HR Digest

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In fact, it were the L&D teams that were instrumental in bringing about wider acceptance of innovative measures, processes and strategies, including reimagining how employees learn to work in a digitized world. Managers will increasingly need to take up more innovative roles to manage disparate and dispersed teams.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Some fail for a host of strategic or operational shortcomings addressed in any decent business school course. Over the course of five years, these events will occur frequently enough that your ability to address them will likely determine whether your business succeeds or fails. Any wrong move can take you down.

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Tips Due Diligence Biotechnology Entrepreneur 343

Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

By Richard Moy Reprinted with permission If you are searching for an executive-education course that will foster networking opportunities in addition to the actionable knowledge you are seeking to build, ask yourself these three questions as you sort through all your options. Does your course foster a group-based learning environment?

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Chart Your Course

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Of course, existing processes can always be improved upon. In particular, when it comes to improving the customer service experience and streamlining operations, today’s call center agents now have a wide array of tech solutions to resolve these matters. Of course, not all call centers can implement this technology overnight.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 3, 2021

The innovation literature often gets bogged down in the so-called dual operating system that so troubles organizations as they attempt to exploit existing knowledge while also striking new territory. Indeed, it argues that breakthrough innovations can often be a result of both exploration and exploitation approaches.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Effective leaders in this space have the ability to optimize supply chain operations, streamline processes, and identify cost-saving opportunities. A successful executive understands the intricacies of the supply chain and leverages their expertise to drive innovation, reduce costs, and enhance organizational efficiency.

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Chief Procurement Officer Supply Chain CPO Leadership 345

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

It’s the board’s prerogative to chart a strategic course, oversee the operational ambit, and instill a culture of accountability—morphing it into a cornerstone of organizational governance. It orchestrates the operational rhythm, supervises decision-making, and enforces accountability across the hierarchy.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 14, 2020

The tremendous importance of the work that is undertaken in hospital operating rooms would perhaps lend one to think the work is optimized to within an inch of its life. The researchers observed hospital operating rooms for several hundred hours to examine how they function. Unplanned costs.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

Beyond Disruption : Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne offer up a bold, new idea that will transform how we all think about innovation and growth. Disruption dominates innovation theory and practice. Disruption dominates innovation theory and practice.

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Blue Ocean Strategy Mauborgne Books Leadership 274

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 30, 2023

It’s your ticket to the big leagues where decisions reshape industries and innovations redefine markets. This can include: International Case Studies Global Business Models Cross-Cultural Management This broadened outlook prepares students to operate in an interconnected business environment. Sounds exciting, right?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 28, 2012

Cellular communications, the laser, digitized and synthesized music, the solar battery cell, the first orbiting communications satellite, and the UNIX operating system, are all products of Bell Labs. Finding an aspect of modern life that doesn’t incorporate some strand of Bell Labs’ DNA would be difficult.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 18, 2020

How to Ignite Innovation. Innovation is one subject that each and every one of us should study because its powerful force is available to us if we know how to tap it. It’s no surprise that Tamara Ghandour’s book interested me because I read all I can about innovation and creativity. Of course not….so Of course not….so

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

A high premium is placed on collaboration, with the understanding that pooling diverse perspectives encourages innovation and creativity. Leaders have the responsibility and power to shape the course and outcome of their companies by influencing the organizational structure, culture, decision-making process, and employee performance.

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CEO Blog

APRIL 8, 2011

I read a great book yesterday by Jane Stevenson and Bilal Kaafarani called Breaking Away - How Great Leaders Create Innovation That Drives Sustainable Growth - And Why Others Fail. I loved the title (although perhaps not the part about failing) since I think a large part of leadership is fostering innovation.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

And sit with an accomplished surgeon as he tries, and fails, to convince yet another cancer patient to opt for the less risky course of treatment. Join a young CIA officer as he recruits a reluctant foreign agent. She climbed the corporate ladder from the very bottom and overcame countless obstacles to reach the top of the cruise industry.

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Books Leadership Supply Chain Taylorism 272

Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Innovative Commitment Google and Tesla exemplify the power of fostering a culture of innovation. Innovation isn’t just the breakthrough concepts which often sets the course for extraordinary companies, but ongoing innovations small and large. Operations are the foundation of every company.

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Organization Agility Ethics Operations 74

Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 2, 2021

As a leader of a large team, you’ve got to scale your leadership by creating a solid operating infrastructure and processes that work without a charismatic cheerleader pushing them along. Of course, as the leader, you want to be a highly visible communicator. Build an infrastructure for courage and innovation.

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Influence How To Leadership Tactics 502

Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

This innovative resource features real-life examples of how today’s most successful companies are building upstanding character while increasing employee engagement, happiness, and performance. Collision Course : Carlos Ghosn and the Culture Wars That Upended an Auto Empire by Hans Greimel and William Sposato.

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Books Kotter Agility Leadership 407

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 21, 2019

Innovation is something that is widely sought after by both individual organizations and governments, so it’s no surprise that a wide range of policies are in place to try and support innovation within countries. Policy implications.

