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Leading through the Identity Paradox

Great Leadership By Dan

In this way, the identity paradox provides a platform for innovation that fully embraces the world as it changes, while holding fast to who the company is at its core. His corporate clients have included AARP, Dow Chemical, Fidelity Investments, Lockheed Martin, Maytag, National Geographic and State Farm Insurance.

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Small Firms Shifting Horizons As A Result Of Brexit

The Horizons Tracker

Sectors such as chemicals, food and drink, and textiles were among the most enthusiastic shifters. ” The researchers accept that the Covid-19 crisis has added a considerable layer of uncertainty to the trading environment, both due to direct trading conditions but also the vulnerability of supply chains. Tariff barriers.

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Reinvigorate Your Career by Taking the Right Kind of Risk

Harvard Business Review

Jon Buchan, the director of London-based Charm Offensive, a creator of innovative cold emailing campaigns, applies Curry’s disruptive basketball strategy to business: “Find a gap,” Buchan writes. Innovate a product or service from within your position. “A chink in the armor. What is nobody else doing? .”

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The Neurochemistry of Positive Conversations

Harvard Business Review

Positive comments and conversations produce a chemical reaction too. Behaviors that increase cortisol levels reduce what I call “Conversational Intelligence” or “C-IQ,” or a person’s ability to connect and think innovatively, empathetically, creatively and strategically with others. Consider Rob, a senior executive from Verizon.

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The Rebirth of U.S. Manufacturing: Myth or Reality?

Harvard Business Review

The cheerleaders cite an array of heartening examples, including a $4 billion investment by Dow Chemical to boost its ethylene and propylene capacity on the U.S. manufacturing industries, including aerospace and defense equipment, chemicals, industrial components, automotive equipment, and electronics. manufacturing sector.

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2014 Will Be the Year of the Business Remix

Harvard Business Review

A decline in economic uncertainty in 2014 will now support bolder strategic moves by managers. Other major industries, like computers, media, autos, chemicals, oil, and financial services are not far behind. Interest in “innovation,” on the other hand, has risen more strongly and continues unabated.

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Identify Blue Oceans by Mapping Your Product Portfolio

Harvard Business Review

This despite Wall Street’s uncertainty since the death of the company’s founder and visionary, Steve Jobs. Forward-thinking executives understand that the real business they are in is not cosmetics or foods or chemicals or computers. Strategy Competition Innovation' It is the business of creating.