Fri.Aug 11, 2023

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Talking About a Difficult Decision — When You Can’t Share All the Details

Harvard Business Review

When you have to communicate a difficult organizational decision to employees, it’s hard to know how much information to provide when you can’t be fully transparent yet. Saying nothing can undermine people’s trust in your motives and compassion, whereas saying too much can leave people feeling overwhelmed and vulnerable as they struggle to process the information and implications.

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I Transformed My Company Through AI 15 Years Ago — Here's What I've Learned

Entrepreneur - Innovation

I run one of the world's largest language service provider companies. Fifteen years ago, I made the decision to completely change the DNA of my company to embrace automation and artificial intelligence. Here's what I've learned about adopting AI into your company.

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How CEOs Can Navigate the Emotional Labor of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Although the CEO role comes with power, pay, and privilege, it also involves emotional labor, as leaders feel the toll of making divisive and unpopular decisions. This aspect of the job has become more challenging the last few years. This article offers leaders four tools to help cope with the pressure.

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Recap: The Lean Effect Podcast (EP 128 with Matt Banna)

Kainexus

In a recent episode of The Lean Effect Podcast , Mark De Jong sat down with our very own Matt Banna, Enterprise Account Executive at KaiNexus, to delve into the world of employee engagement, executive buy-in, and process improvement.

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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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Why Today’s Leaders Need to Be Perpetual Learners

Harvard Business Review

Andrew Liveris likes to defy expectations. Born to immigrant parents in the Australian outback, he would eventually rise to the top of the corporate world, taking over in 2004 as CEO of Dow Chemical. In that job, which he held for 14 years, he won widespread credit for pushing an ambitious sustainability agenda, no easy task at one of the world’s biggest chemical producers.

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Continuous Improvement vs Lean: What's the Difference?

Kainexus

We, at KaiNexus, are fortunate to have the opportunity to chat with business leaders across the spectrum about the challenges and opportunities they face. Most conversations involve employee engagement, operational excellence, and customer satisfaction. Continuous improvement is the relentless pursuit of incremental betterment through iterative refinements and innovative adaptations.

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Do you ever admit you don’t know?

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski When you are asked a question and you don’t know the answer, what do you say? What does that say about you? What happens to people in your organization who say “I don’t know.”? Are they lauded or laughed at? Are they promoted, overlooked, or demoted?

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