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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. Underinvestment in Technology. Because Southwest Airlines seems to have the worst, most outdated operating technology in the industry.

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The Rise Of Hybrid Self-Employment

The Horizons Tracker

In 2001 Dan Pink made the case for the “free agent nation”, whereby we would increasingly be self-employed individuals using web-based technologies to make contacts and deliver our services. million such people in 2001, but by 2016 this had risen to 3.39 The study shows that there were 2.46

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Reconciling Workplace Values and Practices: Seeing people at work with awe and reverence

Mike Cardus

“When we see a world of objects rather than animated presences and conceive of an earth without agency and intelligence, we generate technologies that are apt to manipulate and exploit. The Impact of Worldview on Technology and Culture The worldview we adopt fundamentally shapes the technologies we develop and the cultures we foster.

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Productivity Growth During The Digital Age Could Be Higher Than We Think

The Horizons Tracker

Despite the tremendous investments in quite noticeable technological breakthroughs since then, productivity growth in many G20 countries has been sluggish for some time. The authors argue that digital technology has certainly led to productivity growth, but mismeasurement may not be capturing those gains successfully.

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What Prompts Investments In Energy Innovation

The Horizons Tracker

billion in 2001 to $20.1 In China, for instance, spending on fossil fuel innovation grew from just $90 million in 2001 to $1.673 billion in 2018. Technological competition with China also matters, as it creates an incentive to invest in future growth sectors where China has taken a lead—including various clean energy technologies.”.

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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. Underinvestment in Technology This was the main root of their problem. Failing technology. The reason for this vast difference in recovery?

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Will Lukang: The Character-Based Leader Co-Author Interview

Lead Change Blog

He always looks at the positive side of every situation.Will’s leadership journey started in 2001, when he attended Seton Hall University’s Master of Arts in Strategic Communication and Leadership (MASCL) program, where he graduated with honors. He is passionate about people/leadership development, coaching and mentoring.

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