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Working Backward Is Key To Successful Pilots

The Horizons Tracker

“Failing fast” has become a popular mantra in innovation circles, but, of course, the idea isn’t to fail but rather to learn. This approach requires the team to imagine that the innovation is actually ready to ship. They produce a press release announcing the launch of the new product to its potential customers.

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The Racial Stereotypes That Underpin EDI Appointments

The Horizons Tracker

The finding emerged after several hundred recruiters and HR managers were shown a press release that announced the new senior leader in a fictitious firm. In their final experiment, they looked at how hiring managers judged potential EDI leaders based on their job application materials.

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Focusing On Unicorns Is The Wrong Approach

The Horizons Tracker

Now, as a recent report from the European Innovation Council suggests, the concern has moved from creating to keeping unicorns. This fallacy was underlined by a recent paper from the IESEG School of Management, which examines whether our obsession with unicorns is actually harmful to the economy and to society more broadly.

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West Midlands Future Prosperity

Chartered Management Institute

Policy Paper: Private: West Midlands Future Prosperity Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email CMI’s latest policy paper, West Midlands Future Prosperity, developed in partnership with Aston University, sets out how management skills can boost growth in the region and beyond. Why not share it.

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The Center for Leadership Studies Named to Training Industry Top 20 Leadership Training Companies List for the 9th Year in a Row

The Center For Leadership Studies

Training Industry, the leading research and information resource for corporate learning leaders, prepares the Training Industry Top 20 report on critical sectors of the corporate training marketplace to better inform professionals about the best and most innovative providers of training services and technologies.

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Nominations Being Accepted for Exceptional Women in Business.

Women on Business

Leave a Comment Subscribe to and Follow Women On Business Subscribe to the Women On Business Newsletter Sponsored by Tradepub.com Connect with Susan Gunelius Publish Your Press Release on Women on Business Submit your press release to be published in the Business Women News section.

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Most Desired Trait by Companies Seeking Senior Executives

Great Leadership By Dan

I don''t often publish press releases, but this one from executive search firm IIC caught my attention and I thought it was worth sharing. Global trends in talent management indicate that companies are investing more in grooming internal leaders, and they are doing a better job of onboarding the executives they hire from the outside."

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