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The Value of Reflective Decision-Making Issue 155, April 11, 2024 Admit it, most of us are stressed out and often filled with anxiety. We are time-pressed. Overbooked. Distracted. Confused. Dumbfounded. Surprised. And potentially even trending to pessimism. We are trying to make sense of events we can’t control that are hurtling toward us daily through our news feeds. A Moment in Time We’re also grappling with the speed of change in the digital economy and our connected society. The news…

Kevin Novak

April 10, 2024

Reactive Decision-Making, Social, and Youth

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Reactive Decision-Making, Social, and Youth

Reactive Decision-Making, Social, and Youth Issue 154, April 4, 2024 We’re worried about the members of our younger generations – your customers, employees, children, and family members. We’re worried as well about the kneejerk attempts of some of our leaders and those with influence to solve what is perceived as a problem without truly understanding it or the consequences of the solution they attempt to put into place. Reactive States of Mind Post-pandemic society appears to be in reaction mode,…

Kevin Novak

April 4, 2024

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Are We Playing Monopoly as a Society?

Are We Playing Monopoly as a Society? Issue 153, March 28, 2024 Big tech has been taken to task repeatedly often without a complete understanding of who they are, what they do and how their business model functions. For many, it seems elusive to understand their motives, wrapped up in proprietary strategy. And frankly, just about no one (certainly not the average individual) can figure out what they’ve been up to and what their intentions are. Are they out to…

Kevin Novak

March 28, 2024

Randomness and Flukes: Changing the Course of History

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Randomness and Flukes: Changing the Course of History

Randomness and Flukes: Changing the Course of History Issue 145, February 1, 2024 Hindsight is foresight, yet we may be better equipped to predict the future with the benefit of so much emerging tech. But what AI and ML don’t anticipate is the random moments that change the course of history. What’s frustrating is that you rarely see those moments in real-time. We suggest the reason is that we are looking for the wrong thing, making those random occurrences nearly…

Kevin Novak

January 31, 2024

Inspiration for Commitment, Redefinition, and Reinvention

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Inspiration for Commitment, Redefinition, and Reinvention

Inspiration for Commitment, Redefinition, and Reinvention Issue 138, December 7, 2023 What We Can Learn From Others For many of us, this year has been one of surprises and some unexpected gifts. Global events have become 24/7 headlines on our newsfeeds and most of the news is troubling. 2023 is the hottest year on record for the planet. Two wars are being waged simultaneously at great costs. Inflation remains a persistent worry despite improving economic data. The vision of an…

Kevin Novak

December 6, 2023

Ants as an example of system creation out of chaos

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The Value of Observation Through the Lens of Complexity Theory

The Value of Observation Through the Lens of Complexity Theory Issue 125, September 7, 2023 One of anyone’s life goals is to be a good observer. It’s fruitful to watch how things unfold around us as we try to make sense of the patterns and connections. Almost everything around us is connected, has interdependence, and influences all the parts that comprise the whole of a system. And that includes the systems of society and, of course, our organizations. In that…

Kevin Novak

September 7, 2023

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Defining Innovation

Defining Innovation Issue 124, August 31, 2023 Innovation is one of the most hackneyed, misinterpreted, and overused buzzwords in today’s business vocabulary. Ask anyone – including yourself – to define innovation in context of the strategy and operations of doing business in the ever-changing digital economy. You may struggle to define it and asking others will often result in wildly different responses. We did a straw poll to see what the general consensus was on what innovation means. Here are…

Kevin Novak

August 29, 2023

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Change Is a Team Sport: We All Play a Role 2040’s Ideas + Innovations

Change Is a Team Sport: We All Play a Role Issue 118, July 20, 2023 Last week we gave you a case study to demonstrate how critical the human factor (and personalities and our own blind spots) becomes in seeking to innovate, make change and transform. Change is ever-present in daily life. It is also a constant in response to an organization’s market, system, and the needs and wants of customers and workforce. Resistance to innovation, change, and transformation is…

Kevin Novak

July 18, 2023

Spring Awakening – Ideas and Innovations from 2040

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Spring Awakening – Ideas and Innovations from 2040

Spring Awakening Issue 110, May 25, 2023 It’s Spring and we are coming up on a major holiday weekend where we hope for good weather and time outdoors with family and friends. At 2040 we’re feeling optimistic and seeking opportunities for renewal (even escape) as we see the landscape around us come to life once again. In fact, we recently came to the realization that organizations seeking to change, and transform could easily be compared to a natural landscape and…

Kevin Novak

May 25, 2023

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The Future of Personal Agency – Ideas and Innovations from 2040

The Future of Personal Agency Issue 102, April 6, 2023 It can’t come as a surprise that many people feel they are losing their sense of personal agency in the face of such rapid technological change, global disruptions and polarized social and political factions. Personal agency? It’s a “sense that I am the one who is causing or generating an action. A person with a sense of personal agency perceives himself/herself as the subject influencing his/her own actions and life…

Kevin Novak

April 5, 2023

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