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Carey Pellock on HR Leadership for A Better World

HR Digest

The pandemic gave us the opportunity to really test our agility and innovation, and I am proud to say we exceeded expectations, ” she says. “ With some 2,000 employees in 16 offices around the world, we must be very good at communicating and collaborating with one another so that we can continue innovating.

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Venture Capitalists Are Looking for Failures

Women on Business

The fact is that businesses will not assume the risks necessary for innovation and development if they’re not ok with the idea of failing on some level. The problem with fearing failure is that you ultimately avoid risk, don’t bet on yourself or your business, and stunt your richest experiences.

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Reinvigorate Your Career by Taking the Right Kind of Risk

Harvard Business Review

Jon Buchan, the director of London-based Charm Offensive, a creator of innovative cold emailing campaigns, applies Curry’s disruptive basketball strategy to business: “Find a gap,” Buchan writes. ” Embracing market risk in our careers is a high-percentage move. “A chink in the armor.

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The Status Quo Is Risky, Too

Harvard Business Review

Are you ever frustrated by teammates who cling to the past while you try to introduce novel ideas or new strategies? If your team’s strategy can be summed up by the English wartime slogan “Keep Calm and Carry On,” you need some new approaches to tackle their resistance.

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Benefits of Debriefing

Strategy Driven

market) risk obsolescence or irrelevance. In a complex world where predictability is impossible and innovation and risk are necessary to survive and thrive, mistakes are not only acceptable, but welcome. The Forces of global change can render professional skill sets obsolete almost overnight. But how is this done?

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When “Scratch Your Own Itch” Is Dangerous Advice for Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

This approach to entrepreneurship increases your market knowledge: as a potential user, you know the problem, how you’re currently trying to solve it, and what dimensions of performance matter. And you can use this knowledge to avoid much of the market risk in building a new product. Disruptive innovation Entrepreneurship'

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Entrepreneurship: A Working Definition

Harvard Business Review

But like the terms "strategy" and "business model," the word "entrepreneurship" is elastic. The opportunity may entail: 1) pioneering a truly innovative product; 2) devising a new business model; 3) creating a better or cheaper version of an existing product; or 4) targeting an existing product to new sets of customers.