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The Importance of Prioritizing Employee Well-Being and Psychological Safety

Business and Tech

My turning point came in 2007, when I collapsed from exhaustion and broke my cheekbone. You can see that in the way that performance reviews have evolved to regular feedback; how people think about career development and compensation; and the way companies need to invest in onboarding, development, and culture.

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Innovate, Adapt, Overcome: How to Beat a Recession with Idea Management & Continuous Improvement

Qmarkets

job losses skyrocketed during the peak recession years 2008-2010 Given the devastating impact of the 2007-08 financial crisis, it’s little wonder that companies worldwide are sensitive to omens of a new “great recession”. Read on to discover how you can transform a recession into a rejuvenation.

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Typology for Innovative Organizations

Open Innovation EU

To my opinion, Mintzberg’s work was a refreshing change to the world of organization design that until then has been largely influenced by Taylor’s Scientific Management Approach and Henry Ford’s efficiency-based adaptation of that. Why this typology: innovation management in organizations. Academic Relevance.

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Successful office investments in disruptive times

Norbert Bol

Last week I gave a short presentation at the VIP Europe Conference of IREI in Amsterdam about the impact of innovation, technology and sustainability on office investments in the Netherlands. My key message is: Technology and sustainability have a positive impact on institutional office investments.

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

This dichotomy delivered by the financial pressure is unfortunately pushing many leaders and top managers towards suboptimal decisions that tend to focus more on survival and not enough on investing in the future. For example, Delta Air Lines, one of the leading airlines, managed to get back to their leading position even after bankruptcy.

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Successfully Merging Theory and Practice in your Innovation Program

Qmarkets

Eric Gabas-Varini is the Partner and Co-Founder of Innovation Framework Technologies, a consulting firm which was founded in Paris, but has since established regional offices in the United States, South Korea & Japan, with a network of associate offices in Latin America and the Middle East. Merging Theory and Practice. Pitfalls to Avoid.

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A New Model to Start Innovation

Gijs Van Wulfen

The ‘front end’ is the informal start of innovation and defined as “fuzzy” by many due to its lack of process and structure. As speaker on innovation I have been traveling around the world meeting innovators, managers and CEOs in different cultures: from Canada to Cape Town; and from Turkey to Tokyo. Lack of resources. Not feasible.