Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2020

What would you do if your customer base tripled almost overnight and their lives depended on you scaling up your leadership and your organization to meet the sudden surge in demand? Their experience provides a case study that holds lessons for any organization in any sector.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 28, 2020

Travel has been disrupted, tourism has shriveled, healthcare systems have come under intense strain, and factory output has withered. People need to feel safe in speaking up so they can contribute to the debate unfolding in your organization about how to tackle this crisis. Tackle the climate of fear. Be as social as possible.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 31, 2021

However, expanding the organization at international levels comes with myriad challenges. It demands organizations to develop strategies that are not only intelligent but also fool-proof. Most of the information about a place on the web comes from tourists, tourism experts, and foreigners. However, there is a way out.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Get Organized and Explore Your Options. Working in the travel or tourism industry will allow you to visit new places while being paid. Or are you simply a bit bored and could easily cheer yourself up with a short holiday? You would be paid to test their gear and write about it to boost their sales. •

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Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2015

It is becoming increasingly rare to find an individual or organization that has not yet been required to team with others. Widget manufacturing companies team with retail management experts to open a string of widget stores. Non-profit organizations banning resources for programs or fund-raising.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2016

Separate the transformation or innovation team from the traditional part of the organization. Because of this, tourism, one of the country’s biggest income generators, has plummeted leaving it in an economically weakened state. Tawfik Jelassi is IMD Professor of Strategy and Technology Management. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. Although predictive models for change management are still a ways off, organizations can get themselves on the right path by adopting the right tools and capturing the right data.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 17, 2015

Johnson & Son Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Philip Kotler is the S.C. He received his Master’s Degree at the University of Chicago and his PhD Degree at MIT, both in economics.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 22, 2015

Johnson & Son Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Philip Kotler is the S.C. He received his Master’s Degree at the University of Chicago and his PhD Degree at MIT, both in economics.

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HR Digest

JULY 3, 2024

percent growth, with hospitality and tourism, media and communications, and arts and entertainment following the trends in part-time work. While we understand that part-time jobs are increasing, are employers forced to make the switch to balance their labor costs and employee benefits in a more manageable way?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. ” When we talk with corporate executives around the country, they almost always ask the same question: Can managers and CEOs really accomplish their business goals while also advancing society’s goals?

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 18, 2015

Aiming to jump start innovation in your organization? Though Nepal has an extensive fleet of helicopters to serve the tourism industry, using helicopters to deliver aid is both expensive and inefficient. Aid organizations typically focus on how to transport aid to affected communities. Go climb a mountain. Question assumptions.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 18, 2015

Aiming to jump start innovation in your organization? Though Nepal has an extensive fleet of helicopters to serve the tourism industry, using helicopters to deliver aid is both expensive and inefficient. Aid organizations typically focus on how to transport aid to affected communities. Go climb a mountain. Question assumptions.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

was the watchword of tourism. No, this is carefully managed chaos. This may require a new kind of manager. But managing, creating, and delivering randomness means living with variation. Can we make our organizations produce the new flow of randomness, variety, and delight? No surprises!" Our life is unpredictable.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Two organizations that work closely with high-end product companies, the Luxury Institute and Positive Luxury, produced the study (disclosure: I’m on the latter’s informal advisory board, but I had no involvement in the research). Celebrities are more invested than ever in sustainability. None of this is easy or obvious.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Europe's crisis management hasn't looked much better. If they simply declare that all euro-obligations of Greek domiciled organizations will be paid (and, presumably, received) in the future in drachmas at the prevailing rate, one can imagine an awful lot of broken contracts and lawsuits ensuing.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

Rather than struggle against austerity, British Games organizers have embraced it as a driver for change. The more test events completed, the better prepared organizers will be to manage spectators' security come Games-time. Olympic organizers have made sure that London's crisis has not gone to waste.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

How could a career that ranged from working with royalty to Fortune 500 brands and startups not pique the curiosity of any hiring managers? I spent a couple of days gathering data about the tourism industry and the company’s current footprint in the market, and identified strategic opportunities for them there.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

It has tourism—beach and sun and one of the communist world’s last Jurassic political systems—but the real asset is the brains of its people. It could be an ideal location for healthcare organizations, but also for those in applied sciences, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals. It requires an act of U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

This is a big dream worthy of our attention, and Alibaba has won the world’s admiration as an exciting and viable organization. To quote Peter Drucker, “The purpose of an organization is to make ordinary people do extraordinary things.” It’s something that could never have happened in most other large, complex organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

Separate the transformation or innovation team from the traditional part of the organization. Because of this, tourism, one of the country’s biggest income generators, has plummeted, leaving it in an economically weakened state. For the Prime Minister, it also meant that he had to empower his team to make autonomous decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

They’d bonded over their Miami roots and their desire to make a difference in the world, and soon they began developing Helena’s idea into a fully fledged organization. Within a decade the organization stretched well beyond Latin America to the Middle East and Asia. But Guillermo’s struggles weren’t unique.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Five years ago, with intensifying competition, the Philips board split the organization into three different companies: Consumer Health, Lighting, and Healthcare. It then went on to launch “Accelerate,” a program aimed at accelerating growth by transforming each new independent company into a focused organization.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

Internally, several parts of an organization may have to sign off on making such changes; externally, the process of finding new suppliers and contracting can be time-consuming. The sooner firms have a Brexit plan, the faster they can focus on managing these competitive dynamics. Relying on historical data is risky too.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

” That’s not cynicism; that’s savvy risk management. For an Uber, Airbnb , Weibo, Google, 23andMe and most strategically-situated post-industrial disruptors, managing regulatory combat quickly assumes primacy over managing either innovation investment or customer satisfaction. These phenomena are global.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2011

"Our new service tested off the charts — more than 5% of customers we surveyed said they would buy it," one reader at a not-for-profit organization emailed me. "We Most organizations have an untapped asset walking their hallways every day. We launched it. The results were disappointing.". Remember, customers lie.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

So far, Rwanda''s three big clusters are coffee, tea, and tourism, but Porter is convinced there are more to come. In the initial three areas of coffee, tea, and tourism, that effort has advanced quite far now. Rwanda is winning international awards and marketing globally, and tourism is booming. What are the bottlenecks?

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Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

Brandt, CEO and founder of The MPI Group and an award-winning journalist, has devoted more than two decades to studying leadership in effective, purpose-driven organizations. Some might say that you have somewhat shifted the blame from individuals to organizations, or as you put it, from nincompoops to Nincompoopery.

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