The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Like the weather, many leaders talk about agility and innovation, but few managers do much about it. Unlike the weather, there’s a great deal managers can do about building agile and innovative cultures. Stages three and four lean heavily on disciplined management systems and processes.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 13, 2023

As the world grapples with waste management challenges, the city of Houston stands as a beacon of innovation. The need for sustainable solutions in managing biomedical waste has never been more pressing. In the realm of biomedical waste management, this means breaking down industry silos and fostering cross-sector engagement.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 1, 2024

At the heart of every successful business enterprise is the unmistakable influence of a Chief Operating Officer– they oversee daily operations, improve processes, and promote innovation and transformation. The COO’s influence extends far beyond mere operational management.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Insights and Strategies for Healthcare Leaders to Drive Innovation, Integration, and Success in a Rapidly Evolving Industry. It refers to the ability of various systems and devices to exchange and interpret data, which is critical in ensuring that patient data can be shared across different healthcare providers and organizations.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The diversity across markets results in a mixture of backgrounds of different belief systems, habits, and perceptions that govern the behavior of local team members. A company with a robust value system that resonates with all employees and customers will draw more people to its product.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 26, 2023

Let’s look at one more common example of a values clash: “work-life balance” and “we do what it takes.” For example, a manager’s bonus depends on the number of units shipped, regardless of units returned. When you launch any kind of change, whether new values or a new information system, expect challenges. Call them out.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Identify ways to create more robust conversations amongst your team, break stuckness in thinking, and continue developing conversations that will support the emergence of new ideas and innovation inside your team or group. I built this out on Mural; you can download the Innovation DTC operator Mural template here. DTC Operator.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2018

More and more of our systems are in the danger zone, but our ability to manage them hasn’t quite caught up. As systems become more complex, we are more vulnerable to unexpected system failures. These stories told here are a compelling look behind the scenes of why failures occur in today’s many complex systems.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 9, 2017

When it comes to innovation, it is no different. Jeff DeGraff writes in The Innovation Code , “ Your dominant worldview is your biggest strength —the quality that makes you stand out from other people.” DeGraff describes four basic worldviews or approaches to innovation : the Artist, the Engineer, the Athlete, and the Sage.

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CEO Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Lately I have been using a slightly different time management technique which I call the "See Do" method. Where the system has flaws and things required to make it effective: 1 - All other time management systems (including the ones I write about in my time management book ) use a priority system.

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Curious Cat

JUNE 7, 2017

Technological innovation brings great opportunity for improving results and quality of life. ” For many years GMs huge investment in robotics in the 1980s ($billions) has been an example of how pinning hopes on technology often doesn’t produce the desired results. .” Continue reading →.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This guide delves into inspiring examples of leadership feedback, each tailored to nurture high-performing teams. Leadership feedback provides leaders, whether they are team leads, managers, executives or others in leadership positions, with information regarding their performance, behavior and impact. What is Leadership Feedback?

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Lead from Within

APRIL 12, 2024

The best know how to navigate this dynamic landscape effectively, drive innovation, and inspire their teams to thrive. Here are some examples: Embrace the Potential of AI: Leaders must understand the potential of AI and its impact on their industry. Leading in an AI-driven world presents both opportunities and challenges.

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Engaging Leader

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Holacracy is a fundamentally different “operating system” for organizations. Perhaps the best-known examples of companies who have adopted Holacracy are Zappos and David Allen Company. “No Instead, employees […] Holacracy is a fundamentally different “operating system” for organizations.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

It calls for courageous leadership from a board willing to innovate, collaborate, and inspire others to follow. Leaders should lead by example, personifying values of integrity, honesty, and transparency in their decision-making process. Rather, it should be seen as an opportunity to create a significant and lasting impact on society.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Let’s begin by defining knowledge management (KM)…While this alone may spur fierce debate, for simplicity sake I’ll define knowledge management as: “an organization’s ability to collect and convert data into information, turn information into knowledge, and knowledge into an operating advantage.&#

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This executive role focuses on developing and implementing human resources strategies to manage the workforce and create a positive organizational culture. In today’s dynamic business environment, the CPO plays a pivotal role in talent management, recruitment, and retention.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 15, 2022

” – Ralph Stacey & Chris Mowles ‘Strategic Management and Organisational Dynamics. Then you may also interpret your future through current and future-based thoughts and knowledge, constructing a more circular or complex-adaptive-systems sense-making pattern. . appeared first on mikecardus.com.

