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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

An innovation culture supports beliefs and feelings about the importance of innovation, as well as habits that encourage research and development. This culture emphasizes efficient, reliable, and cost-effective performance. Culture is the one thing that impacts everything. This culture highlights coming in first. & Gołembski, G.

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Growth of Fintech and Disruption of Brick-and-mortar Financial Institutions

Tom Spencer

The idea that technology can be configured to drastically improve the delivery and usability of finance began taking off following the financial crisis of 2008, when consumer distrust for traditional banks combined with the increasing popularity and functionality of smartphone apps. References: EY(2017) EY FinTech Adoption Report 2017.

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What is digital currency?

Tom Spencer

Since the advent of Bitcoin in 2008, digital currency has been a growing trend and a growing area of interest for consultants, businesses, fintech investors, central banks, and governments. This also includes Bitcoin (created in 2008) and Ethereum (created in 2015). Reading Time: 6 minutes. What is the value of digital currency?

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

Scenario development of multiple potential stories about what the future might look like. Organizational Development can support the implementation workshops with change models and activities for the workshops. Examples include social media usage and engagement, organizing survey results, and operational efficiency data trends.

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What's Servant Leadership?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Commitment to follower development: Servant leaders see their followers' potential and value beyond their tangible contributions to the business. Servant-leadership: Developments in theory and research. Stewardship of others' needs: Servant leaders hold others' needs in their trust while serving and influencing with persuasion.

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4 Steps to Improving Your Strategic Thinking Passion and Proficiency

Organizational Talent Consulting

Even though I had earned my MBA, I wasn't an efficient reader or writer. Too often, we fail to consider how we can leverage others to help us develop new habits. A generic inclusive strategic thinking process typically engages others in ideation, refinement, and development. I didn't like it. We don't stay the same. Bartell, R.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

That deal sent the price of Brent crude oil to above $70 a barrel in January, after the industry that had suffered through $54 per barrel oil on average in 2017. These increasingly efficient survivors now represent half of U.S. But with oil producers in North America expanding output, prices are likely to remain volatile.