Change is inevitable. We all know that. It's hardly front page news. And yet, how often do we hear this kind of objection: “But that’s the way we’ve always done it.” In this week’s episode of our At the Edge podcast, our guest Jeff Tobe talks about this phrase as the...

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Silos stink. Nobody wants them. Yet they are an under-detected by-product of the pandemic's impact on the workplace. Read further for a six-step process to root them out and stop them in your future of work. Seventy percent of workers want flexible work options to...

"Innovate Every Day" Matters Most People like to say “Change is inevitable.” But that's not exactly true. Indeed, change comes as a result of intention, effort, and action. And Innovation demands all three - it won’t happen by itself. As many employees gear up to go...

The world of work has changed.

This statement is not a new one – but this time the change is radical and irrevocable, not just another hot fad. In response to the pandemic, the long-awaited shift to remote work has become a reality for a majority of companies. To be more precise, the new reality lies in hybrid work – the combination of remote and office-based situations.

Today, flexibility and adaptability are the keywords not only for the content of work but for the very basis of the setup of the employer-employee relationship itself.

The important questions to be asking yourself right now are – how do you:

1. Assess and align your teams to optimize program outcomes?
2. Identify new opportunities aligned to organizational goals?
3. Build, vet, and invest in proposals quickly to capitalize on opportunities as fast as possible?
4. Maintain an agile, high-performing talent ecosystem to sustain ongoing disruption?

These are volatile and uncertain times with complex challenges, and we are here to help you address them head on.

We would love to hear what needs and ideas are top of mind in your organization.

What methods do you use already?

What improvements or breakthroughs are you looking for?

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Innovation leadership, to many people, means that the person at the top must work longer and harder than everyone else. But this is an ego trip trap that tricks many leaders into revving up, speeding past and burning out. If you're one of those leaders, you might also...

COVID has accelerated that trend such that all companies worldwide, not just the privileged clusters should have to soar past their comfort zones and get creative in their leadership, or otherwise become irrelevant. None of us want that, so, here are some timely tips to stay ahead of the coming innovation tsunami.

Return to office should be seamless to uphold the motivation and to endure the productivity boost from the recent WFH setup
Most recent hires don’t feel they belong to the culture and not yet effectively assimilated
Innovation is needed more than ever
Organizations scrambled to respond to WFH. New workflows must be implemented to maintain and support workers’ increased responsibility and authority.

For any enterprise to be innovative at their business, their internal enterprise tools should be innovative too.

For any enterprise to be innovative at their business, their internal enterprise tools should be innovative too.