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2040’s Ideas and Innovations: Is Perception Everything?
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2040’s Ideas and Innovations: Is Perception Everything?

Is Perception Everything? Issue 39: January 20, 2022 Some say that we live in a simulation. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and The Matrix popularized ideas long held by some physicists and game theorists. Some say that we will be living in a parallel reality, a metaverse dramatized by Ender’s Game, Belle and Ready Player One, to mention only three pop culture narratives. There are plenty of thinkers and philosophers who believe that reality is how you perceive it;…

Kevin Novak
January 19, 2022
2040’s Ideas and Innovations: Nine Real Risks in 2022
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2040’s Ideas and Innovations: Nine Real Risks in 2022

Nine Real Risks in 2022 Issue 38: January 13, 2022 The existential and operational risks facing any leader have been ramped up because of an ongoing pandemic, economic disruption, global supply chain breakdowns and a series of demands from all stakeholders delivered through an increasingly contentious civil discourse. Our organizations have faced tough times in the past; what feels different this time is the perfect storm of forces most leaders have no control over. The irony is that on the…

Kevin Novak
January 12, 2022
Ideas + Innovations from 2040: Great Expectations
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Ideas + Innovations from 2040: Great Expectations

Great Expectations What is the role of a business leader today? The pressures placed on managers and leaders have grown exponentially with expectations from all stakeholders to lead in a certain way. And that way is what those stakeholders believe is the right way. The leadership arena is complex and risky. Whether you lead a small association or a multinational brand, the skillset required to exceed everyone’s expectations has expanded beyond organizational expertise. As we turn our attention, despite current…

Kevin Novak
December 23, 2021
Ideas + Innovations from 2040: Context Is Everything
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Ideas + Innovations from 2040: Context Is Everything

Context Is Everything We have shared with you a set of practices that is key to high performance, optimal business modeling, productive workplace culture and enlightened leadership. Clear, unbiased communications and organizational constructs are essential tools in a digital marketplace. And activating these tools is made more powerful through critical thinking and analysis with context. We are among those that believe that context is everything. It is the foundational pillar of any change and transformation. Without contextual analysis, transformation is…

Kevin Novak
December 16, 2021
Ideas + Innovations from 2040: Innovation Theater
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Ideas + Innovations from 2040: Innovation Theater

Innovation Theater Everyone talks about innovation, but how does it really happen? And what is the difference between authentic innovation and a pastiche of innovation that doesn’t power true transformation or change? As we all know, managing and operating an organization has many underlying parts that come together to create the whole system. A startup has the agility and flexibility to innovate and pivot as its size is small, focused and often committed to solving a particular problem. Once it…

Kevin Novak
November 4, 2021
Ideas + Innovations from 2040: Decision Making and Primitive Automaticity
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Ideas + Innovations from 2040: Decision Making and Primitive Automaticity

Decision Making and Primitive Automaticity We live in nearly constant transition as the world around us continues to change quickly and dynamically. We often don’t know what we may have lost (or gained) as situations change or evolve around us. We often struggle how to redefine ourselves in a world we do not yet well understand because of the pace of change. Technology continues to fundamentally change the world around us as we debate whether we are changing as a…

Kevin Novak
October 28, 2021
Decision Making in a Digital Age – Ideas + Innovations from 2040
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Decision Making in a Digital Age – Ideas + Innovations from 2040

Decision Making in a Digital Age The debate in management and leadership circles is how to best make decisions in a digital age. Should you be data-driven or intuitive? There are too many variables, including institutional knowledge and bias that limit the value of gut decision making, particularly in a fundamentally and dynamically ever-changing environment. We are the sum-total of our own biases and past experiences, which hinder the effectiveness of intuitive decision-making in the 21st century. A decision-making approach…

Kevin Novak
October 7, 2021
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