Leading Blog

MAY 16, 2020

Technology is the raw material that 21st-century innovators need to build new business capabilities, to develop exciting new products and services, and to create workarounds for the physical distancing measures we will likely endure for the foreseeable future. In a world of pandemic, it’s the only way forward.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2021

How do you truly measure the ROI of remote vs. in-person work? In this episode of Asking For a Friend, Jack Phillips, author of High-Impact Human Capital Strategy and Chairman of ROI Institute about how to calculate ROI for remote work vs. in-person work. 4:20 Reaction: How do people (employees and managers) see this situation?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

W E OFTEN THINK of innovation as something visionaries draw out of thin air, like manna from heaven. Here’s an innovation story that’s closer to reality: It’s a story of loss, grit, and renewal. It’s also about a never-too-late approach to innovation that enabled a floundering business to launch a second golden age.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

D ISRUPTION has become synonymous with innovation. It is the dominant view of how growth is created. In contrast, nondisruptive innovation is “achieved without disrupting a preexisting market and its associated companies and jobs.” Focused on disruption, we miss opportunities for nondisruptive innovation.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 14, 2023

“Hi Karin, I watched your #AskingforaFriend about how to encourage people to speak up more in meetings, but I’ve got the EXACT OPPOSITE CHALLENGE. If you need some pointers on how to initiate a challenging conversation read this article, How to Start the Conversation Everyone Wants to Avoid. That’s a start.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 19, 2024

When I looked back into history to track the origins of some of the everyday innovations we take for granted today, I found that every inventor tended to embody some or all of these same traits. In so many cases, new technology exceeded most peoples' imaginations, and inventors had to break new ground in more ways than one.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

And technology? This young continent, with a median age of around twenty, is an eager adopter and innovator in all things digital and mobile.” billion-person market in the midst of an historic economic acceleration, it has a huge unfulfilled demand, making it ripe for entrepreneurship and innovation at scale.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This individuals ability to navigate dynamic technological landscapesranging from artificial intelligence to renewable energyhas an outsized impact on the institutions capacity to remain a global thought leader. These efforts enable students to develop problem-solving prowess, entrepreneurial thinking, and adaptability.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

I N THE AGE of digitization, businesses face a critical imperative: to adapt and embrace innovation or risk being left behind in a rapidly evolving world. This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

These key insights will inform leaders on where and how to take immediate action that will have impact and add immediate value to their teams: 1. He is the author of UnConditional Power: Thriving In Any Situation, No Matter How Frustrating or Complex , and the forthcoming Scaling Culture: The Non-Negotiables of Success.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Embracing Adaptability and Innovation: The ability to adapt and innovate is crucial, and great leaders excel at this. They are flexible and open to change, embracing new ideas and technologies while always looking for ways to improve and stay ahead. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2018

As I watched the documentary, I was struck by how closely the story mirrored case studies from the business world, and how perfectly it illustrated the points I try to emphasize in the leadership and innovation class I teach at MIT. If innovation is really about execution, then execution itself is really about problem-solving.

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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

Their greatest fear is no longer their closest competitor, but the startups which, although they live in metaphorical garages and have hardly taken off, have an innovation power that established organizations can only dream of possessing. The Three Tracks of Innovation. Optimizing innovation: Improving the past.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 4, 2024

As technology evolves, leaders are faced with an important question: How do you lead effectively in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence? Many people think leadership in the AI era is all about understanding technology or staying up to date with trends. Embrace them, and lead with purpose and vision. #1

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

These key insights will inform leaders on where and how to take immediate action that will have impact and add immediate value to their teams: 1. He is the author of UnConditional Power: Thriving In Any Situation, No Matter How Frustrating or Complex , and the forthcoming Scaling Culture: The Non-Negotiables of Success.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 11, 2020

Guest post by Chuck Swoboda : As increasing competition, new technologies and evolving customer expectations continue to disrupt nearly every industry, business leaders are turning to innovation as a way to keep their companies relevant. The standard solution is to create teams that focus explicitly on innovation. The problem?

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The first part of the book discusses how to become a 10x company and attract 10x talent. Part two is about how you can become 10x talent. Ralph Perrine, the director of the Innovation Garage, highlighted the gap between the excitement of the innovator and well, everyone else. They work well on teams.

