A Simple Way to Get Your Leadership Team Aligned on Strategy
Imagine you call a leadership team meeting to gauge how important the team feels digital transformation is to the company. Would anyone dare say it is not a strategic imperative, even if they privately thought it wasn’t? The meeting ends with seemingly clear agreement that digital transformation is mission critical. But what happens after the meeting, when the person tasked to lead digital transformation asks team members to nominate people to work on the effort? All too frequently, everyone says they can’t spare their scarce resources.
Coffee and Chocolate Make You Smarter, According to Latest Neuroscience
Neuroscience continues to uncover new ways that coffee and (to a lesser extent) tea and chocolate, tend to make brains healthier and more resilient. 2019 has already seen some amazing research breakthroughs that are definitely worth sharing.
^ADJ: Going to speak to the team about providing more dark chocolate as another wellness intiative
Facebook Secret Research Warned of ‘Tipping Point’ Threat to Core App
Last October, after spending almost a year examining trends among Facebook users, a senior data scientist at the company named Tom Cunningham painted a bleak picture of one possible future for its flagship Facebook app.
Make Your Meetings a Safe Space for Honest Conversation
I recently met with a group of managers to discuss ways to improve meetings. Our goal was to figure out how to create a space that people actually look forward to being in. We each began by describing a meeting we remembered as especially powerful.
The World’s Cheapest Hospital Has to Get Even Cheaper
Cancer surgery for $700, a heart bypass for $2,000. Pretty good, but under India’s new health-care system, it’s not good enough.
Short bursts of intense exercise 'better for weight loss'
Bursts of high intensity interval training (Hiit) may be more effective for weight loss than longer less intense workouts, a study suggests.