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Personal Development

What skills to develop to best hold your role as a manager or leader? What tools to rely on? What subjects to put into practice?

How Indra Nooyi Turned Design Thinking Into Strategy: An Interview with PepsiCo’s CEO

Adi Ignatius

How PepsiCo relied on Design Thinking to become (again) an innovative company focused on its clients.

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Design Thinking Comes of Age

John Kolko

An article that sums up the principles of a Design Thinking culture and offers a few ways to conduct a company transformation.

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Create a Culture Where Difficult Conversations Aren’t So Hard

Jim Whitehurst

What behaviors should we promote in an organization to facilitate frank feedback among staff, even on sensitive topics?

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The Authenticity Paradox

Herminia Ibarra

Authenticity is a fundamental leadership trait—provided that it is used wisely.

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Making Dumb Groups Smarter

Cass R. Sunstein, Reid Hastie

How can you avoid collectives biaises that may harm the team dynamic?

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A Test to Weed Out Consultants You Shouldn’t Hire

Robert H. Schaffer, Jonathan M. Stearn

A call to select consultants based on their degree of compatibility with your company culture and by taking a close look at the steps to be taken to achieve the desired results.

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The Authenticity Trap for Workers Who Are Not Straight, White Men

Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Should we fit into the mold of the dominant leadership model or should we stay true to ourselves? A dilemma that is all the more acute for leaders coming from minorities.

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Fixing a Weak Safety Culture at General Motors

Amy C. Edmondson

The fundamentals to set up a safety culture in your company.

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The Right Ideas in All the Wrong Places

Ken Favaro, Nadim Yacteen

Relearn to draw upon your strategic intuitions.

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The Gorilla of Agile Business Innovation

William J. Holstein

Feedback on the experience of Corning Glass concerning the company’s permanent innovation practices.

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