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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

Of course, part of that entailed reestablishing the company’s reputation for cutting-edge technology. Here’s an innovation story that’s closer to reality: It’s a story of loss, grit, and renewal. It’s about a wildly successful company that went off course. You know this company. But there was much more than that.

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Right Leadership, Right Model

Great Leadership By Dan

A pendulum tends to swing too far at first, and pretty soon we were in the second Wild, Wild West. For example, if two or three teams within a unit are developing technology products, is it really efficient for each team to do their own product management internally? But there’s always tinkering to be done.

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AI Storytelling

Decker Communication

Problems arise when advancements in technology outpace the ability of technology companies to effectively communicate their value. In all of these scenarios, we see leading-edge technology solutions being undermined by lagging stories. This is certainly not the first time a transformative technology has been hard to explain.

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We Think Our Jobs Are More At Risk Of Automation Than They Are

The Horizons Tracker

As the world has gained a more realistic understanding of just what automated technologies can and cannot do, the fears about robots taking our jobs have abated somewhat. “But just because a technology can be used for something does not mean that it will be implemented.”

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?. Selection Methodology.

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New Tool Offers Possible Career Alternatives For Those Threatened By Automation

The Horizons Tracker

While I have been notably skeptical about the various claims that robots and AI will destroy vast swathes of the jobs we know today, there is an understandable concern about the impact technology is likely to have on the labor market, and especially about how one can go about making our own job as disruption proof as possible.

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Your Teams Should Drive AI Adoption — Not Senior Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Whenever a new technology comes along, large companies think you need to appoint a designated senior leader — a “czar,” in popular parlance — and it will get taken care of. This, however, is a mistake.

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