Leading Blog

MAY 16, 2020

Technology is the raw material that 21st-century innovators need to build new business capabilities, to develop exciting new products and services, and to create workarounds for the physical distancing measures we will likely endure for the foreseeable future. In a world of pandemic, it’s the only way forward.

Innovation 266

Innovation Supply Chain Technology Wireless 266

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2021

Their daily in-person interactions are limited to the few people they live with and their other interactions are intermediated through digital technology. This could be especially important for employees who live alone and have primarily relied on interactions in the workplace to meet their need for social connection.

Self-aware 332

Self-aware Stress Environment Long-term 332

Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

Technology has connected more people in more places at more times than ever before. Leaders need to harness the power of these connections. If you’re operating as a know-it-all, you have an underlying belief that that any new stuff really isn’t of much value. Empathy is a uniquely human skill. The second cost is ego.

Leadership 108

Leadership Open-book Learning-by-Doing Quality 108

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

However, a new survey by my HR advisory firm Future Workplace called “The Employee Experience” reveals the reality is that employees crave something far more fundamental and essential to human needs. The benefits of these elements is is well recognized.

Real Estate 13

Real Estate Call Center Hedge Survey 13

In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 17, 2011

More and more, the critical role of chief brand custodian is relegated to middle managers who either lack the experience, the clout or the motivation to drive innovation into the brands they manage. With the exception of niche, specialty, and technology markets, I see little evidence of this. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011.

Brand 168

Brand CEO Stage-Gate SWOT 168

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2018

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and computer technology are causing us to think again about some really basic questions: what is a firm? While there has been a lot of discussion about “what’s left for humans? While there has been a lot of discussion about “what’s left for humans?”

Company 9

Company Long-term Short-term Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Starbucks is just one of many companies using this type of technology, and it’s not hard to understand why. This is the exact approach taken by Belk , the largest family owned and operated department store in the United States. Managing people Retail Technology' So what should retailers do?

Software 8

Software Management Retail How To 8