Category: Business and Management
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Corporate Innovation, Digital Transformation, and Growth Hacking: Lessons from the Art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
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In both Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and corporate innovation, success is rarely the result of brute force—it’s about adaptability, timing, and knowing when to pivot. Whether you’re navigating a digital transformation or hacking your way through growth challenges, the lessons from the mat are clear: small, deliberate adjustments lead to long-term dominance, controlled risk fuels innovation,… Read more
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The Manhattan Project and Robert Oppenheimer: Lessons in Project & Team Management
In the annals of history, few projects have had as profound an impact on the world as the Manhattan Project. This top-secret initiative, which led to the creation of the atomic bomb, was not just a testament to human ingenuity but also a masterclass in project and team management. At the helm of this monumental… Read more
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WHAT’S HAPPENING TO IT? THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF DIGITAL DELIVERY
One of the things that has happened during the pandemic is that more and more companies have come to the realization that there are parts of their business that need to behave more like software companies, either to serve customers digitally, to manage digital channels or to offer digital products or more integrated cross-channel experiences Read more
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THE VALUE OF TIME. THE 3 BIGGEST MISCONCEPTIONS ON PRODUCTIVITY
You’d expect senior management to always be promoting efficiency, sponsoring talents and rewarding result-driven resources. Truth is, more often than not companies are becoming politically-correct, over-regulated democracies who penalize talent and over-delivery. Here’s a list of negative behaviours companies tend to enforce in the name of policies and par-condicio. Read more
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WHAT’S NEXT? TECHNOLOGIES TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2022
The astonishingly rapid development and rollout of coronavirus vaccines has been a reminder of the power of science and technology to change the world. Although vaccines based on new mrna technology seemed to have been created almost instantly, they actually drew upon decades of research going back to the 1970s. As the saying goes in the technology… Read more