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The Benefits of a Chief Transformation Officer for Growth

N2Growth Blog

One of the biggest misconceptions around transformation is that you are done with it once the project is over; transformation is an ongoing requirement for any growing or adaptive business. Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” – George Bernard Shaw.

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10 Guiding Principles That Will Lead You to Future Happiness and Success

Leading Blog

Bernard Shaw is credited with the adage “Youth is wasted on the young.” If you want to be known as a team player, to be included in big projects and considered for promotion, look for ways to acknowledge others and their contributions. The compelling force for happiness and success in your life is you and only you.

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Mario Livio: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Bob''s blog entries "an antidote for the Great Man theory of decision making and organizational performance "Blunders of genius are often indeed the portals of discovery" "Doubt is an essential operating principle in science" "Humans are not purely rational beings [comma] capable of completely turning off their passions" "International Pythagoras Prize" (..)

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I Exam: Negative Nuggets of Pessimism or Positive Points of Optimism?

The Practical Leader

” George Bernard Shaw. “One study found that project teams with encouraging managers performed 31 percent better than teams whose managers were less positive and less open with praise. .” Rutger Bergman, Humankind: A Hopeful History. “Do you know what a pessimist is? “How happy are the pessimists! .

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Important Ideas on Change and Transitions: A Frontline Festival

Let's Grow Leaders

” - George Bernard Shaw. Martin discusses the complexity of leading organizational change and the soft skills needed to lead successful change projects. Follow Brian @BrianSooy. Overcoming Resistance to Change. “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

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Ready for Change – book review

Rapid BI

Ready for Change: Chapter 5 – Collaborative Decision-making – Prof Duncan Shaw. Ready for Change: Chapter 12 – Measurement of project management performance – Dr Prasanta Dey. Ready for Change: Chapter 4 – Linked data for the 21st century enterprise – Dr Christopher Brewster.

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Gene Sperling and Wall Street's Giant Sucking Sound

Harvard Business Review

Shaw, and $135,000 for one speech at Goldman Sachs. Shaw, Summers wasn't just a big-name figurehead, but actually involved himself with the firm's investment strategies (or so I've heard both from Summers and people at D.E. Shaw and what he made at the White House). Summers had reaped even bigger Wall Street paydays — $5.2

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