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Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
Part 1: Struggling to Solve a Problem? Try Reframing It.
Experts in problem-solving emphasize the importance of deeply understanding the problem before implementing countermeasures. And many cite Charles Kettering’s maxim that “A problem well-framed is a problem half-solved.” But what, precisely, is a “well-framed” problem? I’ve written before about some of the obvious errors to avoid — couching a solution in the form of a problem, and relying on generalities instead of specifics.
Part 2: What Pandemic Parenting Can Teach Us About Leadership.
An executive-coaching client of Sanyin’s recently made an offhand comment that revealed something stunning about parenting over the past year. A busy executive with three kids and an equally busy working spouse, she quipped, “Who knew my kitchen would turn into my executive coach?” When Sanyin asked what she meant, she listed a litany of experiences from around her kitchen table: keeping her kids creatively engaged in their school activities while planning a meal and while, on the other side of the room, her laptop was logged into a virtual strategy session with her team. She reflected, “What I had to learn this past year to keep all my worlds integrated was a crucible I’d never wish on anyone. I know I had it better than many working parents. But I gained some new skills that will serve me well going forward.”
Part 3: Top Digital Banking Transformation Trends for 2021.
When the pandemic hit, most financial institutions entered a crisis mode of building digital capabilities that allowed consumers to the bank without branches. As we enter 2021, banks and credit unions must rethink the definition of 'digital banking,' with the application of data, analytics, technology, innovation, and people that will transform customer experiences.
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Tuesday Sep 07, 2021
Tuesday Sep 07, 2021
Tuesday Sep 07, 2021
Part 1: Data: The Fuel That Drives Digital Transformation
The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating effect on many companies globally. They had to rethink the way they work, how they acquire customers, and how they keep those customers satisfied. Enter: Digital Transformation - the strategy that enabled many of them to do this.
Part 2: How Humans and AI Are Working Together in 1,500 Companies.
Artificial intelligence is becoming good at many “human” jobs—diagnosing disease, translating languages, providing customer service—and it’s improving fast. This is raising reasonable fears that AI will ultimately replace human workers throughout the economy. But that’s not the inevitable, or even most likely, outcome. Never before have digital tools been so responsive to us, nor we to our tools. While AI will radically alter how work gets done and who does it, the technology’s larger impact will be in complementing and augmenting human capabilities, not replacing them.
Part 3: Flexibility.
For Mercedes-Benz executives, inflexible processes presented a growing challenge. Increasingly, the company’s most profitable customers had been demanding individualized S-class sedans, but the automaker’s assembly systems couldn’t deliver the customization people wanted.
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Monday Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
Part 1: Overcoming common mistakes in DevOps, agile, and app modernization.
Steeped as we are in corporate DevOps and agile transformation efforts, one of the common questions we get is, “What have other companies struggled with within their transformation attempts and how can we learn from their mistakes?”
Part 2: 7 Best Practices for Working Remotely to Follow in 2021.
Remote working today is well-defined, and it has become a norm for many organizations to manage remote teams and for individuals to work as full-time remote employees.
Part 3: 5 ways to start earning money with the skills you already have.
The CEO of AIrtasker USA says that taking advantage of flexible work allows you to keep an income while you experiment and determine the path you want to take with your career.
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Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
Part 1: Who owns digital innovation? Who cares?
These four strategies will help to create a culture of digital innovation with an eye to the future, no matter who’s in charge.
There’s little question that enterprises benefit from a focus on digital innovation. Gartner’s 2021 CIO Agenda Survey found that organizations that increase funding for digital innovation are nearly three times more likely to be leading performers than laggards as compared to their peers.
Part 2: How to Stay Motivated When You’re (Still) Stuck at Home.
After months of being stuck inside due to the COVID-19 pandemic, limiting exposure to friends and family, and juggling responsibilities at home and at work, it’s no surprise that many of us are dealing with frustration, anger, and burnout.
Part 3: 11 Myths About Decision-Making.
From “I like to be efficient” to “I trust my gut” to “I can make a rational decision,” there are a number of deeply ingrained — and counterproductive — myths we tell ourselves about how we make decisions. Underlying these myths are three common and popular...
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Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Part 1: Agile Teams and Waterfall Mindset Management.
The decisions made for the agile teams are always with the help of a confidence vote. The decision made by managers may not be always gain their confidence, which in turn may prohibit the member's full potential. Addressing customer needs or any potential gaps is required to run the agile train most smoothly. A team must know how their actions affect the company's business. If there are any sets of issues arising, team actions should be revised immediately. Not only people engaging in the systems are part of Agile, but other agents may affect the system directly, like props and processes.
