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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

As a result, businesses are experiencing reduced output, reduced long term growth plans and decreased staff morale and wellbeing. Learning and Work Institute Short-term focus: Employers tend to prioritise immediate business needs rather than longer-term strategic requirements or broader economic needs.

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Intrapreneurship in "Social" Business

Mills Scofield

Having lived in and with off-the-grid communities in Latin America, in Nicaragua and Colombia, I had seen and felt the impact of low Internet and basic telecommunications access, especially when it comes to communicating with potential employers. First is the bandwidth to test out new ideas and to maintain a constant stream of innovation.

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business Review

Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.

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How Companies Succeed By Engaging Radically With Society

Eric Jacobson

In order to survive over the long term and gain competitive advantage, companies must learn how to connect profoundly with the world around them -- not only with customers and stakeholders, but also with employees, local communities, politicians, and the environment itself." The life expectancy of a leading U.S.

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Create Early Warning Systems to Detect Competitive Threats

Harvard Business Review

Corporations should have early warning systems to detect emerging competitive threats that have long-term potential to affect their business. Christensen's research shows clearly that transformation often comes in the form a disruptive innovator that makes consumption simpler, convenient, and more affordable.

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The Inevitable Disruption of Television

Harvard Business Review

The fact of the matter is that periodically, technologies or business model innovations allow start-ups to enter industries offering services that are generally cheaper and more accessible, but of far lower quality. This is the essence of what we call "disruptive innovation." But destruction will come slowly.

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Multicultural Leadership Starts from Within

Harvard Business Review

As new technologies in social media, transportation, and telecommunications bring us closer together, it's more critical than ever for organizations to recruit, develop, and retain multicultural leaders who can skillfully navigate both the opportunities and challenges of a more connected world. The world is getting smaller.