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3 Ways to Deal With a Distracted Boss

On The Job

Everyone thinks they can multitask, which is why we have people texting on their phones when they're supposed to be engaged in a conversation with someone else at work. Lots of people don't mind, because they see this as permission to do the same. (It's also sort of like yawning -- you see someone on a smartphone and you automatically start doing the same.

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Using blockchain to improve data management in the public sector

McKinsey

It’s not just for financial institutions; government agencies can use this digital ledger technology to protect trusted records and simplify interactions with citizens.

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Why Augmented Reality Will Be the Next Revolution in Retail

Strategy+Business

The Pokémon Go fad was the first legitimate case study in mass-scale augmented reality (AR). Brands, retail stores, and marketers quickly realized the opportunity inherent in the success of Pokémon Go. It doesn't require a big leap of faith to imagine people chasing expiring deals and coupons, trading and buying goods in the virtual world with virtual currencies, watching digital billboards, and interacting with brands.

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Career Success A to Z: M is for Mindset

Eat Your Career

This article is part of a series. Learn more about it and access links to other articles in the series here. It’s no secret that how you think impacts your reality. Whether or not you believe in the over-hyped concept of the Law of Attraction, there’s no denying this simple truth: Your mindset plays an enormous role in how you show up in the workplace.

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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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If You're Burned Out You're Not Alone

On The Job

Worker burnout is getting worse. In the last decade, I bet I've written some version of this sentence a dozen times or more. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I will stop writing about it. I talk to people in their 20s who haven't worked less than a 10 or 12 hour day in years. I know several baby boomers who tell me that they thought as they entered their late 50s they would start to work fewer hours or take more vacation time.

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Selecting Advanced Management Consultants over Traditional

SchellingPoint

Follow. ( 0 Followers ). X. Follow. E-mail : *. Follow. Unfollow. The post Selecting Advanced Management Consultants over Traditional appeared first on SchellingPoint Website.

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The Caring Leader

Strategy+Business

There's a hard-headed business case for expressing concern about employees' well-being.

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How Do I Get My Team to Trust Me? (Story and Video)

Let's Grow Leaders

Our 8th Winning Well Principle: Trust the Trenches has so many nuances, all of which I learned the hard way. For me, it wasn’t the delegating, or asking for input, that was the hardest… it was trusting my team enough to be vulnerable. To trust them enough to admit that I’m far from perfect, and having the confidence to know that was okay.

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KPN dials up a new digital strategy

McKinsey

The leader of digital IT at the Netherlands-based telecommunications company explains how KPN reintegrated previously outsourced expertise and shifted to agile ways of working.

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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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Reinventing construction through a productivity revolution

McKinsey

To transform the sector, action is needed in seven areas or through broader adoption of mass-production approaches.

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Measuring the state of US states

McKinsey

New research compares economic and social conditions in US states—and highlights opportunities for government leaders to help make improvements.

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The (ongoing) trouble with travel distribution: Customer experience

McKinsey

The industry’s rapid evolution continues unabated. To profit through this turbulence, leaders must focus on what really matters—the customer.

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Agility in US national security

McKinsey

Even the world’s largest bureaucracy can learn to dance. This excerpt from a new book published by Aspen Strategy Group suggests how.

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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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From one well to thousands: The innovation multiplier in unconventionals

McKinsey

Steve Schlotterbeck, CEO of EQT Corporation, comments on the opportunities and challenges of leading one of the largest producers in the world-class Marcellus Shale region.

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Connecting talent with opportunity in the digital age

McKinsey

Online talent platforms are increasingly connecting people to the right work opportunities. By 2025 they could add $2.7 trillion to global GDP, and begin to ameliorate many of the persistent problems in the world’s labor markets, write James Manyika, Susan Lund, Kelsey Robinson, John Valentino, and Richard Dobbs in a report issued by McKinsey Global Institute.

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How semiconductor companies can win in China’s new product-development landscape

McKinsey

Product-design centers in China want to become stronger engines of global innovation. What does this mean for semiconductor suppliers?

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Innovation is not enough

McKinsey

Techno-optimists ignore the importance of economy-wide effects on productivity, writes Dani Rodrik in Innovation & Technology.

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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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Putting profits in perspective

McKinsey

High corporate profits can result in market concentration, indicating decreased competition in various sectors. However, it would be incorrect to conclude that weakening competition is driving these economic trends. There are several swiftly changing sectoral dynamics involved, write James Manyika and Laura Tyson in Project Syndicate.

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A disconnected Middle East

McKinsey

Our new report, Global Flows in a Digital Age: How Trade, Finance, People, and Data Connect the World Economy, features an index of "connectedness" that measures cross-border flows of goods, services, finance, people, and data and communications. In addition to allowing country-by-country comparisons, it includes regional rankings. The MENA average ranks 47th in the world, making it the second-worst-performing region; only Sub-Saharan Africa is less connected, write James Manyika and Susan Lund

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Should Robots Pay Their Fair Share?

Strategy+Business

If machines and software are going to take over the jobs of humans, we may need them to fund our society.

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The Business of Tetris

Strategy+Business

Journalist Dan Ackerman untangles the complicated history of one of the world's most popular video games.

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Cancel Quiet Quitting: Detoxing Corporate Culture & Engaging Top Talent

Speaker: Jennifer Brick, Career Strategist and Author

Your employees have checked out. The last few years have been a wild ride, with countless changes to how we work and our workplace cultures, like the sudden shift to remote work, the return to office, and trends like quiet quitting. With productivity, profitability, and your employer brand on the line, leadership is turning to HR to engage employees and recreate your culture in different working models.

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Country appendix connecting talent with opportunity in the digital age

McKinsey

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