Sat.Jun 25, 2016 - Fri.Jul 01, 2016

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What To Do When The Customer is Wrong

Let's Grow Leaders

The only problem with the concept, “The customer is always right,” is that sometimes they’re wrong. If you’ve been in any kind of customer-facing position, I know you’re with me. Sure, there are many, many circumstances where the only choice is to bite your tongue and concede, for the good of the customer experience. But some wrong is just, well…wrong.

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How a 22-year-old Can Help Your Career

On The Job

I'll admit I'm not 22 any more, but neither am I so old that I don't know about Yik Yak. I get there are new ways of communicating every day, and I make it a point to try to understand how they fit into the lives of employees. But again, I'm not 22. So, the way I view Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and Periscope may be different than the way a 22-year-old employee views them.

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Digital Europe: Realizing the continent’s potential

McKinsey

Europe is operating below its digital potential. Accelerating digitization could add trillions of euros to economic growth in less than a decade.

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Why a CEO's Digital IQ Matters

Strategy+Business

Leaders who understand and pay attention to technology can make the difference between success and failure.

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HIA Technologies Turns a New Chapter in Professional Development and Training

HIA Technologies announces the launch of Qvio™️ - transforming video engagement with two-way interactivity. With Qvio viewers can ask questions and get instant answers from the content owner's Author-Controlled AI™️.

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When to Break the Rules

Let's Grow Leaders

I’m sitting next to Rick, a retired railroad engineer, on a delayed Southwest flight from Tampa to Baltimore. It’s been a LONG week of serial cancelled flights, and other travel frustrations. I’m wearing the same suit I wore in Detroit on Tuesday because I never did make it home between gigs. Rick doesn’t seem to notice the wrinkles, as we begin swapping travel nightmare stories.

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The evolution of social technologies

McKinsey

Leading companies have passed through three distinct phases of organizational usage. What should we learn from them?

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A Guide to Strategic Leadership

Strategy+Business

Ten principles that can enable you to unlock your company's potential.

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Using analytics to turbocharge China’s e-commerce performance

McKinsey

Facing market saturation and more selective consumers, online retailers will need to make better use of data analytics to gain ground.

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‘We’ve realized a ten-year strategy goal in one year’

McKinsey

Gerard Paulides, who led Shell’s $66 billion acquisition of BG, describes the thinking, the process, and the intensity behind the deal.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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The power of collective action: Forging a global role for mayors

McKinsey

By working together, cities can help solve global problems.

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These Five Behaviors Can Create an Innovation Culture

Strategy+Business

Breakthroughs happen when organizations are set up to support them.

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What Consumers Most Want from Health Insurers' Technology

Strategy+Business

Health insurance companies are pursuing disruptive technologies that promise to revolutionize treatment, health management, and doctor-patient interactions. But a survey shows that consumers actually want a far simpler set of digital products and services from their insurers -- such as apps that enable basic scheduling and appointment notification.

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An Advocate of Deep Learning

Strategy+Business

Andrew Ng, chief scientist of Baidu Research, sees artificial intelligence as part of a larger socially valuable endeavor. Ng says that policymakers, technology companies, and government agencies should collaborate to promote autonomous vehicles and other devices that improve their own algorithms with use, because of the positive ways they will affect society.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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How to Mobilize Your Organizational Culture

Strategy+Business

Ten tips in one graphic.

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Why Nestlé Was So Quick to Hire an Outsider CEO

Strategy+Business

It shouldn't be surprising that the storied food company brought in a healthcare executive as its next leader.

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Putting Your (Charitable) Money Where Your Market Is

Strategy+Business

Manufacturing and service firms differ in their approach to domestic and international philanthropy.

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How the Smart Money Got the Brexit Vote Wrong

Strategy+Business

Personal preferences influence the way we process ambiguous information into financial certainty.

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eWOW 2023 Virtual Summit #OwnYourGrowth

At eWOW, we are all about holistic growth – personal and professional. Growth that goes beyond a job title and paycheck. This year, eWOW 2023 virtual summit focuses on owning your growth – an action plan that will help you chart your path to success that is unique to you.

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A Leader Is the Capacity Keeper

Strategy+Business

Be the shepherd of your team's time and resources to head off burnout.

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Michele Wucker Explains How We Can Avoid The Gray Rhino

Strategy+Business

Can we train ourselves to stop ignoring the obvious dangers we face?

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