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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

W E OFTEN THINK of innovation as something visionaries draw out of thin air, like manna from heaven. Here’s an innovation story that’s closer to reality: It’s a story of loss, grit, and renewal. It’s also about a never-too-late approach to innovation that enabled a floundering business to launch a second golden age.

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How Innovation Is Completely Different in Established Organizations than in Startups

Leading Blog

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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Insurance Executive Search: Navigating the Landscape of Risk and Reward

N2Growth Blog

Insurance executives face unique challenges and opportunities with emerging technologies, including AI, evolving regulatory environments, and global economic uncertainties. They are no longer responsible for managing risk but also for driving innovation, enhancing customer experiences, and achieving sustainable growth.

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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

On the one hand, most CEOs agree with with the statement attributed to Peter Drucker: culture eats strategy for breakfast. Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up. But what does this mean?

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Optimizing Organizational Efficiency: A Comprehensive Guide to Effective Inventory Management

Strategy Driven

Efficient inventory management is a cornerstone of organizational success, impacting everything from customer satisfaction to the bottom line. In this blog, we explore this suggestion and delve into other effective strategies organizations can adopt to better manage their inventory.

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6 Factors That Can Impact Your Commercial Business

Strategy Driven

While some of these elements are within a business owner’s control, others are external forces that require a well-thought-out strategy to manage. Adapting business strategies in response to these insights is crucial. However, keeping up with technological changes can be daunting, especially for small to medium-sized enterprises.

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First Look: Leadership Books for July 2020

Leading Blog

Leading with Feeling : Nine Strategies of Emotionally Intelligent Leadership by Cary Cherniss and Cornelia W. The book distills the leaders' experiences into nine strategies that can help any leader or potential leader to be more effective. Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2020.

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