Wed.Jan 20, 2021

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Want to Empower Your Employees Even More? Be Lazy!

TRG Blog

It's been a century since efficiency expert Frank Bunker Gilbreth discovered in 1920 that it's best to hire a lazy worker to do a hard job because they will find an easy way to do it. (And no, it's not Bill Gates who said it first.) But the philosophy of "working smarter, not harder" has not fully caught on among managers themselves. In an article published on FastCompan y, Matt Casey, author of The Management Delusion—The Easy Way to Do a Hard Job, shared his thoughts on "the lazy management ap

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How Boards Can Steer Companies to “Build Back Better”

INSEAD Knowledge

The momentum for sustainability is strong despite misgivings over current financial strains. Few businesses can afford to ignore it.

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2021 – A Very Private New Year – Steps all Nonprofits Can Take

Pearlman + Pearlman

It’s the time of year when we set goals for self-improvement and make our New Year’s resolutions. One resolution I suggest that nonprofit executives include is the improvement of data privacy practices. As reported by the Identity Theft Resource Center and CyberScout, 2019 saw the total number of data breaches increase 17% over 2018. The 2019 reporting year also saw a return to the pattern of the ever-increasing number of breaches and volume of records exposed.

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Back2Better Webinar: Staying in the Know in Extraordinary Times with Maja Korica

Thinkers 50

We are living in times of great change. Our usual working patterns have been disrupted into a new normal: Zoom meetings, reduced time in offices, intensified operational pressures, reduced opportunities to pause and reflect. The importance of timely, accurate information is higher than ever. Leaders’ ability to access it however may be greatly compromised, certainly when it comes to reliance on usual channels.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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SLINGSHOT 2020 Global Startup Competition: Interview with Grand Winner Nextbillion.ai — Ajay Bulusu

Agorize

Organised by Enterprise Singapore in collaboration with Agorize , SLINGSHOT 2020 , one of Asia’s largest startup competitions has now officially come to a close. With over 7,500 applicants participating worldwide, SLINGSHOT 2020 offered global startups the opportunity to showcase their solutions and products to global investors and industry leaders.

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