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How to Activate Team Creativity and Innovation

Organizational Talent Consulting

Maybe you're skeptical of whether it is possible to develop a creative and innovative team and believe you should just hire for it. A common argument presented in support of team development is that if people were born with creativity, we would observe more consistency in creativity among team members.

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Unemployed Agilists: Review the Hype Cycle & Your Agility to Help You Manage Future Job Changes, Part 4

Johanna Rothman

Then, in Part 2 , I asked those unemployed agilists to review their functional skills, the skills people need to do a product development job well. Back in 2011, I wrote this article: Agile Has Not Crossed the Chasm, A Contrarian View. That's because flow efficiency thinking is so contrary to general accounting practices.

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Blockchain: Bitcoin, Bored Apes, and Beyond

Tom Spencer

Removing the financial intermediary, i.e. the bank, can increase convenience, efficiency, and security. In 2011, one bitcoin cost around $1 whereas today it will set you back about $44,000. Blockchain is a rapidly developing technology and, as with other technologies, it comes with pros and cons. The bottom line.

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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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Evolution of Mobile Peer-to-Peer Payments in the U.S.

Tom Spencer

After the initial success of Paypal and the continuing technological revolution, banks and debit card networks were inspired to develop their own mobile P2P services. In 1999, Bank of America and Citi developed Cashedge , a standalone mobile payment system created to send funds from one financial institution to the other.

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Transformational Leadership: Changing Culture to Fuel Financial Success

Organizational Talent Consulting

For example, a hierarchical corporate culture type is proven to decrease an organization's ability to innovate (Cameron & Quinn, 2011). Company cultures centered on efficiency thinking have flooded the marketplace with low-cost, widely available products and resulted in tremendous waste and social issues (Brown, 2009).

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List of economic consulting firms in Hong Kong

Tom Spencer

List of economic consulting firms in Hong Kong 2011. by Tom Spencer on October 4, 2011 · 1 comment  ·  Image Source. Through its economics and planning service Arup focuses on creating sustainable, efficient and culturally-appropriate businesses and places. October 5, 2011 at 9:44 am. Definitions.