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Future-proofing your job against the robots

Comatch

.” – Anna Julius Even though we know the importance of this skillset, many people don’t know how to develop or improve their soft skills. The myth prevails that one either has or hasn’t got strong soft skills, exasperated by the lack of a clear learning path or benchmarks to improve them. One such study by Jason S.

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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. Space travel alone is challenging, but reusing a rocket by landing it on a drone ship takes the complexity to another level. Culture is the one thing that impacts everything. Hjeltnes, A.,

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Wearable Technology in Healthcare

Tom Spencer

Based on a recent study by Global Industry Analysts , the global market for wearable medical devices is projected to eclipse $4.5 Based on a recent study by Global Industry Analysts , the global market for wearable medical devices is projected to eclipse $4.5 billion by 2020. billion by 2020. Potential Benefits. Image: Pixabay.

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Research: Hiring Managers Are Biased Against People with Longer Commutes

Harvard Business

In a forthcoming study , I tested how employers respond to similar applicants who report different residential addresses. For background: Other prominent studies compare employer responses to fictional applicants with names that signal different ethnicities. But the comparison at least provides a benchmark.

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

After he graduated from Northwestern University (Chicago, IL), he developed the idea that companies would become more successful if they called on someone outside of their organization to offer expert, unbiased advice. This idea became a theory, and he developed a practice. How did he think up such a career? Organization and Change.

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The Price is Right: Decoding the Art of Product Pricing

Tom Spencer

For instance, airlines typically try to practice price discrimination by charging higher prices for business travelers and lower prices for tourists. For instance, travel agencies typically offer vacation packages that bundle together things like flights, accommodation, car rental, meals, and excursions.

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4 Ways Leaders Can Get More from Their Company’s Innovation Efforts

Harvard Business

While the execution of a conventional strategy lends itself to linear progress and clear benchmarks, innovation often proceeds by S-curves , moving at a slow crawl until it explodes at an exponential rate. Among the organizations I studied this took varied forms, but the underlying principle remained consistent.

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