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5 03, 2025

AI transformation is most successful with a human-centric approach

2025-03-05T16:01:34-08:00

By Victor Assad The business environment and workforce are undergoing significant transformation as organizations brace for change and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI). AI will also create new technical fields and eliminate many administrative roles. Changing workforce demographics and labor shortages in Western democracies and mature Asian economies will also impact the need [...]

AI transformation is most successful with a human-centric approach2025-03-05T16:01:34-08:00
12 02, 2025

Today, an innovation strategy is a requirement for companies to be successful

2025-02-12T14:31:35-08:00

Over  a decade ago, Harvard Business School professor Gary Pisano famously wrote that companies should consider creating an innovation strategy. Today, an innovation strategy is not just an optional nice thing to have — it’s a requirement for companies that want to be successful. The business environment is volatile, with short-term and longstanding impacts from [...]

Today, an innovation strategy is a requirement for companies to be successful2025-02-12T14:31:35-08:00
5 02, 2025

Culture remains critical for today’s innovative organizations

2025-02-05T13:27:28-08:00

The pace of new tools for innovators, such as OpenAI, is exciting. However, research shows that without the right culture, digital transformation in organizations fails. Organizational Culture is key for executives to lead continual change, technology implementation, and to have business and financial success. Command-and control-leadership, and top-down autocratic culture, doesn’t work when implementing digital transformation. Faisal [...]

Culture remains critical for today’s innovative organizations2025-02-05T13:27:28-08:00
3 12, 2024

Most workers have no preference for the gender of their bosses, which is news.

2024-12-03T11:45:37-08:00

By Victor Assad. For decades, employees have preferred to have men as bosses, but new research shows that as many as two-thirds of workers now have no preference for the gender of their bosses. This is a significant gain for women, going from not preferred to no preference for the gender of their bosses. [...]

Most workers have no preference for the gender of their bosses, which is news.2024-12-03T11:45:37-08:00
25 11, 2024

Workers need gratitude year-round — not just at Thanksgiving

2024-11-25T20:35:47-08:00

By Victor Assad We celebrate Thanksgiving in the US this week. It’s my favorite holiday of the year because of the family-and-friends gatherings, my favorite meal of the year, and the spirit of gratitude and giving without the hustle and bustle of the end-of-the-year holidays. Workers need gratification. Being grateful is an American tradition. [...]

Workers need gratitude year-round — not just at Thanksgiving2024-11-25T20:35:47-08:00
11 09, 2024

Recognition is the remedy for undervalued employees to innovative

2024-09-11T15:20:55-07:00

By Victor Assad Unfortunately, many employees do not feel valued at work. As reported by Forbes, a survey of more than 1,000 full-time employees in the US found that more than half of respondents felt only somewhat valued (46.6 percent) or not valued at all (10.7 percent)  by their organization. And here’s the point [...]

Recognition is the remedy for undervalued employees to innovative2024-09-11T15:20:55-07:00
17 07, 2024

Importance of psychological safety and intellectual honesty for high performing innovation teams

2024-07-17T12:37:06-07:00

Readers of this column know I frequently encourage managers, above all else, to build trust among their teams and with their performance management systems in order to achieve high performance and innovation. (As one of my readers told me, “You write about trust all the time.”) Other team traits are also critically important, such [...]

Importance of psychological safety and intellectual honesty for high performing innovation teams2024-07-17T12:37:06-07:00
21 05, 2024

Seven traits of highly innovative organizations that drive improved financial performance

2024-05-21T15:48:50-07:00

By Victor Assad, Managing Partner Research shows that innovation and culture can be measured. And, just as importantly, strong cultures of innovation lead to the creation of sustainable competitive advantage and higher financial performance. The key to innovation in organizations, according to InnovationOne LLC’s research, resides in the ability of leaders to define, [...]

Seven traits of highly innovative organizations that drive improved financial performance2024-05-21T15:48:50-07:00
22 04, 2024

Drive shareholder returns by developing the right behaviors among leaders

2024-04-22T12:47:44-07:00

By Victor Assad, Managing Partner. New research from McKinsey and Company suggests that the secret to developing effective leaders is to encourage four types of behaviors. Earlier research by McKinsey and other organizations has consistently shown that good leadership is a critical part of organizational health, which is an important driver of shareholder returns. [...]

Drive shareholder returns by developing the right behaviors among leaders2024-04-22T12:47:44-07:00
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