It is a do or die decade ahead for big oil companies. With an evermore energy and eco-conscious society things have to change and because oil companies are so large change is often slow and the consequences considerable…
ByHBR.org
Summary: In decades past, executives were usually taught to practice command-and-control leadership. Today they’re often advised to be more nimble, more adaptive, and less controlling. The truth is that most executives need to be able to move back and forth between those two leadership styles. This article looks at seven tensions that executives need to…
Accepting the recession landscape has been extraordinarily painful. The recovery journey will have challenges that must be embraced to create a sustainable business in the new, post recession landscape. How do we establish new operational excellence framework in this unsettled landscape? For the foreseeable future, ERP and Operations Managers will journey through a dynamic business landscape that…
ByTED
Having received numerous national and international awards for his social improvement efforts, social psychologist Adam Galinsky teaches people all across the globe how to inspire others, speak up effectively, lead teams and negotiate successfully. He has also co-authored the critically acclaimed and best-selling book, Friend & Foe, which distills his two decades of research on leadership, negotiations, diversity,…
ByTED
Machine learning expert Anthony Goldbloom, assesses the extent to which robots will influence our working lives in the future in this insightful TED talk. By crowd-sourcing solutions to difficult problems using machine learning, Goldbloom has come to know that machines aren’t just for simple tasks like sorting mail anymore. In fact, machines are capable of…
“My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.” The Red Queen, in “Through the Looking-Glass” by Lewis Carroll Introduction Industry experts assert that data is the new gold. Even more valuable than…
