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Betting Big on Employee Development
Author Ardine Williams
Amazon HQ2’s vice president for workforce development, Ardine Williams, explains the rationale behind the company’s strategy for upskilling its workforce even when the training it provides opens up new opportunities for its employees elsewhere.
Release Date 2020/02 -
It’s Time to Reset the IT Talent Model
Author Peter Jacobs , Klemens Hjartar , Eric Lamarre
Finding the best people and paying more for them is, paradoxically, the most cost-effective way to optimize IT output. By adopting a new approach to assessing IT competence, companies can nurture engineering talent, boost productivity, and reduce costs.
Release Date 2020/03 -
Why Innovation’s Future Isn’t (Just) Open
Author Neil C. Thompson , Didier Bonnet , Yun Ye
Forging partnerships and investing in startups for new technologies can help companies catch up with rivals, but it doesn’t always give them a competitive advantage. Most would do better to rethink their innovation systems. They must treat external innovation as a way o....
Release Date 2020/05 -
Author Amit S. Mukherjee
Transformative digital technologies are changing leadership standards along with every other aspect of business. To succeed, leaders will need to respond in five key ways: championing inclusivity, learning fast and wide, collaborating more intensely, nurturing creativit....
Release Date 2020/04 -
Fixing the Overload Problem at Work
Author Erin L. Kelly , Phyllis Moen
Employee overload is costly for organizations and individuals alike. But dual-agenda work redesign — which helps people work more effectively and in ways they can sustain — can reduce burnout, deterioration in performance, employee turnover, and other problems associated ....
Release Date 2020/04 -
Creating Jobs and Workspaces That Energize People
Author Anthony C. Klotz
People have a strong innate desire to be in touch with nature. By designing jobs and workspaces that fulfill that desire, organizations may be able to replenish their employees’ energy reserves in four key ways: cognitively, emotionally, prosocially, and physically. Ima....
Release Date 2020/05 -
Sustaining Employee Networks in the Virtual Workplace
Author Daniel Z. Levin , Terri R. Kurtzberg
Many organizations began fielding their largest-ever remote workforces during the coronavirus crisis. But that widespread shift to virtual work also poses risks to interpersonal networks within companies. With an understanding of how trust and cooperation might erode, m....
Release Date 2020/05 -
Your People Need Care, Not a Battle Cry
Author Gianpiero Petriglieri
We too often squeeze our worries, fears, and needs through the funnel of aggression. That is usual in business — hence our fondness for the language of warfare. But the COVID-19 crisis is not business as usual, and leaders need better ways to show up and care for their pe....
Release Date 2020/05 -
Growth Opportunities for Brands During the COVID-19 Crisis
Author Jonathan Knowles , Richard Ettenson , Patrick Lynch
COVID-19 has quickly disrupted how companies market their brands to consumers and the way customers shop for products. The current environment offers an unprecedented opportunity for smaller and midtier brands to compete against their more established rivals for exposure,....
Release Date 2020/05 -
Why Smart Companies Are Giving Customers More Data
Author Barbara H. Wixom , Ronny M. Schüritz , Killian Farrell
Companies looking for ways to stand out from their competition can offer customers data products that enhance the product or service the customer originally came looking for. This “data wrapping” technique is an innovative option to increase a product’s value to the custo....
Release Date 2020/05 -
Five Ways Leaders Can Support Remote Work
Author Donald Sull , Charles Sull , Josh Bersin
A shift to widespread remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic has created new challenges, but the good news is that organizations around the world are experimenting with creative solutions to meet workers’ needs. Analysis from a recent survey of HR leaders and other empl....
Release Date 2020/06 -
When It Comes to Culture, Does Your Company Walk the Talk?
Author Donald Sull , Stefano Turconi , Charles Sull
Leaders love to talk about corporate culture and values, yet many companies have a disconnect between what leaders preach and what is practiced throughout the organization. Improving corporate culture requires a sustained effort over time. A first step: Look at how well t....
Release Date 2020/07 -
7 Key Principles to Govern Digital Initiatives
Author Nikolaus Obwegeser , Tomoko Yokoi , Michael Wade
Digital initiatives often suffer from poor governance when it comes to providing structure and governance to digital transformation projects, from finding alignment between business processes to assigning ownership for change efforts. Executives need to rethink their gove....
