Copyright Glynis Ross-Munro To what extent does your business think innovatively, then execute and deliver real value? The key to success in the current economy is not about selling the same item or service for a few cents less than your competitor, it’s about changing the game. And then changing it some more. Whenever you [...]
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Gender Diversity Creates Wealth: Norway and (now) Sweden use the science.
Ansgar Gabrielsen, a male Norwegian businessman and politician, is an expert on the details of a 2007 Catalyst study, The Bottom Line: Corporate Performance & Women’s Representation on Boards, Gabrielsen’s focus has not been on gender equality. His interest is in “the fact that diversity is a value in itself, that it creates wealth.” He [...]
Sustainability: Engage all your People with ‘Green On-Boarding’
Care for You Business, Care for All Resources Businesses face soaring energy, operating and facilities costs. The State of Florida struggles with water shortages, damage to Florida’s fragile ecosystem, and the threat of climate change to our low-lying state. Sustainability issues threaten our entire world, economically and environmentally. The research is conclusive. Green attitudes, thinking [...]
Get involved in the International Business Summit
Save the date, or sponsor a workshop at IBS: Benefits of IBS Involvement: IBS is about networking: It connects people with new contacts, and builds relationships and trust. The structured speed-networking is particularly popular. IBS is about visibility: sponsors and networkers come to IBS to define their brands, and promote products and services to potential [...]
Collaborative intelligence
First there was IQ, then emotional intelligence. Studies show that EQ still beats IQ as a factor in business success, but now there is a new predictor for business that win, people that succeed, and economic achievement. CQ, or collaborative intelligence, combines the ability to think well, and to think collaboratively with other people. It [...]
Ethics are key in collaboration and creativity
Corruption and ‘mismanagement”. Madoff defrauds charities of billions. The mayor of Baltimore has apparently gone on a shopping spree with gift cards donated for the poor. Millions of dollars are missing in Iraq, banks refuse to report what they have done with billions in public money. You can go further back – the Katrina frauds, [...]
Branding your organization, your learning mission and yourself
1 How does your organization tell its story (brand) in an age of web transparency? 2 How does your learning and development team tell the story of your services and/or products? 3 Does your organization buy stories over quality? 4 Do you know (and monitor) your personal brand? 1 How does your organization tell its [...]
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