Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Most project managers focus on planning and execution. But large projects rarely go in a straight line, and often that planning doesn’t take into account key assumptions, and the execution goes far in the wrong direction before the need for changes are recognized. Agile approaches don’t go far enough in solving this problem because they focus on pivoting quickly — being reactive — rather than avoiding the problems to begin with.

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Christensen Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Conventional schooling just doesn’t work as well as it could for a lot of students. Day to day, many kids go through their classes confused, disengaged, or stressed; and unclear about what they’re working toward. Fixing these problems isn’t just about improving school quality. We need to reinvent schooling to adapt to kids’ needs, ignite their ambitions, and prepare them for the world they live in today.

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Resources 120

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Companies are trying various strategies to adjust to a “new normal” in work modalities, ranging from fully in-office to fully remote to a mix of both. A comprehensive study covering interviews and ethnographic research within three major organizations, each employing a distinct work strategy, has unearthed a fascinating discovery: the intersection of company strategies and individual work preferences culminate in nine distinct employee personas.

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Company Study Strategy Strategy 114

Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken What’s happening on the inside of an organization is felt on the outside by the customer. It is more important than ever to create a culture that attracts and retains the best employees. Good or bad, the culture and employees operating within it will influence the customer experience.

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Culture Leadership 102

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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The job of a board is to protect shareholders’ interests. But because AI is so fundamentally disruptive (strategically, operationally, and competitively), the board has an obligation to its shareholders to drive and oversee the change. To keep your company as relevant tomorrow as it is today, the time is now for your entire board to become AI-conversant.

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Disruption Competition Change Company 114

Christensen Institute

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In July 2023, our team published “ People-powered pathways: Lessons in how to build students’ social capital through career-connected learning.” In the report, we describe successes and challenges in bringing social capital–building strategies to a variety of educational settings. Our observations draw from an 18-month pilot during which we leveraged our social capital playbook to provide direct support to a group of three intermediary organizations—Education Strategy Group, Generation Schools N

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Report Training Learning Strategy 92

Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

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Change Innovation Disruption 89

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Achieving “purpose congruence,” the alignment of corporate and individual employee purposes, is essential for organizational success. Rather than imposing a uniform corporate mission, businesses should foster environments where both personal and organizational purposes harmoniously coexist. To advance this congruence, organizations should: 1) Facilitate “purpose discovery” during recruitment and onboarding. 2) Promote “purpose sharing” to enhance collaboration and find mutual goals. 3) Encourage

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Company Collaboration 107

Ecosystems4Innovating

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Why is design thinking regarded as so crucial to the future of innovation in a world of accelerating interplays between humans, technology and generative AI? How will a more open world of ecosystem partnerships gain from these interplays? Will radically different innovative interplays happen? By embracing design thinking principles that have a growing interplay with Technology and AI generative thinking, there is the future promise of innovative solutions that address real-world complex problems

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Design Thinking Design Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 59

CMOE

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

As the modern workplace continues to evolve with a rich diversity of generations, embracing flexible leadership across these age groups is crucial for fostering collaboration, driving innovation, and achieving sustainable success in today’s dynamic business landscape. Flexible leadership relates to the leader’s willingness and ability to adapt the way they lead others to reflect the unique needs of the situation and the person being led.

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Strategy Strategy Leadership Technical Review 59

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Brunner

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Earlier this year, an Association of National Advertisers report set the digital marketing industry abuzz with a finding that billions of dollars are wasted in programmatic ad buying. Globally, advertisers spend about $88 billion per year on programmatic ad buys. The ANA study found that of the total, about $13 billion — and possibly as much as $20 billion — is wasted on poor ad placements, including “made for advertising” websites (MFAs).

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Software Review Technical Review Report Data 52

Rmukesh Gupta

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In this live presentation that I delivered at an event, I introduce a model or a framework of leadership that I have created – The Butterfly Model of leadership and then go in detail about one of the key pillars of this model, which is “Leaders Mindsets” which allow them to perform at a very high level. “Mindset change is not about picking up a few pointers here and there.

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Innovators Alliance

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

By Stefanie Ince, Executive Director, Innovators Alliance Innovators Alliance (IA) is unique to other peer to peer networking groups in several ways. As a not-for-profit organization that operates chapters exclusively in Ontario, 100% of the funds generated by IA are re-invested into advancing the benefit of Innovators and supporting the membership.

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