Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 27, 2015

Here at Lead Change Group, we know that problems are most effectively solved when individuals come together to meld ideas, energies, and approaches. David Dye – In my experience, the key to effective interdisciplinary efforts, cross-departmental cooperation, and breaking down silos is a clear focus on one organizational priority.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Across the globe, 85% of employees are either not engaged or are disengaged at work, according to Gallop’s State of the Global Workplace report, which estimates approximately $7 trillion in lost productivity. An investment in the horizontal approach takes time and energy, but the returns are “off the charts.”. About the Author.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 6, 2019

As technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence have progressed, there has been considerable time and effort given to the ethics of this development. These efforts have been driven by a strong desire to ensure that the technologies function in a way that benefits society rather than harms it. Forming a bond.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 21, 2023

Suddenly, your mood lifts, your focus sharpens, and you find yourself humming along as you tackle your work with renewed energy. Music has long been recognized as a powerful tool for boosting our mood, enhancing productivity, and creating a more engaging work environment. It’s the magic of music at work.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2015

Definitions of these three terms will help to differentiate their intended objectives: Collaborations - Parties willingly cooperating together. Cooperation with an instrumentality with which one is not immediately connected. Involves close cooperation among parties, with each having specified and joint rights and responsibilities.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

It is absolutely possible to build very productive relationships with even the most adversarial of individuals. If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wants a preliminary framework in place by the end of this summer, with a final set of guidelines ready to go in February 2014. Critical industry sectors from energy and banking to transportation and health care answer to different government agencies or regulators.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

As the new general manager of the Global Research & Innovative Technology Center (GRIT) at Hitachi Metals, Kenichi Inoue is tasked with creating an updated framework for research and development in advanced materials, helping his organization make the shift to a new approach to engineering and innovation in a disrupted world.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

On February 16, oil ministers from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Qatar, and Venezuela agreed to a tentative deal to freeze their production in an attempt to boost prices. Producers carefully control production to try to match supply to demand. crude oil production to about 50%. This was a characteristic move. That has enabled the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2012

With dark-green-tinted spectacles, many call for a return to only locally grown or manufactured products. And how much of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions do you think international transport really produces? Estimates indicate (PDF) that international shipping causes 2-3% of energy-related CO2 emissions (PDF).

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2011

That's because China wants to become a leader in just the kinds of technology sectors that have traditionally given the U.S. Instead, China is set on developing higher-value-added and technology-intensive industries. And it's a sentiment that extends beyond technology companies, like Google, into the manufacturing sector.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

One of my fellow speakers, Reinhard Otten from Audi, introduced a new initiative where Audi will become a trampoline for the whole renewable energy movement in Germany. Audi believes that in order for the car to be truly carbon neutral, it needs to be manufactured using only renewable energy. Easier said than done it, turns out!

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. Model 3: Joint venture of similar assets.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2017

Siri is super, Alexa is awesome, and Cortana’s quite clever, but better bots and digital assistants aren’t going to determine personal productivity’s data-driven future. Tomorrow’s most effective executives will merge and marry workplace data and analytics to digitally design more-productive versions of themselves.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2014

In his seminal essay, “ Why Software is Eating the World ,” Marc Andreessen pointed out that for each new technology wave, the money eventually shifts to software. Design for manufacturing/design for assembly : Integrating manufacturing and/or assembly processes into product design has reduced manufacturing and assembly costs at the source.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Technology is reconfiguring traditional roles and divisions of labor. Now some are deepening their existing relationships with local governments and branching out into other types of smart technology implementation. It used to be that “serving a city” meant selling a product or service directly to city governments.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

From connected cars, iPhone-controlled locks (versions of which here, here, and here are in or close to production), to the hypothetical "smart fridge" that will one day order milk for me when I''ve run out, these technologies bring with them the promise of energy efficiency, convenience, and flexibility.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

The current and rising levels of stress in the workplace should be cause for concern, as there is a direct and adverse relationship between negative stress, wellness and productivity. The long-term payoff is that we preserve energy and prevent burnout over the course of days, weeks and months. Develop mental agility.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. When firms fail to establish good relationships with their stakeholders, it can lead to increased conflict and reduced stakeholder cooperation. ” Improving risk management.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Is your company ready to compete in a world of smart, connected products ? ” In this world, customers expect their suppliers to surround their products with data services and digitally enhanced experiences. Melody Ivory , a User Experience Product Manager, told me, “I was about employee number 30 in February 2012.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

