Harvard Business Review Leadership: Exploring When To Work With Rivals

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The Tortoise and The Hare is a fable that celebrates a race between ingenuity and talent. The story of the two competitors has intrigued readers, academics, philosophers, and business leaders alike since the time of the ancient Greeks, which is why it is fitting for the cover of Harvard Business Review’s “When to work with rivals” issue.

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Episode 2: Early-Stage Investing Whiz “Pomp”

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The dynamic Pomp, who leads with the Twitter philosophy, “My rules of business: Build shit people want, never give up, avoid assholes, question assumptions, learn new ideas & always reward ambition,” shares his thoughts on the importance of building a personal brand, learning about the world as a “student,” seeking patterns and insight in unlikely places, traversing a new digitized world, and what he looks for when investing. (more…)

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Three Delicious Ways to Enjoy Plant-Powered Cuisine

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Plant-powered cuisine is really having a moment. Last year at CES, I was delightedly lined up for my second (or maybe third) Impossible Foods pork sandwich, amazed at the scintillating juiciness and real-life texture and flavor. I couldn’t wait to see them in the main grocery and food chains! Now every commercial and digital ad is a popular fast-food joint launching a new plant-based alternative to a classic. 

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Podcast Episode 1: Atticus Tysen CIO

Atticus Tysen shares highlights from his journey from Stanford student to leading Intuit’s technology and innovation vision as CIO. This episode is filled with brilliant insight around leading with empathy and pursuing career passion.    Episode highlights: Love what you’re doing right now – but when you run out of gas and have accomplished what you need to […]

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The ESG Score Benchmark as a Driver for Boards’ Corporate Sustainability Efforts

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Underpinned by social transformation around diversity, equity, and inclusion, cultural innovation, and social entrepreneurship, public and private corporations are giving more consideration to each and every stakeholder by seeking new frameworks and communicating with greater transparency. This way of walking-the-talk has an evaluation standard, which is called an “ESG score.”

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How transformation ushered in a new era of innovation

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Science and innovation are the headlines of a new chapter as CIOs and IT leaders enjoy a more dynamic, bullish public perception of technological advancement. This new era of heightened innovation and discovery is advantageous in elevating living standards around the world and creating a more equitable, economically diverse ecosystem. (more…)

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Gain a Competitive Edge with Enterprise Agility Transformation

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Enterprise agility transformation is the result of external market pressures to increase speed and reduce costs. Gartner predicts that by 2024, 1 in 3 enterprises will use a multi-experience development platform to increase the speed at which IT and business fusion teams work to deliver successful digital products. Culture is Critical John Linss, former Caesar’s […]

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What is the digital transformation role in 2021?

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Opportunity is accompanied by new risks as digital transformation trends and IT budget investments accelerate. In fact, 30% of firms will continue to ramp up spending on cloud, security and risk, networks, and mobility, predicts Forrester. “Leading CIOs will embrace cloud-first and platform strategies for speed and adaptiveness, eschewing stovepipes for end-to-end solutions.”

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Shaping Strong Partnerships that Enable Digital Transformation

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There is no doubt that the past year brought a disruption that transformed many businesses into digital-first enterprises. Most industries underwent major revisions as new digital opportunities moved to the front and existing business norms fell away. As a result, technology leadership strategies have shifted in that organizational design and innovation are imperative for an enterprise’s survival and success.

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Daily Tips for Successful Personal Transformation

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New year, new you, right?! Whether you love resolutions or loathe them, the new year presents a fresh opportunity to reach for goals. I love process-driven frameworks, and a routine provides the framework for structuring sustainable personal transformation and some serious goal achievement.

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