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Innovate Forward

Leading Blog

Technology is the raw material that 21st-century innovators need to build new business capabilities, to develop exciting new products and services, and to create workarounds for the physical distancing measures we will likely endure for the foreseeable future. What new products and services will you create with it?

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New Film Highlights The Work Needed To Overcome The Class Pay Gap

The Horizons Tracker

In the hit HBO/BBC drama Industry , aside from the general debauchery of the characters, one thing that’s noticeable is the upper-class backgrounds of the leads. Only Harry heralds from a working-class background, and he visibly struggles to fit in in a world in which the rest of the cast seems to know precisely how to speak and act.

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How Can Innovation Be Better Disseminated?

The Horizons Tracker

In a recent article, I highlighted some of the challenges involved in translating investment in technology and innovation into productivity improvements across the economy. A recent exploration of the German economy by the University of Maastricht showed just how big a problem this is, with productivity growth of just 0.3%

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How Class Affects How We Collaborate

The Horizons Tracker

A study from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business took this a step further and explored the impact of class diversity on the success of a team. Research from Emory University also shows that class affects how we collaborate with one another. A focus on class diversity. How we collaborate.

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Better Management Will Help Drive Productivity Improvements

The Horizons Tracker

In a previous article , I explored how technology is generally not feeding through into productivity statistics. Data shows that despite considerable advances in technology in the last decade, productivity has largely remained flat. and France. Ill-equipped Research from Gallup highlights the importance of good management.

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What a Mechanical Shark Can Teach Us About Leadership and Innovation

Leading Blog

This happened over and over again during the production of “Jaws,” with Spielberg and his crew forced to alter – or completely abandon – the director’s original vision to adapt to conditions on the ground. In business, we tend to mythologize innovative leaders as those who have a revolutionary vision and stick with it, no matter what.

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How to Develop a Radical Product Thinking Mindset

Skip Prichard

Creating world-class products and services is a discipline that some organizations seem to master, and others struggle to achieve. Radhika Dutt presents a different approach in her book Radical Product Thinking. Radhika’s experience building products in numerous industries is evident in every chapter. Radhika Dutt.