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Career Advancement

AUGUST 17, 2020

Ascher, who worked in a medical technology firm, had been making an effort to enhance how others perceived him over the past six months. Resourceful” and “innovative” topped the list. He set up a meeting with his boss to talk about his boss’s most important priorities and how he could help resolve persistent challenges.

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Mark Sanborn

MARCH 15, 2025

Disruptive leaders challenge the status quo, foster growth, and drive innovation within their teams and organizations. Its about questioning the norm, driving innovation, and encouraging continuous improvement. Under his leadership, NVIDIA hasnt just adapted to trends but created themtransforming the way we interact with technology.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The future of work is rapidly evolving, driven by advancements in technology, changing employee expectations, and a shifting global economy. According to a recent report by the World Economic Forum, 50% of all employees will need reskilling due to technological disruption. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Changing Just One Word Can Change Your Solutions If your challenge is, “How can we hire the right talent?”, you might put your energies into time-consuming campus outreach programs, complicated recruitment campaigns, or expensive technology. But changing the question to, “How can we retain the right talent?”

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

With an acute focus on customer experience, the CXO taps into vast reserves of customer data to craft innovative solutions that enhance user experiences, boost satisfaction, and build lasting loyalty. This know-how helps effectively reach and engage target audiences across various digital channels.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Smart new technologies. And how will this change the way we love, manage and learn from others? One thing is clear: advances in technology have not been matched by the necessary innovation to our social structures. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases not listed here. Scott and Lynda Gratton.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Emerging Technologies to Facilitate Leadership Planning As the digital revolution unfolds, it’s becoming clear that technology plays a substantial role in enhancing leadership planning. While human resources professionals can no longer overlook the importance of technology, a delicate balance must be maintained.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 1, 2025

If you keep dismissing new ideas, resisting innovation, and relying on outdated methods, youre not leadingyoure blocking progress. My role is to help leaders recognize these blind spots, shift their mindset, and learn how to lead into the future instead of holding onto the past. Stop dismissing innovation as a distraction.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 27, 2020

In this episode you’ll get several ways to ensure that your remote meetings are the best use of everyone’s time – including how to take advantage of technology to do […]. Even after social distancing ends, remote meetings are here to stay. Even after social distancing ends, remote meetings are here to stay.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Additionally, for leaders, The Courage Gap provides a guide to operationalize and scale the courage mindset across your team and organization to deepen trust, dismantle silos, foster innovation, accelerate learning, and unleash collective courage toward a more secure and rewarding future.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The book, Beyond Disruption , shows companies how to build a path beyond disruption, where economic growth and social good are not trade-offs that work against each other and divide us. It’s what we call non disruptive creation that allows us to innovate and grow without disruption and social pain,” share the authors W.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Featuring commentary from the leaders themselves describing how they handled each situation, it helps managers better understand not just what emotional intelligence is, or how to measure it, or how it is linked to bottom-line results: it also shows how real leaders used their emotional intelligence to deal with real situations.

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Embarking on your own AI journey While your goal is to be innovative, relevant, competitive, and forward-looking, your approach should be to bend but not break your team and your operations. I learned this principle when helping clients brainstorm how best to leverage AI within their operations.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

The evolution of new technologies and the COVID-19 pandemic have greatly influenced consumer habits worldwide, consumers are becoming more demanding, and companies are working on efficiencies to offset the negative impact of inflation on their P&Ls. Physical skills are steadily declining as automation technologies become more advanced.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

While AI can enhance decision-making, streamline operations, and drive innovation, it also brings challenges such as ethical concerns, job displacement, and data privacy issues. Investing in Continuous Learning Programs to Stay Current with AI Trends AI technology evolves rapidly, and staying current with its developments is essential.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. 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.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

The Creator: Innovators and Visionaries Creators are the pioneers of new ideas and visionary strategies– naturally inclined towards innovation, thinking outside the box, and envisioning future possibilities. Their leadership style is often characterized by: Creativity and Innovation: Generating groundbreaking ideas and solutions.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 9, 2019

The best leaders have a propensity for looking for ways to leverage digital technology for competitive gain.If It’s the only way you can help your business leverage data and information technologies in the pursuit of growth and profitability. Digital technology and media are omnipresent in business nowadays.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Leaders who master emerging competencies consistently outperform their peers in organizational innovation and talent retention. Instead, they create sophisticated frameworks that blend human insight with advanced technological capabilities. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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