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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. Everyone is Innovative . so read on.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 14, 2023

Here’s another common example of this kind of value clash. So those are examples of clashes in between the values. Often there are underlying reasons that leaders or managers don’t fully embrace the new value. You’ll never get those innovations if you don’t have the discussions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Managers are relearning how to lead and support their teams. That’s not necessarily a sign we’re getting better at conflict, just escaping it— and potentially losing out on the innovation and problem-solving that comes from learning to do conflict well. Clear examples and explanations of how phrasing will improve interactions.

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HR Digest

APRIL 18, 2024

How to manage remote teams effectively? Here are some hard-won lessons I’ve learned to manage a remote team and turn that scattered crew into a high-performing unit. Here are some hard-won lessons I’ve learned to manage a remote team and turn that scattered crew into a high-performing unit. The question gnaws at you.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 26, 2024

Artificial intelligence has transformed industries, improved efficiency, and provided innovative solutions, but it also brings along a set of ethical challenges that your company can’t survive without addressing. Let’s explore another example beyond the healthcare scenario to illustrate the ethical complexities surrounding AI.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

And yet during times of stress, ambiguity, and change , when you need your team to be THE MOST resourceful, some managers clamp down, insist on the old ways of doing things, and slow their team down. For example, consider a highly competitive culture where people or regions are stack-ranked against one another. No fancy budget.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 18, 2012

Here's some new research on innovation and a guest post by By Rich Wellins, Ph,D., Senior Vice President, Development Dimensions International (DDI): In the past year, innovation has risen to the top of the business agenda. It seems not a day goes by that the major media writes (or broadcasts) stories in innovation.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 12, 2022

Many investment decisions are made using historic data, so that fund managers are backed based upon strong past performances rather than potential future performances. Research from the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management suggests this is a major problem. And two, does this add value? And two, does this add value?”

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 23, 2024

” Some managers are badly out of sync. For example, a manager once hired me to speak to their organization about the work-life balance themes in Growing the Distance. Rebranding and customer service programs are initiated by managers who boss, direct, and control rather than serve their organization’s servers.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 4, 2023

Can better management and leadership nurse the NHS back to health? Author Nigel Cassidy / Photography Fabio De Paola Some people say the problem with the NHS is too many managers. Intriguingly, it also has an operational team largely made up of Chartered Managers. As much as anything, this is a management story.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 10, 2023

When you have a new technology, or a new innovation that you’re adopting in your firm, complementary assets are the additional things that you need in order to get value from this technology,” they explain. Consequently, the company might need to invest in a comprehensive computing system and accompanying software to oversee these operations.

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Mike Cardus

JULY 26, 2012

Blocks to Creativity and Innovation. Tools to Release Creativity and Innovation from Michael Cardus. Fix-it in a way improves upon what already exists and can prove useful to people besides yourself – that is how I define Innovation. If you have no problems, you have no reason to innovate. How do you define innovation?

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HR Digest

MARCH 14, 2022

Focusing on the basics of people strategy, companies and organizations can boost their strength, agility and innovation to better prepare for an ever-changing environment. . It is important to have a system and process in place that can provide each employee a positive experience at the same time ensuring the structure and governance.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 15, 2020

We are entering a new fluid state that will lead to an unprecedented period of innovation and transformation. While some organizations had begun to embrace these technologies before the pandemic, it’s now critical that business leaders keep moving ahead with innovation efforts as we move into a new normal. A race for broadband.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 1, 2019

For example, in many companies, the most valued employees are those who force order, control chaos, and take decisive action. To make matters worse, many leaders and managers work in organizations layered with forced hierarchies and inherently distrustful systems. As the Roman poet Virgil said, “Fortune favors the bold.”

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

It’s well known that many of us leave our jobs in large part due to a poor relationship with our direct manager. Algorithmic management. These can often have unintended consequences for the organizations deploying the systems. The post How We Feel To Be Managed By Algorithms first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 9, 2012

In Standardization is the first step to innovation , Alan Kay Wrote, “…every team is different. The application would vary greatly if you were running a highly regulated business, e.g., healthcare vs. an innovative internet retailing business.”. For innovation to take place the person traverses through 3 phases of learning.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 8, 2023

This article explores the manifold benefits of utilizing AI prompts in software development, delving into how these cutting-edge solutions can dramatically transform efficiency, collaboration, learning, project management, and innovation. By employing AI prompts, developers can significantly minimize the occurrence of human error.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 10, 2018

Innovating O ur Way to Sustainability , we assert that to address these challenges requires substantial, disruptive innovation across a wide number of sectors. Such innovation cannot and will not happen without the active involvement of the business community. Innovation is more than invention. And the list goes on.

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