Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

He is credited with inventing the phonograph, the motion picture camera, the alkaline battery, and, most importantly, the electric light bulb and the accompanying distribution system for electric power. 1] He also worked hard to build his social capital with other talented inventors, but also with wealthy families and financiers like J.

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HR Digest

JULY 28, 2021

In a recent McKinsey Global Survey on the future of workforce needs, nearly nine in ten executives and managers say their organizations either face skills gap already or expect gaps to develop within the next five years. But less than half of the respondents had a clear sense of how to address the problem. CO-DESIGNING A BETTER FUTURE.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 10, 2017

The power and importance of building relationships with others is something that’s seems to be universally understood by people from all cultures. Our web of relations creates the foundation for our lives as social creatures, no matter what culture we come from. The following is a guest piece by Michael Landers.

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Yet, the power of surprise is necessary to create business breakthroughs. The leapfrogging life cycle traces the path to breakthroughs by describing the leadership and organizational dynamics involved at various phases over time. We need diverse social and professional connections to innovate. Businesses hate uncertainty.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

But effective cooperation, particularly in a setting as complex as health care, requires more than a resolve to play well together; it requires leadership to explicitly recognize the need to build social capital across the organization, and implement a strategy accomplish it. Ultimately, the key to success is authenticity.

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

Soren is the Managing Principal of InnovationPoint, an Adjunct Professor within the Imagineering Academy at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and the author of the new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs. The other domain is leadership.

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

Soren is the Managing Principal of InnovationPoint, an Adjunct Professor within the Imagineering Academy at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and the author of the new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs. The other domain is leadership.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 7, 2011

The powerful effect of trust is that it enables cooperative behavior without costly and cumbersome monitoring and contracting. . In short, trust is a form of social capital that enhances performance between individuals, within and among groups, and in larger collectives, like organizations, institutions and nations.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2018

As Jennifer de Vries has astutely observed, painting male allies and mentors as heroic rescuers actually strengthens the gendered status quo, inadvertently reinforcing male positional power while framing women as ill-prepared for serious leadership roles. So what’s a decent guy to do? We call it reciprocal mentoring.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Companies are now taking advantage of this new marketing reality, becoming more skilled at getting their customers to advocate for them, create peer influence in their markets, and make important contributions in areas like product development and services. Top Amazon reviewers are often more powerful than traditional media reviewers.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

This post is part of a three-week series exploring the re-invention of the social infrastructure of cities, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. We created a network and trained the community to take advantage of all these assets, turning them into social capital.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

I once hired a McKinsey consultant into a country manager role in a developing region. Today's headlines might tell us we're suffering through a jobs crisis, at least in the developed world. You will fit more easily into the culture, retain part of your social capital, and have larger chances to recover if you fail.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Science tells us that men and women use different parts of their brains and consequently have different behaviors that lead to different leadership styles. Gender-based differences play out in leadership nearly every day influencing how men and women communicate , act, react, problem-solve, make decisions and work together.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

It’s important to know where you’re vulnerable, but you shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that there are limits to the other side’s power as well and that they might have interests or objectives for which they need you. We’ve heard a lot about how the Democrats need new leadership. Shape the narrative.

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