Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2020. Amazon’s business model has not only turned the retail industry and cloud computing inside out, but now its tentacles are squeezing media and advertising, and disrupting the state of technology, the economy, job creation, and society at large.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

I N THE AGE of digitization, businesses face a critical imperative: to adapt and embrace innovation or risk being left behind in a rapidly evolving world. This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 25, 2019

Guest post from Alf Rehn: Some say we live in the golden age of innovation, an age ruled by transformation and revolution. They point to shiny startups and the seemingly unstoppable progress of technology, and proclaim that our age is on track to solve all problems and cure all ills. This doesn’t mean innovation is dead.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

His comment reflected frustration that despite the considerable hype around the digital technologies of the day, productivity stats were barely moving. It was widely believed that this was largely a case of organizations attempting to introduce new technologies to processes that were designed very much with the old ways of working in mind.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 11, 2020

Guest post by Chuck Swoboda : As increasing competition, new technologies and evolving customer expectations continue to disrupt nearly every industry, business leaders are turning to innovation as a way to keep their companies relevant. The standard solution is to create teams that focus explicitly on innovation. The problem?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2019

There’s increasing pressure on organizations to be more competitive, and leaders need to have the right skills to influence employees’ innovative behavior. Besides helping them better handle workplace-related challenges, leaders evoke innovation and creativity and inspire them to reach their full potential. The answer is both.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 1, 2022

It’s not a narrative I necessarily subscribe to, and believe it’s far more likely that technology will complement the work humans do. That said, however, both sides of this debate tend to over-simplify things somewhat, as a recent paper from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia State University illustrates.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

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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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

Their greatest fear is no longer their closest competitor, but the startups which, although they live in metaphorical garages and have hardly taken off, have an innovation power that established organizations can only dream of possessing. The Three Tracks of Innovation. Optimizing innovation: Improving the past.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 15, 2020

As our world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, business leaders must understand that it’s going to be technology that determines which companies survive and build success from this unprecedented event. We are entering a new fluid state that will lead to an unprecedented period of innovation and transformation. Blockchain.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Guest post by Kris Oestergaard: Today, every business is looking to find ways to streamline its innovative abilities. Those successful in establishing a culture of innovation have addressed their organization’s “immune systems.” Organizational leaders need to address all three in order to transform into innovation champions.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

However, the gap-closing process falls apart quickly when the company compels employees to change their behavior in order for the company to arrive at its future desired culture. Also, start-up companies in the Fujitsu technology accelerator program work in the satellite locations as well, creating a company-startup mashup.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Understanding AI's Impact At its core, AI mimics human intelligence processes using algorithms, data, and machine learning. For executives, AI isn't just about technology; it's about transformation. AI specialists can provide insights into what technologies to adopt, how to integrate them, and how to avoid potential pitfalls.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

That’s what Brand Positive co-founder Sean Pillot de Chencey teaches in his book Influencers & Revolutionaries: How Innovative Trailblazers, Trends and Catalysts Are Transforming Businesses. I recently had the opportunity to ask him about his work and his book. “Insight + Ideas + Impact = Innovation.”

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HR Digest

APRIL 11, 2024

From talent acquisition hacks to building a kickass company culture, these books will get you fired up to tackle the ever-evolving world of work. This list unveils the best HR books of 2024, packed with insights to help you navigate the hybrid model, understand the changing employee landscape, and future-proof your HR strategies.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 18, 2020

How to Ignite Innovation. Innovation is one subject that each and every one of us should study because its powerful force is available to us if we know how to tap it. It’s no surprise that Tamara Ghandour’s book interested me because I read all I can about innovation and creativity. Everyone is Innovative .

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Guest post by Randal Moss : Great leaders consistently talk about the need for their organization to ‘be innovative’ in their thinking. They recognize that innovation is a strategy for growth and that being able to harness that power will drive their organization’s success and their own as well. In some industries that is daunting.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

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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Rich Gee Group

JULY 10, 2023

By investing time in your personal development, you enhance your skills, knowledge, and perspective, leading to improved decision-making, innovation, and leadership—translating to better team performance and morale. Use Tech Tools: Leverage technology to streamline your work processes. Here’s how you can start: 1.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 30, 2023

The rise of deglobalization and the resulting uncertainty in the global business landscape has prompted technology-based industries to reevaluate their overarching strategies. The book emphasizes three categories of supply in industrial markets, including advanced premium products, no-frills products, and complex service solutions. .

