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We need a new Energy Mantra- innovate, innovate, innovate.

Paul Hobcraft

Energy is a vital part of any country’s ability to be competitive, and we need to recognize that to innovate is the critical enabler to a clean energy future. Today half the world’s capital is invested in energy and its related infrastructure, which is the backbone of any industrial and urbanization strategy. We need to keep pushing for discoveries, experimentation, and demonstrating.

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Keep Your Team on Track Amid Cost-Cutting, Layoffs, and Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

It’s natural for workers to feel distracted and lose their drive when times are tough. In this article, the author shares insights from three experts on management and motivation. Their recommendations include keeping team meetings short and quick and devoting more attention to one-on-one check-ins; seeking out ways to provide team members with more autonomy, growth experiences, and opportunities to do meaningful work; and offering space and time to talk openly about your employees’ concerns.

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Embracing the Inevitable: How Can Anticipatory Leaders Harness Disruptive Technologies?

Daniel Burrus

Today, we are in an era of drastic technological transformation. With the increasing use of digital technologies that include everything from 3D printing to various applications of extended reality, how we do business is constantly and dramatically transforming in ways that we have not seen since the industrial revolution! While company leaders have long been questioning how to navigate this quickly changing landscape, Anticipatory Leaders are one step ahead, leveraging the ever-evolving digital

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Building a Culture Where Employees Feel Free to Speak Up

Harvard Business Review

When employees at every level speak up, they circulate local knowledge, expand the universe of useful ideas, and prevent collective tunnel vision. And not infrequently, minority views turn into novel solutions. But you can’t speak a speak-up culture into existence — doing so in the absence of true psychological safety is an abdication of leadership and an admission of failure.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Imagination versus Knowledge

Innovation Excellence

Is imagination really more important? GUEST POST from Janet Sernack Is imagination really more important than knowledge? How does imagination link to catalyzing collective innovation and unleashing corporate vitality? When I did my research, I discovered that the answer is actually paradoxical! Albert Einstein famously said “Imagination is more important than knowledge.

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How to Set Up an Effective Phase-Gate Process for Ideation | ITONICS

ITONICS

The traditional approach of ad-hoc idea generation often leads to missed opportunities, lack of direction, insufficient evaluation of ideas, and, ultimately, an inability to execute ideas quickly and effectively. A phase-gate process addresses these pain points by providing a structured methodology that guides teams through distinct phases of an idea workflow—from idea generation to evaluation and development.

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How One Founder Adapted His Role to Scale His Company

Harvard Business Review

If you’re trying to balance day-to-day leadership with the bigger picture, this episode is for you.

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The Three Ts of Empowerment

Mike Shipulski

If you give a person the tools, time, and training, you’ve empowered them. They know what to do, they have supporting materials, and they have the permission to spend the time they need to get it done. If you give a person the tools and the time but not the training, they will struggle to figure out the tools but they’ll likely get there in the end.

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3 Ways to Build Critical-Thinking Skills

Harvard Business Review

When was the last time you practiced your critical thinking skills?

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What strep throat (and Deirdre McCloskey) taught me about the goal of the economy

Christensen Institute

A couple of weeks ago I contracted strep throat. It was debilitating. As someone who has endured multiple bouts with malaria, suffered through typhoid fever, and survived COVID-19, I expected to overcome strep throat without struggle. I was wrong. There was struggle, and my experience with this infection, coupled with a short essay by the brilliant Deirdre McCloskey, has taught me an important lesson about the ultimate goal of an economy.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Dissecting 8 Startup Failures in 2023 (so far) and Their Crucial Lessons

Collectivecamp

Stepping into the world of startups is akin to embarking on an expedition: the journey is thrilling, the prospects of discovery unparalleled, but the path is often treacherous. However, the bitter truth is that 90% of startups fail.

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How to Drive Results for Top 3 Business Outcomes Using Flow Metrics in SAFe®

Planview

Fortune 500 companies have long recognized the importance of adopting the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) to stay competitive in today’s fast-paced business landscape. However, despite significant investments integrating SAFe, many organizations struggle to realize the expected return on investment quickly. To address this challenge, IT leaders are seeking innovative ways to tie their digital initiatives to business strategy while reducing costs within SAFe.

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How to fuel your project with intelligent naivety?

Flying Fish Lab

It’s often the case that small things, apparently insignificant, add up to making a big difference. We’re going to focus on two particular ones that we pay particular attention to during the set up stage of any project. Manage the Stakeholders, don’t let them manage you: Every organization has a leadership team, but each individual comes with a different background, personality and perspective, so when we get involved in any project we always make it a point to speak to various of the key people

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How AI Can Scale Personalization and Creativity in Marketing - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MAILCHIMP

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from MAILCHIMP.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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How a Continuous Planning System Can Help You Prepare for the Unexpected - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM WORKDAY AND ACCENTURE

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from Workday and Accenture.

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