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 |
For centuries, the principles of manufacturing have been rooted in a linear, resource-intensive model: extract, produce, use, and dispose. In this paradigm, our most creative biological processes, like fermentation, have been limited by their own inherent constraints—slow yields, inconsistent outputs, and ...
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Guest Post from Mike Shipulski
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If your solution isn’t sold to a customer, you didn’t do your job. Find a friend in Marketing. If your solution can’t be made by Manufacturing, you didn’t do your job. Find a friend in Manufacturing. Reuse all you can, then be bold about trying ...
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In a world where corporate decisions often prioritize efficiency, the human element can be the first to suffer. The recent layoffs and restructuring at Starbucks, a brand synonymous with a unique, human-centered “third place” experience, have sent a tremor through the industry.
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Guest Post from Art Inteligencia |
We stand at a unique crossroads in human history. For centuries, the American story has been a tale of growth and expansion. We built an empire on a relentless increase in population and labor, a constant flow of people and ideas fueling ever-greater economic output. But what happens when that foundational assumption is not just inverted, but rendered obsolete?
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Guest Post from Stefan Lindegaard |
Building a learning organization goes beyond adopting new methods or tools. At its core, it’s about fostering a culture where continuous growth, adaptability, and shared learning are prioritized at every level.
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Guest Post from Geoffrey Moore |
Like everything else in this Darwinian world of ours, customer journeys evolve with changes in the environment. Ever since the advent of the semiconductor, a compelling source of such changes has been disruptive digital technology. Although we are all eager to embrace its benefits, markets must first ...
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Guest Post from Robyn Bolton |
Last night, I lied to a room full of MBA students. I showed them the Design Squiggle, and explained that innovation starts with (what feels like) chaos and ends with certainty. The chaos part? Absolutely true. The certainty part? A complete lie.
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Guest Post from Shep Hyken |
Ten years ago, only the most technologically advanced companies used AI — although it barely resembled what companies use today when communicating with customers — and it was very, very expensive. But not anymore. Today, any company can implement an AI strategy using ...
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Guest Post from Greg Satell |
“Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually slaves of some defunct economist,” John Maynard Keynes, himself a long dead economist, once wrote. We are, much more than we’d like to admit, creatures of our own age, taking our cues from ...
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