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Soft Skills are Hard Skills – Invest in Soft Skills Training

Helping organizations across sizes and industries navigate rapid digital transformation and change management over the last 12 years, I have come to the conclusion that soft skills are the really hard skills for organizations and leaders to master. Our work focuses a...

These 5 Words May Guarantee Failure

“That’s just who I am.” You hear it all the time, being proclaimed with pride and sometimes a shrug. You’ve probably said it yourself a few times.  Its close companions include statements like “I don’t do x” “I’m not good at y” “ I only listen to z.”  You may convince...

AI Change Management for the Future of Work

How Can Organizations Facilitate the Human-AI Connection Effectively? In the ever-evolving landscape of business, staying competitive requires organizations to embrace change. One of the most transformative forces shaping the corporate world is Artificial Intelligence...

Top 10 Culture and Employee Engagement Tools

In order to scale culture and employee engagement initiatives, organizations need to choose and make the best use of technology, in addition to other strategies. Luckily, HR tech is a booming market with new solutions coming out everyday. To simplify the options on...

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How to Build Trust in an Organization

How to Build Trust in an Organization

There is an important “currency” of an organization that can be directly linked to generating its external currency of dollars. This currency is trust. According to a 2022 Edelman report, 58% of customers said they will buy from brands they trust, while 60% of people...

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Agile Change Management in Healthcare – Case Study

Agile Change Management in Healthcare – Case Study

Our client was a global and decentralized pharmaceutical corporation that wanted to improve agility and lower costs to keep up with more nimble competitors in the industry. The company also had a goal to improve its ESG metrics through a Lean-Agile transformation, as...

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How an Organization is Like an Orchestra

How an Organization is Like an Orchestra

Not too long ago, I met with a group of musicians to “jam,” or improvise together after a while.  In our eclectic group was a guitarist, a Middle Eastern drummer, a jazz pianist, and two vocalists(one of them myself). We had all never played together before. We were...

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