Wed.Jan 22, 2025

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9 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2025 and Beyond

Harvard Business

Gartner research has identified three key challenges for company leaders in the coming year: 1) New demands for a future-ready workforce; 2) The evolving role of managers, and 3) Emerging talent risks for the organization. Within these challenges they offer nine predictions that address ongoing organizational concerns around technology, collaboration, employee retention, AI, knowledge management, and more.

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Lacy Hunt on the Global Capacity Glut and the “Mish Recession Indicator”

MishTalk

I am very pleased to get a mention in the latest Hoisington Management Quarterly Review by Lacy Hunt.

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The LA Fires Could Change the Insurance Industry

Harvard Business

For the insurance industry, the threat of massive and profoundly destructive wildfires poses a significant and immediate problem. Big wildfires didnt become big by insurance standards until 2016, and insurers dont yet have the tools in place to manage the risk. Size is only part of the problem size by surprise is the real issue. One solution could be parametric insurance.

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How to Optimize Team Potential: A 7-Step Guide for Managers

LSA Global

How to Optimize Team Potential: A 7-Step Guide for Managers High performing team managers optimize potential by unlocking their teams collective capability. They do what it takes to get their team to fire on all cylinders by effectively holding people accountable to clear roles and responsibilities, aligning skills and strengths, closing gaps, and building strong partnerships with key stakeholders.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Empowering MSMEs in Indonesia Through Improved Financing - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM BANK RAKYAT INDONESIA

Harvard Business

Sponsor Content from Bank Rakyat Indonesia.

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A Middle Manager’s Guide to Executing Strategy

Harvard Business

How to handle resistance from your team, and what to do if the new strategy isn’t working.

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Trusting AI

Seth Godin Blog

For generations, humans have been entrusting their lives to computers. Air Traffic Control, statistical analysis of bridge resilience, bar codes for drug delivery, even the way stop lights are controlled. But computers aren’t the same as the LLMs that run on them. Claude.ai is my favorite LLM, but even Claude makes errors. Should we wait until it’s perfect before we use it?

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How to Get Leadership Succession Right

Harvard Business

Inside Whole Foods’ leadership transition from co-founder John Mackey, who led the company for over 40 years, to CEO Jason Buechel.

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The Knowledge Edge: Using AI to Outpace Your Competition

Chad Barr

In the digital age, time is one of our most valuable resources. We live in a world overflowing with content, and as professionals, staying informed often means sifting through hours of videos, articles, and discussions to extract meaningful insights. Enter Glasp.co : a remarkable tool that allows users to collect, organize, and share ideas from the web by highlighting text from websites, PDFs, and even YouTube videos.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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The EU Will Suffer Because it Is Hostile Territory for the AI industry

MishTalk

The dysfunctional EU lags badly in AI. Rather than attempt to catch up, it places barriers.

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Is remote work here to stay or on its way out?

Peter Stark

If you read most blogs today, you are left with the impression that remote and hybrid work is here to stay and an essential part of the new workplace. But then we hear in the news that companies like Amazon, UPS, JPMorgan Chase, and Boeing are mandating the return to the office. This makes it hard to know if it is a trend from COVID that is coming to an end or a new best practice.

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Trump’s Trade and Deportation Plans Could Be Disastrous for the U.S. Food Supply

Harvard Business

In his first day of office, President Donald Trump made it clear that he intends to follow through on his campaign promise to dramatically increase the deportation of undocumented immigrants and use tariffs as a lever in executing his trade policies. But undocumented immigrants make up a critical portion of the agricultural workforce, so mass deportations could lead to serious shortages of farm labor especially given the limitations of the H-2A visa program and the challenges in attracting Amer

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Alan Weiss - Untitled Article

Alan Weiss

For the past three weeks, The Today Show on NBC has outdrawn Good Morning American (AMA) on ABC in the ratings, reversing a four-year trend. Being a consultant, I thought Id find out why. And I have. Momentum is shifting because of whether or not people are negatively or positively influenced by what follows. They’d rather not have to change the channel.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Trump Renews Threat of 25 Percent Tariffs on Canada and Mexico

MishTalk

After dismissing such threats as bluffs, I now wonder if Trump might be stupid enough to do what he says.

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