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The Courage to Change Your Mind: Lessons from a Nobel Laureate’s Final Decision

The Courage to Change Your Mind: Lessons from a Nobel Laureate’s Final Decision Issue 205, March 27, 2025 Think about making decisions. We make countless decisions daily, both major and trivial. We make them consciously, subconsciously, and more concerning, unconsciously. We often write about the decision-making of individuals, groups, teams and entire organizations, because decisions, the choices we make in work and life, are what drive us forward and can put us into unexpected places. Customer decisions based on products…

Kevin Novak
March 27, 2025
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The Art of Strategic Agility: Balancing Deliberate and Emergent Strategies

The Art of Strategic Agility: Balancing Deliberate and Emergent Strategies Issue 201, February 27, 2025 We are addressing a thorny issue that all too often trips up even the best strategic planning. We often commit to a road and plan that ensures that all decisions are deliberate to keep us on that particular pathway. We plot, plan and rarely deviate. Setting a deliberate path ahead has its benefits; it provides a clear vision, shared purpose and certainty and confirms market…

Kevin Novak
February 27, 2025
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Interconnectedness: A Practical Guide for Today’s Leaders and Managers

Interconnectedness: A Practical Guide for Today’s Leaders and Managers Issue 200, February 20, 2025 Welcome to the 200th issue of 2040’s Ideas and Innovations Newsletter. We thank you for your readership for nearly four years and your feedback that the themes and content resonate and help you. You inspire us to always move forward. All our newsletters are available on SubStack. If you know others who would benefit, please share our publication with them. 20Forty’s Substack> Connected and Networked As…

Kevin Novak
February 20, 2025
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The Power of Virtuous Change: Why Most Organizations Fail at Transformation

The Power of Virtuous Change: Why Most Organizations Fail at Transformation Issue 198, February 6, 2025 Not all change is good. Not all change is for the right reasons. Change for change’s sake is not a viable proposition. Change must come with a clear framework of what will replace what was and the benefits of what will be. Without understanding the mechanics required to transition to the change, only chaos will result. The recent government order to freeze federal funds…

Kevin Novak
February 5, 2025
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The Power of Principled Resilience: Navigating Change with Purpose and Adaptability

The Power of Principled Resilience: Navigating Change with Purpose and Adaptability Issue 195, January 16, 2025 Change is inevitable. In fact, only change endures, from technological advancements, market shifts, societal transformations, and even personal disruptions. The challenge is not to avoid change but rather to build the resilience and adaptability needed to thrive in uncertainty. To quote pop icon Marie-Kondo, “To truly cherish the things that are important to you, you must first discard those that have outlived their purpose.”…

Kevin Novak
January 16, 2025
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Why the Road to Transformation Can Be Surprising

Why the Road to Transformation Can Be Surprising Issue 189, December 5, 2024 Transformation is not a straight line. If you’re a sailor, you tack to the future unless you have a full tailwind. If you’re the turtle, you can out-navigate the hare. If you are the architect of your career, you use the career portfolio strategy to build a professional life on your terms. If you are a well-being advisor (think Deepak Chopra), you could redefine the perception of…

Kevin Novak
December 4, 2024
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter

A Gratitude Retrospective

A Gratitude Retrospective Issue 188, November 28, 2024 As we take a brief break with family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, we want to review what has been resonating so far during this interesting and surprising year. Our 2024 newsletters have focused on forward-thinking topics, reflecting on trends and challenges impacting organizations and leadership, always mindful of what motivates human behavior. Everything that intrigues us and we share with you is instrumental in the process of organizational change and transformation…

Kevin Novak
November 27, 2024
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter

Why Are We Hooked on Speed?

Why Are We Hooked on Speed? Issue 187, November 21, 2024 Why are we always in such a hurry?  We launched 5,481,437 startups in 2023.  We introduce 91.9 million new websites every year: that’s 252,000 new websites each day.  We debut 30,000 CPG products annually to add to the bewildering choice of favorite brands and 30 to 40 new domestic car models every year. It’s no different in the business world; in 2023 the retail trade had the majority of new…

Kevin Novak
November 20, 2024
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter

Ivory Towers: Unlocking the Gap of Theory to Practice in Business Transformation

Ivory Towers: Unlocking the Gap of Theory to Practice in Business Transformation Issue 186, November 14, 2024 How often have you encountered a compelling transformation or change strategy that failed in execution? In today’s rapidly evolving, dynamically changing business landscape, organizations face constant pressure to change and adapt. A theory provides an idealized roadmap for transformation, attempting to predict and explain how change should work under perfect conditions. However, reliance on theory alone comes with consequences. Interpretation of theory can…

Kevin Novak
November 14, 2024
Ideas and Innovations Newsletter

Will AI Replace You?

Will AI Replace You? Issue 185, November 7, 2024 One of the most popular debates of 2024 is what AI won’t replace. Is it me? Is it you? Is it all of us? Is it none of us? Surely you can think back to movies that projected what a possible future might look like as technology becomes more immersed in all aspects of our lives. Science fiction often isn’t fiction, but rather prediction. In real life, some of us will…

Kevin Novak
November 7, 2024
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