Part 2: 10 principles of workforce transformation
How to raise the skills of your employees to meet your digital challenges. See also “A guide to workforce transformation.”
There is a gap between the digital skills people have and those needed to live, learn, and work in the digital world. The need to upskill — to bridge this gap — is a complex problem that will require government administrators, educators, and business leaders to come together. To learn more about upskilling your own workforce, go to Upskill my workforce for the digital world.
Part 3: To Master, The Shift To Digital Leaders Need To Change Themselves.
It is well known that businesses of all sorts are moving down the road towards becoming digital. It is also well known that the pandemic has speeded up the process. Indeed, enterprises that were already making progress in this direction were able to adapt to the changed circumstances and thrive while the less nimble-footed have struggled and will probably continue to do so unless they change their approach and embrace the future.
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Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Part 1: Toward a Racially Just Workplace
“Happy elephant success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which [one] has overcome while trying to succeed.”
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which [one] has overcome while trying to succeed.”
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Thus we turn to the moral case. Many in the U.S. business community have begun to push for more purpose-driven capitalism that focuses not just on shareholder value but also on shared value — benefits that extend to employees, customers, suppliers, and communities. This movement, toward what the University of Toronto’s Sarah Kaplan calls the 360° Corporation, wants corporate leaders to consider both the financial and the ethical implications of all their decisions. We believe that one of its pillars should be proportionate representation and wages for black Americans.
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In sum, DandI needs to be an ethos that permeates the entire organization, championed not just by the HR department but by everyone, and especially managers, so that its importance is clear. The Toigo Foundation’s leaders draw a parallel between this idea and the total quality management movement of the 1980s, which, with top-down support and the establishment of key performance indicators, became a pervasive way of working and thinking that filtered down to every function and level.
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Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Part 1: Best Practices For Working From Home.
Recent economic developments around the world have inspired many businesses to assess or reassess the value of work from home (WFH) employment strategy. Managed well, remote work can bring advantages to team productivity and worker satisfaction.
People who have enjoyed years of remote work opportunities are helping those new to the idea, offering advice based on their own transitions to telecommuting as both employees and managers. There are, of course, challenges associated with working from home. In addition to logistical considerations, there are practical strategies that a person accustomed to office work can learn from telecommuting veterans.
Part 2: Why Pivoting People Is a Strategic Priority
To best prepare their organizations and workforces for post-pandemic changes, leaders should think through a set of critical questions.
Just like post-pandemic physical workspaces will need revising, so too will the skill sets and capabilities of our employees. Yes, leaders absolutely need to reimagine the workplace, but organizations cannot lose sight of the people returning to those spaces. Focusing solely on redesigning the workplace or offering flexible work arrangements (such as remote or hybrid options) without considering employees will hamstring organizations by leaving their people in the lurch.
Part 3: The Enabling Power of Trust
Future of Leadership in the Digital Economy
What will it take to become a great leader in the digital economy? What will be the differentiating skill sets (what individuals will need to do) and mindsets (how they will need to think and behave) that will shed light on what it will take to lead next-generation organizations effectively? We have set out to address these important questions as the foundation for MIT Sloan Management Review’s newest Big Ideas Initiative: The Future of Leadership in the Digital Economy.
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Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
Part 1: Leadership Lessons From Your Inner Child
Future of Leadership in the Digital Economy
When I turned five, I got a new bike. I didn’t know how to ride it, but I took it to a nearby hill anyway, a willing warrior, ready to ride. Was I prepared? Would I be brave enough to overcome the anxiety of facing the unknown? The truth is those questions never occurred to me at the time. Reflecting on this experience decades later, I realized I wasn’t just a willing warrior — I was an ecstatically enthusiastic one. Today, I can’t help but wonder why it seemed so much easier to take on significant new challenges as a five-year-old than it is for me now. As a child, did I have gifts that I somehow lost over the years? Was I foolish then and more responsible now? Upon further reflection, I have come to realize that I’ve been fighting a decades-long battle to not lose many of those gifts that made it relatively easy to learn new things when I was young.
Part 2: What is the role of leadership in digital transformation?
The recent pandemic has demonstrated that, when used effectively, digital transformation can help businesses succeed in even the most trying circumstances.
Part 3: Leaders for a digital transformation
It can be mission-critical for companies to consider the traits, competencies, and drivers of the talent—in-house and external—that will help create their digital future.
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