Release Date 2020/04 -
Create a Crisis Growth Plan: Start With Opportunity Marketplaces
Author David Kiron , Jeff Schwartz , Robin Jones
Opportunity marketplaces are an example of a digital platform that can improve data-driven decision-making and align talent quickly to new priorities. In this pandemic-market environment, they represent a step change in companies’ ability to efficiently and effectively ma....
Release Date 2020/06 -
Ranking How National Economies Adapt to Remote Work
Author Sarah H. Bana , Seth G. Benzell , Rodrigo Razo Solares
The COVID-19 lockdowns have underscored the degree to which some people are better able than others to work from home based on their occupations, home situations, or other factors. Likewise, some countries are in a better position than others to thrive under social distan....
Release Date 2020/06 -
How to Sustain Your Organization’s Culture When Everyone Is Remote
The widespread shift to remote working can endanger corporate culture, but leaders can take action to protect and sustain it. They should recognize it in action and call it out, be open to modifications that arise from new circumstances, and take advantage of disruption to bolster core values. -
The Great Innovation Deceleration
Author Carl Benedikt Frey
COVID-19 may hurt innovation because it has reduced knowledge transmission globally. The direct causes include government restrictions on immigration, the dismantling of global value chains, a reduction in travel, and the isolation of knowledge workers in home offices. ....
Release Date 2020/07 -
Why Our Knowledge Economy Can Survive the New Age of Pestilence
Author Joel Mokyr
Modernization has changed the way economies are exposed to, respond to, and are affected by disasters. Changes to the drivers of economic growth, particularly the move to a knowledge-based economy, should make us more resilient and limit the long-term effects of COVID-19.....
Release Date 2020/08 -
Innovation’s Uncertainty Factor
The conventional view of disruptive innovation as a series of cumulative advances that results in a new value proposition is incomplete. It does not account for the uncertainties surrounding an invention’s technology, ecosystem, and business model. To factor those in and understand the trajectory .... -
Overcoming the Innovator’s Paradox
Author Jeff Dyer , Nathan Furr , Mike Hendron
People tend to think the biggest innovation challenge is finding great ideas. But many great ideas die when entrepreneurs fail to persuade others of their potential. Indeed, the more novel the idea, the harder it is to get resources for it.
Release Date 2020/07 -
Why Social Responsibility Produces More Resilient Organizations
Author Sarah Kaplan
Companies are concerned about finding new sources of revenue and cutting costs to stay afloat during the COVID-19 crisis. But those aren’t the only risks they need to manage. They must also consider the impact of their activities on their myriad stakeholders. Those that d....
Release Date 2020/08 -
Solving the Problem of Siloed IT in Organizations
Author Douglas Squirrel , Jeffrey Fredrick
Technology silos can wreak havoc on strategic priorities and trigger a cascade of effects throughout an organization. When leaders focus on better communication — with special attention to difficult conversations — organizations can improve collaboration and unlock creati....
Release Date 2020/07 -
Driving Growth in Digital Ecosystems
Author Ina M. Sebastian , Peter Weill , Stephanie L. Woerner
To drive growth in digital ecosystems, companies need to develop two partnering capabilities: digital readiness and curation. Digital readiness requires that ecosystem value is distinctive and that partners are digitally organized and connected via technology such as APIs....
Release Date 2020/08 -
How to Resolve Conflict—Management Development
Author Matthew Bennet , Phoebe A. Sheftel
Conflict within an organization can quickly destroy the productivity of both individuals and work teams. This Infoline will show you how to apply the sound principles of conflict resolution to most situations. The issue details two schools of thought on conflict man....
Release Date 2001/04 -
Implementing Strategic Learning—Organizational Development
Author Nan Gesche Larsen
Todays trainers need to become strategic partners with their organization to ensure that their programs contribute to future success and ultimately the companys bottom line. This Infoline will show not only how to become a strategic partner, but also how to implemen....
Release Date 2002/10 -
Take Charge of Your Career—Career Development
Author Annabelle Reitman , Ed.D.
Whether you need a career check up or you are actively seeking a new career or employment, this Infoline may be your ticket. This issue provides tips and tools to understand your personal and professional needs, prepare and execute a career move, or just survive the....
Release Date 2003/04