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Mind the (Skills) Gap

Harvard Business Review

These high-growth jobs focus on the science, health and business fields — positions like biochemists, market research analysts and occupational therapists are set to skyrocket over the next decade. Time and cost constraints limited these options. If workers are anxious about this shift, so are employers.

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Five Power Skills for Discovering Radical Ideas

Harvard Business Review

Innovation starts with new and novel ideas. When we surveyed over 300 global executives between 2008 and 2009, one of the primary concerns they expressed was their inability to compete long term without a solid innovation engine that can grow their top line. Finding ideas is never the problem — initially. Use Convergence Thinking.

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The 6 Most Common Innovation Mistakes Companies Make

Harvard Business Review

The executive team of a consumer healthcare company had concluded that the rise of new competitors meant the company needed to up its innovation game. The company had spent the past two decades focused on implementing Six Sigma processes across the enterprise and it was primed to execute on the best and smartest ideas.