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Reskilling the Future of Work

HR Digest

It is a tough time as they bank on social capital and how to maintain cohesion without the benefit of informal coffee, lunch or smoke breaks. In terms of magnitude, it’s akin to the Industrial Revolution that was felt on the agricultural community.

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Leading for Innovation: Why Fighting Fires Burns Down the House

LDRLB

Others experience the inherent tension but let short-term goals and fire-fighting consume their lives – at the expense of preparing for and positioning themselves for the future. Innovation today is as much about how you deliver value as it is about what it is you offer to the market. The other domain is leadership.

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Leading for Innovation: Why Fighting Fires Burns Down the House

LDRLB

Others experience the inherent tension but let short-term goals and fire-fighting consume their lives – at the expense of preparing for and positioning themselves for the future. Innovation today is as much about how you deliver value as it is about what it is you offer to the market. The other domain is leadership.

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High-Trust Teams

Coaching Tip

In short, trust is a form of social capital that enhances performance between individuals, within and among groups, and in larger collectives, like organizations, institutions and nations. Trust, like love and happiness , is difficult for people to explain in clear, rational terms.

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Where Does Your Nation Rank on Wellbeing?

Harvard Business Review

For the first time, the US does not rank among the top 10 countries in the world in terms of overall prosperity. Kennedy's assertion that economic data "measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile," the index captures data in areas beyond economic performance. Building on Robert F.

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The CEO's Priority Should Be the Corporation's Survival

Harvard Business Review

For example, a decision to invest in growth, which might be better for longer-term shareholders, can often come at the expense of a higher dividend, which might suit short-term investors; a choice to pay higher wages and make employees happy and allow for price reductions, the benefits of which go to customers, impossible; and so on.

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When Selling Digital Content, Let the Customer Set the Price

Harvard Business Review

This architecture reflects three key ingredients of today’s social marketplaces: Empowerment. We see this in marketing with product development and advertising, mostly. Integrate the idea of social capital in the monetization approach. Companies are embracing the idea of delegating activities to their customers.

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