Welcome to the latest edition of Human-Centered Change & Innovation Weekly and to the Year of the Snake. May lots of new knowledge fill this year with possibility!
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Guest Post from Art Inteligencia |
We’re in the midst of an AI revolution, a tidal wave of innovation that promises to redefine industries and transform our lives. We’ve seen algorithms drive cars, diagnose diseases, and manage our finances. But as these “black box” systems become more powerful and more pervasive, a critical question arises: can we truly trust them? The answer, for many, is ...
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Guest Post from Mike Shipulski
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You could be a subtle leader if… You create the causes and conditions for others to shine. And when they shine, you give them the credit they’re due. You don’t have the title, but when the high-profile project hits a rough patch, you get called in to create the go-forward plan. One of your best direct reports gets ...
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Guest Post from Janet Sernack |
As a fashion and lifestyle conceptualist and analyst for a major Australian department store group during the pre-Internet era, I co-created, with the GM of Marketing and GM of Women’s, Men’s, Children’s Apparel and Accessories, a completely new role. I took on the responsibility of forecasting and predicting ...
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Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?
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Guest Post from Geoffrey Moore |
Offer power is a function of competitive separation that creates a material difference in customer benefit such that your offer is chosen over its closest alternatives. Separation, in turn, is created by over-committing to a single vector of innovation, taking it to a level that the competition either cannot or will not ...
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Guest Post from Shep Hyken |
In 1983, I read 'In Search of Excellence' by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman. This iconic business book featured case studies of successful companies. Forty years later, many of these companies are no longer considered “excellent.” Some are no longer in business. Many organizations that once stood as ...
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Guest Post from Greg Satell |
When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, his first mission was not to create but destroy. He axed a number of failing products and initiatives, such as the ill-fated Newton personal digital assistant and the Macintosh clones. Under Jobs, Apple would no longer try to be ...
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