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Experiment with Organizational Change Before Going All In

Harvard Business Review

Maybe you were contemplating a change in employment policies such as flextime or one in customer-facing processes such as a new billing system. Say you introduce an innovative new customer-relationship-management (CRM) tool for your sales force, and revenue increases by 15%. Change management Human resources Operations'

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Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are More Productive

Harvard Business Review

It takes a careful mix of mission, management, and culture. A Gallup poll showed that, even when workplaces offered benefits such as flextime and work-from-home opportunities, engagement predicted wellbeing above and beyond anything else. Ever had a manager or mentor who took a lot of trouble to help you when he or she did not have to?

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How to Think Like a Futurist

Strategy Driven

For me, the ideal timeframe for futurist thinking is 5-10 years, because although no one can successfully predict the future, in this window you are more likely to be able to clearly see where things are going according to current operating models.