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LDRLB

MAY 8, 2013

All companies, whether they are successful with innovation or not, have one thing in common: they have their own “personalities.” Entire books, courses, and graduate school programs have focused on the topic. Entire books, courses, and graduate school programs have focused on the topic. LEAPS Innovation Leadership Competencies.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 19, 2024

In recent years, salon owners have embraced the power of technology, moving beyond the traditional pen-and-paper appointment booking and inventory tracking systems. Comprehensive scheduling capabilities are a must-have, allowing staff and clients to manage bookings with ease and efficiency.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2021

E VERY NOW AND THEN, a book comes along to give you the insights you need to see and understand the world you live in and how to thrive in it. Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age by Ram Charan is one of those books. Their decision-making is designed for innovation and speed.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 12, 2023

As with many previous technologies, there is a strong sense that we have spent much of the past few years trying to replicate what has gone before (a faster horse if you will) rather than redesigning processes and systems so that they take advantage of what the technology can do.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. Whether you have invented an amazing new technology or product, you could still fail. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. He offers a unique perspective on innovation and winning in the marketplace. The Components of Innovation Capital.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 15, 2021

In the early stages of every significant technological revolution, we use the new technology to do more of what we’ve been doing. Before Gutenberg books were copied by hand. ” The books were full of unique errors and editorial changes. Every book was unique. Book affected the world in other ways.

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LDRLB

JULY 17, 2012

Disruptive innovation is no longer the exception, it’s the rule. In the book, the Innovator’s DNA , Clayton Christensen and colleagues list five behaviors that characterize innovative leaders: associational thinking, questioning, observing, networking and experimenting. Adaptive Planning. Savoring Surprise.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 19, 2022

It’s nearly a decade since Northwestern’s Robert Gordon pondered whether sclerotic innovation was causing the death of economic growth as we had come to know it. An explanation comes in the form of a paper from Northwestern’s Mark Buchanan, in which he highlights what is known as recombinative innovation.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 19, 2022

We asked our WDHB team about their favorite Learning & Development books of the year so that we could sharing these bold, thought-provoking publications with you. We hope these reports will open your mind to innovative development strategies, just like the books listed below. “Leaders Eat Last” by Simon Sinek.

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Skip Prichard

MAY 22, 2019

That’s what Chris Duffey, creative technologist says about this incredible technology revolutionizing industries the world over. His new book Superhuman Innovation showcases how AI will supercharge the workforce, the world of work, and can be harnessed to deliver powerful change. A Book Co-Written by AI (!).

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 24, 2021

His book, Getting to Nimble: How to transform your company into a digital leader answers these questions even as it shares compelling stories from organizations who have made the transformational leap required. . Third, digital transformation requires adoption of digital processes (e.g., cloud, microservices, APIs, and the like).

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QAspire

JUNE 29, 2018

I created a series of sketch notes for Tiffani Bova’s “ What’s Next ” podcast where she meets brilliant people to discuss customer experience, growth and innovation. Tiffani Bova is a Global Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. He says, “Embracing new technology is incredibly important, but EXCELLENCE IS HUMAN.”.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2021

It goes beyond the simple process because it encompasses a way of understanding how our work, our organization, our way of interacting and responding to stakeholders has changed. As you can see, it is a methodology that aims to modify many of the internal processes of organizations to improve performance and productivity. Agile origin.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Stop thinking about managing the risk of technology, tools, and process improvement. Your organization must immediately stop processing with dominant logic and an institutionalized approach. Think next chapter vs last book. Start thinking about opportunities based on insights, customers, markets, and business models.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 8, 2024

The company clearly had problems with low engagement, faltering customer service, rising costs from inefficient processes and quality problems, and low innovation. We recommended a comprehensive culture change process. We showed how that could significantly boost the performance of the organization. ” That was it.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 24, 2020

We spent many years interviewing and writing about talented people and teams for our new book The Entrepreneur’s Faces: How Makers, Visionaries and Outsiders Succeed. They master challenges with a characteristic approach, and echo the habits of renowned innovators and entrepreneurs. Diversity and complementary skill sets are key.

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