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Reskilling the Future of Work

HR Digest

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. In terms of magnitude, it’s akin to the Industrial Revolution that was felt on the agricultural community.

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Leading for Innovation: Why Fighting Fires Burns Down the House

LDRLB

Others experience the inherent tension but let short-term goals and fire-fighting consume their lives – at the expense of preparing for and positioning themselves for the future. Innovation today is as much about how you deliver value as it is about what it is you offer to the market. The other domain is leadership.

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Leading for Innovation: Why Fighting Fires Burns Down the House

LDRLB

Others experience the inherent tension but let short-term goals and fire-fighting consume their lives – at the expense of preparing for and positioning themselves for the future. Innovation today is as much about how you deliver value as it is about what it is you offer to the market. The other domain is leadership.

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High-Trust Teams

Coaching Tip

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. Trust, like love and happiness , is difficult for people to explain in clear, rational terms.

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When Selling Digital Content, Let the Customer Set the Price

Harvard Business Review

This architecture reflects three key ingredients of today’s social marketplaces: Empowerment. We see this in marketing with product development and advertising, mostly. Integrate the idea of social capital in the monetization approach. Companies are embracing the idea of delegating activities to their customers.

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The Five Characteristics of Successful Innovators

Harvard Business Review

Some studies suggest that radical innovation (which does sound sexy) confers sustainable competitive advantages, but others show that “mild” innovation – think iPhone 5 rather than the original iPhone – is generally more effective, not least because it reduces market uncertainty.

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How Unemployment Affects Twentysomethings’ Self-Worth

Harvard Business Review

Does unemployment threaten young adults’ developing confidence? We drew on a unique data archive, the Youth Development Study (YDS), which has monitored the employment status (employed, unemployed, out of the labor force) of a cohort of more than 1,000 youth in St. They may also have long-term detrimental effects on employment.