Employees as Social Media Influencers
Pawel KorzynskiDecember 16, 2019
By Pawel Korzynski How organisations can get workers to post more company-related content willingly. Dell is doing it. MasterCard too. Even universities, not exactly bastions of social media influence, are embracing it. Employee advocacy in social media is gaining currency as an effective way to promote an organisation by the very people who work […]
How a Few Minutes of Meditation Makes You a Nicer Co-Worker
Andrew C. HafenbrackDecember 16, 2019
By Andrew C. Hafenbrack Become more helpful and generous after just eight minutes of mindfulness practice. Reduced stress. Increased awareness. More focus on the present. The benefits of mindfulness are well known by now, following the proliferation of corporate mindfulness training programmes in the past decade. Rooted in Buddhism and embraced by office workers, […]
A Start-up’s Evolution from AI Lab to AI Business
Pavel KireyevDecember 12, 2019
By Pavel Kireyev For Preferred Networks, building tech for self-driving cars and smart factories is the daily routine. One of its biggest opportunities is to devise a business model that complements its technology. If you live outside Japan or work outside of the machine learning community, you may not have heard of Preferred Networks […]
Should you be a career lifer?
Antoine TirardDecember 12, 2019
By Antoine Tirard
LIVA: How to Truly Measure Long-Term Success
Phebo WibbensDecember 9, 2019
By Phebo Wibbens Most executives care about creating long-term shareholder value but haven’t had the right tool to track it – until now. Imagine you were fortunate enough to have bought 100 shares of Apple stock in 1999. If you had then reinvested any dividends and sold your shares 20 years later, you would have […]
Want More Creative Breakthroughs? Slow Down
Manfred F. R. Kets de VriesDecember 9, 2019
By Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries Constant busyness is what stands between you and more eureka moments. Many years ago, the CEO of a conglomerate asked me to sit in an executive meeting to observe the team dynamics. What surprised me during this meeting was the absence of decisions, even though various issues were […]
Are Venture Capitalists Hopelessly Biased, or Deceptively Rational?
Bala VissaDecember 3, 2019
By Bala Vissa Close scrutiny of VC deal terms in India reveals a nuanced pattern of objectivity and discrimination. No matter how rational we may claim or want to be, no human being is entirely free of bias. The challenge is to be aware of one’s own bias – or, failing that, to design processes […]
Enlightened by Randomness
Phanish PuranamDecember 2, 2019
By Phanish Puranam To train AI properly, organisations may have to take a drastic step: start making decisions with no rhyme or reason. Randomness is often the enemy in managerial discourse. We are fooled by it, puzzled by it and must suffer the consequences when the best laid plans of managers and CEOs are disrupted […]
How to Cultivate Cross-Silo Leadership
Rachael NoyesNovember 25, 2019
By Rachael Noyes How HR managers can look for, develop and reinforce certain behaviours to break down barriers within their organisations. HR managers who strive to identify and cultivate the best talent for their firms understand certain truisms. They know that hiring can’t be done by a bot, that there is a human aspect […]
A Hippocratic Oath for Corporations
Pushan DuttNovember 25, 2019
By Pushan Dutt When it comes to corporate responsibility, it’s time to stop the virtuous talk and begin to take simple actions. The age-old debate over whether a firm’s responsibilities extend to its customers, employees and the community or lie solely with maximising profits shows no signs of abating. Since the dawn of modern-day capitalism, […]