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The Mental Benefits of Vacationing Somewhere New

Harvard Business

But as a psychologist, I believe that travel should routinely be used to achieve the opposite: to get out of your comfort zone, expose yourself to uncertainty, and eschew rest for exploration and learning. The result is personal growth — greater emotional agility, empathy, and creativity.

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5 Behaviors of Leaders Who Embrace Change

Harvard Business

Organizations, processes, and cultures will be integrated for weeks and months after the organizations come together, causing disruption and uncertainty. In this environment, change agility needs to be part of the new organization’s and leaders’ DNA. Change agility requires an answer to the question “Why?”,

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The Reinvention of NASA

Harvard Business

Since the Apollo program, NASA has faced funding cuts, competition from other nations for space leadership, and a radical restructuring of its operating environment due to the emergence of commercial space – all of which have forced the organization to change its ways of thinking and operating. Adapting to change.

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The Future of Management (Part 2/3)

Tom Spencer

Using Laloux’s colour categorisations: Red, Amber, Orange, Green and Teal to describe the shifts in time, we looked at how these organisations are structured, what inspired their transition to the next evolution as well as what the general culture is like. You can read more about those points here. Anything less is bad practice.

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The Future of Management (Part 2/3)

Tom Spencer

Using Laloux’s colour categorisations: Red, Amber, Orange, Green and Teal to describe the shifts in time, we looked at how these organisations are structured, what inspired their transition to the next evolution as well as what the general culture is like. You can read more about those points here. Anything less is bad practice.

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Can Anyone Stop Amazon from Winning the Industrial Internet?

Harvard Business

Digital natives have already disrupted industries such as media, publishing, travel, music, and photography. It would be very hard for Amazon or Google to guarantee customer outcomes and take risks with businesses whose operations they know little about. Ford or Tesla? The Challenges for Industrial Giants. Not, really.

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How to Create an Exponential Mindset

Harvard Business

uses digital technology) but doesn’t actually operate digitally (i.e. That’s how things work in the physical world when we are traveling to a destination. My workshops are designed with an exponential mindset to generate new ways of thinking about marketing, culture and strategy. Grow: Agility and Control.

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