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How Small Towns Can Support Aging In Place

The Horizons Tracker

It’s also about relationships with other people, social capital and the possibilities of community participation.” The survey questions pertain to various factors such as quality of life, usage of local services, perceptions of community leaders, social capital, civic engagement, and community attachment.

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Talking with Each Other @ Work

Coaching Tip

The true structure of the organization is not what is written down on an organizational chart, but what actually occurs as people connect through roles , influence and decision-making processes. Find out more about social capital by clicking here. Effective social networks that are built on the "law of reciprocity" flourish.

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What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills Scofield

Because the key to innovation isn’t processes, stage gates, weird exercises, or competitions. It’s not processes, it’s people. One of my clients is doing this with their “Blue Lobster Leadership” program (seriously, that’s the name!). The key to innovation has been and always will be People. Blue Lobsters. Not anymore.

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Teaching The Skills Entrepreneurs Need To Scale Their Business

The Horizons Tracker

. “In addition to business model innovation, practitioners stress the importance of social capital for entrepreneurs. Just as with leadership, the question of whether entrepreneurship is something that can be effectively taught is one for the ages. This paper suggests in some ways, it most definitely can.

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What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills Scofield

Because the key to innovation isn’t processes, stage gates, weird exercises, or competitions. It’s not processes, it’s people. One of my clients is doing this with their “Blue Lobster Leadership” program (seriously, that’s the name!). The key to innovation has been and always will be People. Blue Lobsters. Not anymore.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

1] He also worked hard to build his social capital with other talented inventors, but also with wealthy families and financiers like J. Human capital: who you are as a leader of innovation . Social capital: who you know with key expertise and resources. Morgan, the Vanderbilts, and the Rockefellers.

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Building Relationships Across Cultures In Today’s World

Tanveer Naseer

In cultures where group dynamics are paramount, the process of building networks tends to be much more elaborate, well defined, and long term. In many parts of China –– the art of networking in business revolves around a system of building social capital known as guanxi (gwan-shee).

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