Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2024

Humans are good at inventing tools, but not as good at adapting to the change these tools can cause. While there has been much focus on the technical impacts and potential dark side of AI, the authors’ research has shown that AI can enhance and empower leadership, actually helping make leaders more human. To do this, we need to invest just as much in the development of our human potential as we do in harnessing the power of AI.

Leadership 145

Leadership Tools Change Artificial Inteligence 145

IdeaScale

JUNE 6, 2024

Purpose. Goal. Mission. You hear these words a lot this time of year. Not because it’s the start of the annual business planning cycle but because it’s graduation season.

Collaboration 130

Collaboration Innovation Management Leadership Management 130

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2024

Typically, small to medium enterprises (SMEs) don’t have the resources to hunker down at an annual strategy retreat or to stop everything they’re doing to respond to unexpected emergencies or events that threaten the bottom line. This puts them at a disadvantage compared to their larger competitors. This article shows how AI is proving to be a transformative force for small and medium enterprises.

Brainstorming 145

Brainstorming Strategy Strategy Resources 145

Innovation Excellence

JUNE 6, 2024

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Often, the best companies to do business with are the best companies to work for. When you look at the Google ratings for Round Room Holdings’ TCC and Wireless Zone, two Verizon Wireless retailers with approximately 1,200 retail stores throughout the U.S.

Company 119

Company Leadership 119

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?

Innovation Management

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2024

The World Health Organization characterizes burnout as comprising three key dimensions: sustained feelings of exhaustion, feelings of personal inefficacy, and increased mental distance from one’s job. In this article, the author outlines nine questions to ask yourself under each of these three categories to help you diagnose what’s causing your burnout.

Change 144

Change Management 144

Rmukesh Gupta

JUNE 6, 2024

In my first post (which you can read here), in a series of posts about “First Principles Based Leadership”, I shared the importance of developing five types of awareness (self, social, cultural, contextual and systems) in order to build that foundation for becoming a First Principles based leader. Today, in this third post, we will talk about how we can improve our social awareness.

Leadership 52

Leadership Culture System Meeting 52

Ecosystems4Innovating

JUNE 6, 2024

The Interconnected Business Ecosystem Framework Are you considering building a greater understanding of where Ecosystem thinking and design can fit within your organization? The Interconnected Business Ecosystem Framework is a pioneering and holistic approach that redefines how organizations create value, drive innovation, and achieve long-term success in an increasingly complex and dynamic business environment.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Design Leadership Change 52

Planview

JUNE 6, 2024

More than a year after the unveiling of ChatGPT, enterprises are cautiously introducing large language model-driven applications for a multitude of once-miraculous tasks. The first question that many businesses face is whether to build their own generative AI (GenAI) solutions or purchase off-the-shelf applications. In this blog post, we’ll differentiate between individual uses of GenAI and GenAI-driven applications and list the pros and cons of both sides of the build vs. buy argument.

Generative AI 72

Generative AI Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 72