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Innovation Policies Incentives Metrics 67

Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In our research on innovation and psychological safety, 67% of employees said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” Of course, sometimes an abundance of resources can actually sabotage your ability to grow resourceful leaders. “Who is doing this well?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Value-driven organizations thrive in this new economy because they promote trust, open communication, diversity and inclusion, thus making fertile ground for innovation. We can see many of these examples on the market; some even developed with Chief Innovation, Chief Impact, and Chief Sustainability Officer roles on their executive boards.

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Execution Banking Bond Diversity 341

Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Of course, as the leader, you want to be a highly visible communicator. Build an infrastructure for courage and innovation. I’ve learned that to scale your leadership, one of the best approaches is to ensure that every manager on the team has a closely aligned and integrated 5×5 communication plan.

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Video Team Influence Report 442

CO2

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

How do you stifle innovation? What roadblocks has your organization put in place to ensure that innovation is stifled? Whether you know it or not, you have put in place, by design or circumstance, roadblocks to innovation. The fact is, these roadblocks to innovation exist. The post How do you stifle innovation?

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Innovation Travel Learning-by-Doing Executive Coaching 125

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Tim Eisenmann is a professor at Harvard Business School, where he’s led The Entrepreneurial Manager , a required course for all of their MBAs. Once the mistake is evident, the venture can correct course, but pivots can be costly once resources have been committed. How much innovation is too much? False Starts. Speed Trap.

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Early Adopters Entrepreneur Mass Marketing Marketing 205

Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Analyze which areas of your operations could benefit the most from AI integration. By following the action items above, executives can chart a course that not only leverages the immense power of AI but also ensures that their businesses remain competitive, innovative, and ethically grounded in the age of intelligent machines.

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Supply Chain Ethics Case Study Handbook 195

Engaging Leader

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Creativity is the starting point for all innovation, and most organizations rely on innovation to create a competitive advantage. Innovation is necessary for the successful development and implementation of new programs or better products. Where does it come from? Task motivation is the willingness to engage.

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Creativity Innovation Competitive Advantage Brainstorming 168

Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 20, 2023

In our research for Courageous Cultures, 67% said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” If I were you I might be wondering… Of course, the trickiest part of implementing this would be __. Read more about how to engage others as you share your I.D.E.A.s

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

That mindset is “about the application of creative thinking and prudent risk-taking to build innovative, long-lasting organizations in any sector of the economy.” As founding dean and professor at the Yale school of management, he taught a course on entrepreneurial leadership. He focused on the personal characteristics of the leader.

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Leadership Short-term Entrepreneur Long-term 260

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2021

For instance, the authors argue that business process modularity is a crucial element of success with Agile or when innovations are built from the bottom-up with the help of practical input and feedback from customers. Agile also appears to work best for more developmental initiatives than routine day-to-day operations.

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Agility Banking Outsourcing Bottom-up 128

Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2024

It can foster innovation in product and service offerings, tailor customer communication strategies, and streamline operations when appropriately used. As companies chart their course toward success, pursuing CES optimization emerges as an indispensable tenet, ushering in an era of simplified success and enduring customer advocacy.

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Loyalty Customer Loyalty Metrics Brand 81

QAspire

DECEMBER 10, 2019

I created a series of sketch notes for Tiffani Bova’s “ What’s Next ” podcast where she meets brilliant people to discuss customer experience, growth and innovation. Tiffani Bova is a Global Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. I will post sketchnote versions of selected podcast episodes that enlightened me.

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Self-aware Chief Executive Officer Wiseman Drucker 163

Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2024

The digital age has transformed the way businesses operate, necessitating a shift in talent management strategies to keep pace with technological advancements and the evolving workforce. Providing opportunities for professional growth, such as training programs, workshops, and online courses, can keep your employees engaged and motivated.

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Talent Management Management Agility Diversity 95

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The paper, which was produced by the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Work , examined the output from around ten million research teams operating in eleven disciplines between 1961 and 2020. This is fascinating, as there has been considerable concern in recent times that our innovative output has been slowing down. .”

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Productivity Products Innovation Analysis 127

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 10, 2020

Guest post by Martha Alderson: Leaders often rely on surveys, empirical data, conscious reasoning, concrete evidence, facts, logic, and scientific research before making decisions or changing the current course of action. We’re asked to innovate and create new solutions instantaneously. However, life today moves at warp speed.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

In the words of Robert Anderson and William Adams, authors of Scaling Leadership , “We are running an Internal Operating System that is not complex enough for the complexity we face. But of course, simply following a list is a bit simplistic. This is our Development Gap.” We are often pushed to our limits.

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Leadership Self-aware Agility Creativity 277

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 17, 2012

The best ones influenced my mode of operation as an executive of Jacobs Suchard , the maker of coffee and chocolate brands, Jacobs , Nabob , Toblerone , Suchard and Côte d’Or. In today’s world, Apple , Google and Facebook are the poster boys of transformational innovation. The innovations are incremental, and often easily copied.

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Strategy Competitive Advantage Innovation Operations 229

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 31, 2023

As a 2017 World Bank report noted: “the WMS initiated by Bloom and Van Reenen … has permitted a quantum leap in the comparative quantitative analysis of management practices and their implications for productivity and innovation.” This could involve piloting online-only courses or offering courses in a more customized timeframe.

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