Fri.Sep 10, 2021

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Why sustainability isn’t the next digital transformation

The Source

Like a lot of people, I’ve had a great deal of time over various periods of lockdown and quarantine to listen to podcasts. One of my personal favourites has been Scriptnotes —a show that covers the inside secrets of Hollywood and the screenwriting profession. On a recent episode, the show’s hosts—both seasoned industry veterans—were discussing the fact that, if you want to sell a script, the most effective thing you can do is compare it to films that have already been enormously successful; you

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Defining Your Leadership Legacy

Rick Conlow

Have you ever thought about your leadership legacy? In other posts, we discussed an important difference between good bosses and bad bosses. Good bosses believe right now is the right time to act – bad bosses wait for the “right” opportunity. Good bosses serve. Bad bosses want to be served. A Leadership Legacy. This got me thinking about a leader’s legacy.

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How to Understand Key Metrics in a New Industry

Tom Spencer

Numbers are at the foundation of understanding both science and business. Both fields rely on translating real world events into data points which are then used to answer questions and generate insights. Coming from a health and science background I am familiar with looking at health data and being able to gain insights to make decisions. However, as I transitioned into the business side of science, I came across a new set of numbers and vocabulary to describe these numbers that were unfamiliar

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Q4 2021 Writing Workshop (Free Your Inner Writer) Open for Registration

Johanna Rothman

Thinking about bringing your writing skills to the next level? Want to write and finish ? Enroll in my Writing Workshop 1: Free Your Inner Writer & Sell Your Nonfiction Ideas. You'll learn to build your writing system and habit. Please join me. (Workshop details and testimonials on the writing worksho p page.). I hope you join the other writers and me.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Giving clients what they want

The Source

Unlike lots of well-loved but now obsolete features of the early 2000s (Blockbuster Video, classified ads in the newspaper, and floppy disks, anyone?), we at Source are proud to have created something in the noughties that has aged beautifully. We are referring, of course, to our thought leadership ratings methodology—the criteria we use to assess the quality of a piece of thought leadership.

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Fuzzy type

Seth Godin Blog

Digital typography always looks crisp. The words on our screen seem official, because they’re not the victim of sloppy or rushed handwriting. But sometimes, we might be better off with a little less crispness. Malka Older points out that polling data and predictions would probably be better understood if the graphs and charts were intentionally fuzzy.

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How the Fire Department of New York Changed After 9/11

Harvard Business

In the wake of the tragedy, the FDNY transformed into a modern emergency management and response organization.

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How to Create Sticky Workplace Learning

LSA Global

Too Much Corporate Training Is Wasted Done right, corporate training can be a great investment in career development, employee engagement, and performance improvement. Done wrong, however, corporate training can be a missed opportunity and a huge waste of both time and money for you and your employees. What you need is sticky workplace learning – learning that improves on-the-job behavior, competence, confidence, and performance in a way that moves people and the business forward.

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Some Questions Benefit from Group Discussion. Others Don’t.

Harvard Business

Research suggests the wisdom of the crowds falls short when it comes to yes-or-no questions.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Research: How to Position a Luxury Brand as Sustainable

Harvard Business

Highlight your company’s commitment to craftsmanship.