They must launch new products, for instance, at shorter intervals. In the 1970s, the automobile industry introduced new models roughly every eight years; by the 1990s, the product lifecycle had fallen to three years, and, as we know, car brands now need a facelift every two years to stay in the race. Be a full-time leader.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2013

Hackathons have tremendous potential to create disruptive technologies, attract young talent, and identify leaders. They are going to form teams with people they may have never met before, brainstorm together, generate at least a proof-of-concept prototype product, and then publically disclose it, all in the course of one weekend.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

Or it can aim higher – by laying the groundwork for higher value-added goods production. Technology-oriented firms face further obstacles, which have inhibited the country’s potential innovators since long before the current crisis, often forcing researchers to retract into fundamental research or academia instead of becoming entrepreneurs.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

Or perhaps someone who can spend some days behind their desk and other days in the field, equally productive in both environments. Always keep up with emerging trends and technologies in your specific sector. If you enjoy your work, you'll be more productive, more motivated and a better team player.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2012

If the cost of innovation is falling, that should enable more of it from poorer countries, companies or cooperatives. Some of this may just be the product of the high regulatory costs in pharmaceuticals, but research by Harvard's F.M. Another take: consider Emotiv 's quest to make brain scans a mass consumer product.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Chirotech specializes in biocatalysis and chemocatalysis, two important subspecialties of biotechnology and chemistry that help develop key biological and chemical intermediates needed for the efficient production of medicines. Cultural differences can severely hamper cooperation between Western and Eastern engineers. and the U.K.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

They must launch new products, for instance, at shorter intervals. In the 1970s, the automobile industry introduced new models roughly every eight years; by the 1990s, the product lifecycle had fallen to three years, and, as we know, car brands now need a facelift every two years to stay in the race. Be a full-time leader.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2014

If he had taken his research out of the office, Mark would have found that Jennifer felt very strongly about her local identity and bought her vegetables from a local organic cooperative; at the same time, she was concerned about global issues and invested her savings in Indiegogo , a global crowdfunding platform.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

North Stars align our energy, emotions, and actions in the service of our vision. V changed the face of eye care on the planet, and he did it by owning the entire problem — providing community outreach, eye care, training, eye banks, research and the production of inexpensive but high-quality eye care supplies.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2012

Instead of focusing on the work you have to do together, you may end up wasting time and energy trying to keep your emotions in check and attempting to manage the person's behavior. Fortunately, with the right tactics, you can still have a productive working relationship with someone you can't stand. What the Experts Say.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2012

For instance, I noticed a fascinating paper (PDF) in the American Review of Public Administration that looks at the consequences of conflict and cooperation in, of all contexts, U.S. The reason: Conformists support highly creative team members — and boost cooperation. municipal governments.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

North America's fracking fever has proviked experts (who once feared the world had passed Hubbert's Peak ) to predict the US will soon be a net energy exporter. From Khan Academy to Coursera to edX to the O'Reilly School of Technology, badges increasingly enjoy consideration as human capital's coin of the the realm for online education.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

Businesses are beholden to quarterly profit targets and product life cycles that span several years or less, whereas government planners focus on assets that can take a decade to build and remain in active service for many decades. But we can now offer a new solution. We were watching the drop off of inbound intermodal.”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2016

It’s a big step forward for cross-border cooperation, and the ramifications for energy producers and users (that is, everyone) could be enormous. The North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership covers a lot of ground. Let’s unpack what it means for the energy system. First, the U.S.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Nugent, and Hoda Selim, explores the topic through the particular lens of the six Arab nations that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council. The centrepiece of the institute is the Qatar Science & Technology Park, which brings together applied research and technology innovation, incubation and entrepreneurship.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2018

They argue that we cannot cooperate with each other to solve our major problems because our institutions and businesses are saturated with a competitive spirit. But Lieberman and Fry have some good news: modern technology can address the root of the problem. Thus, a post-scarcity world, premised on cooperation, would emerge.

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