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Four FREE Giveaways for Early Adopters

LDRLB

A FREE 30-minute Audio Interview with Jennifer Anastasof f, the CEO of Fuse Corps, a nonprofit featured in the book for its work creating social innovation through cross-sector partnerships. Fuse Corps works by pairing mid-career professionals and entrepreneurs with city and state governments in order to drive social innovation.

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The Perils of Being an Early Innovator

Lead Change Blog

Some time ago it was brought to my attention that I’m an innovator — the type of person whose ideas are generally pretty far ahead of the curve, before the market is ready for my innovation. It was 2013, at the start of my latest career shift, when my colleague made his observation. ” “I know! .”

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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. The left-siders live among us, but they are not always easy to spot. You may have interacted with one at work once or twice.

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How Being A Generalist Can Help You Adapt And Innovate

The Horizons Tracker

I’ve written a few times recently about the importance of breaking free from the straitjacket of our increasingly specialized world, and adopting a more generalist approach to skills development. One of the core benefits from this approach is that it allows us to be more innovative. Driving innovation. Creating impact.

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How Chatbots Can Support University Education

The Horizons Tracker

This was prompting over half of respondents to consider changing career or retiring early. “Chatbot technology is a good innovation with the capabilities of improving not only teaching and learning but all other aspects of education,” the authors write. This is roughly double the number who reported the same in 2019.

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Is Flexible Work Key To Attracting The Brightest Talents?

The Horizons Tracker

This can be especially so with a more flexible form of part-time work, where employees work with their manager to reduce their work load while still having career progression opportunities open to them. ” To achieve this outcome however requires a fundamentally new approach to assigning job tasks, and indeed how to manage careers.

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0511 | Larry Downes: Full Transcript

LDRLB

The most recent being Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation. Paul Nunes and I have known each other for many years, and we’ve both been writing about the subject of disruptive innovation from different vantage points and different angles. DAVID: Yeah. You call it this big bang disruption.