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Cleveland, OH
Joined August 2015
No organization is going to emerge from this crisis unchanged - I don’t mean financially. During a time like this, we’ll either get better as a result of what we choose to do as teams and organizations, or we’ll be diminished for what we fail to do. Will we get better, or worse?
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Three Steps to Productive Collaboration Learn more → mitsmr.com/38rqkLJ
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New research suggests past collaboration doesn't guarantee future cooperation. Read the latest "When Friends Become Foes" by Jose Uribe, Maxim Sytch, and Yong H. Kim: journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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Entrepreneurial success isn’t just a function of raw intelligence and a propensity for risk-taking. It depends on a variety of ingredients, many of which appear to improve with age. nyti.ms/32gE9cm
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Deeply proud of this transformational project and iconic change to Old Brooklyn. Come join us tomorrow night to be a part of a historic new day in Cleveland.
1 DAY UNTIL SMORGASBORD!! There’s a ton of things to be excited about #Smorgasbord2019, but we have to save the best for last. Have you seen the brand new 30-foot Old Brooklyn sign at the historic Atlas Furniture building? (AKA our new renovated office!!)
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In one study, senior-level managers who mentored were 53% more likely to have been promoted in the previous two years. s.hbr.org/2XpLFCA
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To transform our troubled #health system, changemakers are beginning to do business differently, together. Powerful new video featuring ReThink Health Ventures' learning partners. #ThinkWithUs vimeo.com/338001812
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Wonderful description I heard today of a #coBLABoration meeting: "Everyone had an answer, but no one had a good question." #Collaboration is based on shared learning, which starts with challenging the assumptions that fuel our "answers." #collectiveimpact
Increasingly, the most valuable human skill will be asking the right questions and setting the right objectives. #2MA
I am really excited about a new frontier where an engineer can specify the "objective" of a product and then software can optimize on many dimensions to create it. Here's "generative design" optimizing a chair for stiffness and mass..
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Big corps: Stop doing idea competitions. Start enabling innovation processes that differ from execution processes! Give your innovators power!
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Pairing of The Centers for Families and Children and Circle Health is proving beneficial trib.al/2GjsnA1 @TheCentersOhio @CircleHealthCle
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The 3 Elements of Trust s.hbr.org/2DVBmvH
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To build a long-lasting business, start with one question: why? mitsln.co/K1f530nmDin
New Article Creativity: Finding Ideation and Innovation in the Strangest Places jglstrategy.com/blog/2019/1/… #creativity #innovation
Our Responsive Grantmaking applications will become available tomorrow! Deadline: Feb. 21 > bit.ly/2SSA4Xp #health #education #homelessness