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The Precarious Nature Of Youth Employment

The Horizons Tracker

A recent report from the innovation group Nesta suggests that there are six million people in the UK who are in such a precarious position, and they caution that without assistance, these people will be stuck in a cycle of either low-pay and insecure employment or forced out of the workforce entirely. A helpless situation. Treading water.

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Unleash The Power of a Leadership Mindset: How to Develop and Cultivate It

Experience to Lead

It’s all well and good to talk about leadership and aspire to show it, whether it’s in our families, social situations or work environment. Resilience and adaptability became part and parcel of what many businesses had to do during the pandemic. Pivoting in a way that allows you to adapt becomes much easier.

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Psychology of Time – The Impact on Your Orientation

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Economies of Unscale: Why Business Has Never Been Easier for the Little Guy

Harvard Business Review

The global business environment is decomposing into smaller yet more profitable markets, so businesses can no longer rely on scaling up to compete, but must instead embrace a new economies of unscale. Innovation Technology' Unscaling has emerged over decades. Finally, the American worker is about to get a break.

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6 Ways to Keep Good Ideas from Dying at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

And yet when companies suddenly decide to “get more innovative,” starting hackathons, idea competitions, and accelerator programs, they typically forget to address all those things that kill perfectly good ideas after they hatch. Here are six ways to change that. Start with a survey.

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How to Design Work Projects for Maximum Learning

Harvard Business Review

The severances team aimed to increase the number of land parcels processed per day by 50% in one field office in 100 days. The severances team increased parcels processed per day by 175%. The condo team set the goal of completing valuations within 30 days of occupancy for 10 high-rise condo projects in Toronto.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

Make you more innovative. Your relationships are also the best way to change with your environment and industry, even if your formal role or assignment has not changed. The sidebar “The Innovator’s Network Dilemma” presents convincing data that bears out this observation. It can keep you informed. Adapted from.

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