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We Need to Solve the Productivity Crisis

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell When politicians and pundits talk about the economy, they usually do so in terms of numbers. Unemployment is too high or GDP is too low. Inflation should be at this level or at that.

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Customer Co-Creation Models: How Businesses Innovate with Their Customers

IdeaScale

As businesses increasingly focus on innovation and customer-centric strategies, customer co-creation has emerged as a powerful way to involve customers in the product development process. By actively engaging customers in idea generation, design, and decision-making, companies can better understand market needs and create products or services that directly meet customer expectations.

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Empathy Under Pressure: How Empathetic Leadership Navigates Crisis with Clarity and Strength

Tullio Siragusa

Empathy Under Pressure: How Empathetic Leadership Navigates Crisis with Clarity andStrength In times of crisiswhether economic, reputational, or operationalleadership is tested not by how quickly you react, but by how deeply you connect. The instinct to control, to fix, to revert to command-and-control thinking is strong under pressure. But the leaders who stand out arent the loudest or most reactivetheyre the ones who listen first, act with purpose, and keep their people anchored in trust.

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First Principles Based Leadership – Introducing Systems Thinking for Leaders

Rmukesh Gupta

Premise This post is relevant for you irrespective of where you are currently situated in leadership ladder (Individual contributor, team lead, leading teams, leading managers, leading lines of business or leading organisations). While systemic awareness this is a foundational skill, it gets more and more crucial as you climb the leadership ladder. So, we would be better off learning about this while we are early in our careers and build on it as we grow by adding nuances and being intentional a

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Going Beyond Chatbots: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems, & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

If AI agents are going to deliver ROI, they need to move beyond chat and actually do things. But, turning a model into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. In this new webinar, Alex Salazar and Nate Barbettini will break down the emerging AI architecture that makes action possible, and how it differs from traditional integration approaches.

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Why All Companies Should be Gaining Ground with Artificial Intelligence

BPI Thought Leadership Commentary

While Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming industries across the globe, many businesses both large and small don't fully comprehend how this next-gen technology can benefit their own operation. While AI is often generally thought of in terms of customer service chatbots and customized marketing, the reality is that it's potential to benefit other key aspects of business operation is see.

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Supply Chains Belong at the Top of a CEO’s Agenda

Harvard Business Review

After the big Covid-19 whipsaw, the most obvious forms of supply chain distress started to fade away. But the relative peace and quiet that executives are perceiving is actually ominous. Under the surface, supply chain risk has become severe, systemic, and strategic. Addressing the risk cannot be left to procurement and operations teams alone, however smart and skillful they are.

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The Case for More Company Insiders on Boards

Harvard Business Review

Until the 1970s, corporate boards were dominated by inside directors — people employed by or affiliated with the company in some way. As of 2023, Spencer Stuart research found that 85% of directors are independent. The switch came in response to a number of trends, including the distrust of American institutions after Watergate and Vietnam, and SEC rule changes that increased the importance of independent directors.

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Coming Soon: Season 8

Harvard Business Review

Listen to the new season of Coaching Real Leaders, where executive coach Muriel Wilkins tackles a whole new set of leadership challenges with real clients.