Actions have consequences and continuity of character matters. Blog Post ).

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The Post-Covid World Sees Innovation Spread Its Wings

The Horizons Tracker

Over the last few decades, innovation activity has become concentrated in clusters or ecosystems, where finance, academia, industry and entrepreneurs rub shoulders to allow the free flow of ideas. Innovating our response to Covid-19. Practical solutions.