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Why Desk Jobs Make Our Brain Tired

The Horizons Tracker

The study scanned the brains of volunteers at various points during the work day and found that tasks that require a high degree of concentration can result in the build-up of a chemical called glutamate, which can have toxic consequences. In both groups, participants managed to achieve an 80% success rate.

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ESG Needs To Be Core To Business As Usual

The Horizons Tracker

” This extends to being active participants in each of the regions in which they operate. This is important, as many multinationals utilize local partners to manage their rela­tionship with the host government, built goodwill with local people, and provide training and other benefits. Global reach. Recognize an added value.

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Why B2B Companies Struggle with Collaborative Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Collaborative innovation is a hot topic in the B2C space, where it overlaps with crowdsourcing, but we see B2B players taking an interest as well. Nonetheless, innovating with customers should work well in B2B, as it should give companies a deeper knowledge of their customers and promote a trusting relationship.

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business Review

Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.

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Should You Bribe Your Colleagues to Innovate With You?

Harvard Business Review

At the Chemical Heritage Foundation's recent seminar on advanced materials innovation, a half-dozen R&D leaders collectively commanding billions in spend couldn't have been more excited about the market potential for their new materials. Potential innovation benefits are literally not worth it. Money can change everything.

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You Can’t Collaborate Unless You Agree on the Problem

Harvard Business Review

In effect, you give these people the right to participate in your innovation process and influence its final outcome. WhiteCo had put huge efforts in convincing a key customer to participate and had done its best to set up the event well. Recently, the German chemicals giant collaborated with another chemicals company.

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What Businesses Need to Know About Sustainable Development Goals

Harvard Business Review

Third, the goals cannot be realized without business participation. But innovating for sustainable development is actually quite close to the processes of “traditional” innovation. This can make the case for innovating in sustainable development more challenging.

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