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Carnival of HR: July Edition!

Surviving Leadership

Acacia HR Solutions CEO Sabrina Baker warns against approaching leadership development as a checkbox activity versus a commitment to the growth of their employees. Also from UDemy for Business, Shelley Osborne , Head of L&D, shares tips on how to apply Agile development techniques to learning & development processes.

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“Government Entrepreneur” is Not an Oxymoron

Harvard Business Review

They are partnering with an Office of New Urban Mechanics in Boston or in Philadelphia, co-developing products in San Francisco’s Entrepreneurship-in-Residence program, or deploying some of the more than $430 million invested into civic-tech in the last two years. They are coding in civic hackathons and competing in the Bloomberg challenge.

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The “Smart Society” of the Future Doesn’t Look Like Science Fiction

Harvard Business Review

These broad components were: Citizens/People Components: the four components in this category are: inclusivity, environment and quality of life, state of talent and the human condition, talent development. Here are some of the distinct patterns, which offer models for other countries to use.