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How Ready Are Companies For The Post-Pandemic World?

The Horizons Tracker

The importance of organizational agility was reaffirmed in a second report , from the Institute for Management Development’s (IMD) Future Readiness Centre. It brings to mind the groundbreaking work of Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede. Organizational agility.

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Your Coworkers See Your Office Differently

Harvard Business Review

Sure, there are language issues and not everyone likes the way other people manage their time, but the most insidious and intractable problems between coworkers from different parts of the world often arise from variations in how colleagues perceive (literally) and prefer to use space. Great Britain, and the Scandinavian countries.

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By Being Authentic, You May Just Be Conforming

Harvard Business Review

Lei Jun, CEO of the $10 billion Chinese company Xiaomi, has made headlines for creating products that look and act a lot like Apple’s, such as its new thin smartphone. He stands in front of a big screen with a well-designed presentation that shows off the product. Leadership Managing yourself' Photo by Andrew Nguyen.