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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

The proven benefits of innovation include: increased competitive advantage improved operational productivity reduced costs and increased revenue improved commercial value enhanced problem-solving One modern innovation that is impressive to watch is SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 (watch the video below). Çokpekin, Ö., & & Knudsen, M.

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When It Pays to Collaborate with Competitors at Work

Harvard Business

Managers in an up-or-out organization are expected to advance. It’s why companies like Colorcon and Deloitte are giving their performance management systems an overhaul. Manchester Daily Express/Getty Images. That’s why some in the Army are considering a change in its up-or-out policy. But it was not a zero-sum situation.

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How to Think Differently About a Flexible Workforce - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM CATALANT

Harvard Business

companies can’t fill their open positions, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study that found that analytical, engineering, and management roles are the hardest to fill. Winning in the future will require a rigorous approach to accessing and managing independent workers. For instance, 40 percent of U.S.

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How to Make Your Post-Merger Reorg a Success

Harvard Business

From the $68 billion CVS-Aetna deal to the $27 billion merger of Microsoft and LinkedIn , 2017 set records with more than 50,000 deals , valued at $3.7 Over the past year, we carried out an online survey of 2,500 reorgs (you can still complete the survey and benchmark your reorg here ). japatino/Getty Images.

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Australia's Alleged Conservatives Surrender to Unions; GM Australia vs. GM US; Currency Madness Everywhere

MishTalk

When these protected companies and industries cave in to unions, these new wages and working conditions become the benchmark and these wages flow onto every other sector. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Looking for madness?

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Why We Need to Stop Obsessing Over CEO Pay Ratios

Harvard Business

they earn 129 times more ; the High Pay Centre marked “Fat Cat Wednesday” (January 4, 2017) as the day by when a CEO has already earned more than an average worker earns in the entire year. Even within an industry, average pay depends on which countries a firm operates in and its mix of capital and labor. In 2015 U.S.

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A Look into Microsoft’s Data-Driven Approach to Improving Sales

Harvard Business

Companies are beginning to utilize their employees’ behavioral data — generally known as people analytics — to better understand and improve their sales operations , with strong results. Internal and external network size in comparison with benchmarks in their local areas.

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