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How Future-Proof Are Your Leadership Skills?

Organizational Talent Consulting

No leader sets out to become obsolete, and developing leadership habits is a competitive advantage. Here are two timeless leadership skills and four low-cost, high-impact leadership development ideas to keep you growing and bring out your best in the new year. Why develop future-proof leadership skills? What occurred?

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The Pentagon’s “Force of the Future” Reinvents Hiring

BCG

Article Thursday, September 15, 2016. On June 9, 2016, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced the latest and culminating parts of his sweeping reforms to the Pentagon’s antiquated personnel system.

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Are You A Future-Ready Leader?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Likely you know of someone, who has personally experienced the impact of technology-assisted work or had their work replaced by innovation. In the warehouse and distribution industries staffing challenges, and increasing competitive pressures have accelerated the use of technology. References Acemoglu, D., & & Restrepo, P.

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Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation

Harvard Business

The healthcare industry has long relied on traditional, linear models of innovation – basic and applied research followed by development and commercialization. Patients are co-designers, co-developers, and increasingly more responsible for their own and collective health outcomes. Bogdan Dreava/EyeEm/Getty Images.

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Why Financial Statements Don’t Work for Digital Companies

Harvard Business

Similarly, Microsoft paid $26 billion for loss-making LinkedIn in 2016, and Facebook paid $19 billion for WhatsApp in 2014 when it had no revenues or profits. Yet there is no place in financial accounting for the concept of network effects, or the increase in the value of a resource with its use. billion and $0.8

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Why Some of the Most Groundbreaking Technologies Are a Bad Fit for the Silicon Valley Funding Model

Harvard Business

The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies. We’re now entering a new era of innovation , one that the model doesn’t quite fit, and we will have to develop new approaches to build the future.

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How Mayo Clinic Is Simplifying Prenatal Care for Low-Risk Patients

Harvard Business

So do health care organizations, in the form of the unnecessary utilization of costly medical resources, including obstetric providers, clinic time, and nursing support. In 2016 it was added as a standard care option at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.