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DIGEST | The Weekly Newsletter
Friday 2nd October 2020

Hello and welcome to DIGEST your regular career, leadership, entrepreneur and innovation update.

Last week we launched the final episode in our first Podcast series all about the transition from a management career to a non executive director role. Episode 4 of the iTHINK - a podcast all about leadership - an interview with board recruiters Suzanne Ardagh and Kathy Townsend.

As usual today we have new articles on leadership, careers, entrepreneurs, and innovation.

Last week we added in the event calendar, with so many conferences now going virtual we have built a calendar to track when the most relevant conferences are happening around the world, there are lots in September and October so pleased check it out.

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Have a great week and stay safe

Crispin

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LEADERSHIP

The 12 Stages of Agile Transformation

30 September 2020

More and more organisations are moving to adopt Agile Transformation not just in standard project methodologies but transforming all resource management. The goal is to better align organisation strategic priorities with scarce resource utilisation ensuring that company is always working on what is highest priority. This article was adapted from an original article published by […]

Mental Health - Actions Leaders Should Take Right Now

30 September 2020

Mental health issues and stress can show up in issues sleeping, increases in eating or drinking alcohol/substance abuse, it is even known to worsen chronic conditions. So mental health is always serious business but the pandemic now has everyone working from home, and further the recession has caused a greater concern about job security. As […]

The most important skills for Managers

29 September 2020

A recent US survey has identified the most important skills for managers as: Communication, Ability to training, time management, building culture and managing performance. In 2019 the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) released a study The High Cost of a Toxic Workplace Culture which identified 1 in 4 American workers dreaded going to work […]

Different types of leadership

24 September 2020

There are different types of leadership. Not everyone is or should be a great people leader but that should not define your career. There are many types of remarkable leader that don’t require team management. Change Leaders Change Leaders drive transformation, they lead strategy, drive optimisation, eliminate inefficiencies and remove roadblocks. example: Consultants and Coaches […]

CAREER

Building Professional Networks

1 October 2020

Professional Networks can make the difference of an individuals potential to be successful. How connected you are helps define your ability to leverage collective knowledge and collective problem solving. It introduces you to new ideas, new places, new opportunities. After establishing the importance of professional networking, what actually is it? “It is a deliberate activity […]

Dealing with 'Imposter Syndrome'

29 September 2020

Impostor syndrome—the idea that you’ve only succeeded due to luck, and not because of your talent or qualifications has been around for quite a while, it was first identified in 1978 by psychologists Pauline Rose Clance and Suzanne Imes. Its is a common scenario that many very successful leaders face, feeling like a fraud in […]

70 is the new 30, why older people are out performing peers

29 September 2020

’70 is the new 30′ it does seem hard to believe that we have the ability to out perform a peer 40 years our junior, but that is what a recent survey from Finland recently established. They found that the physical and cognitive health of adults today is significantly better than it was 30 years […]

Knowing When To Be 'A Little Deaf'

29 September 2020

This article looks at some sage advice from Ruth Bader Ginsburg, about knowing when to be ‘a little deaf’ and how it can help any professional career. “In every good marriage, it helps sometimes to be a little deaf. I have followed that advice assiduously, and not only at home through 56 years of a […]

ENTREPRENEUR (& STARTUP)

22 September 2020

The biggest mistakes Startup CEO's make

Start up success comes from the ability to clearly articulate the vision and build the right team to deliver it. To many founder CEO’s make common mistakes when they hire the startup executive team. Pass ownership to familiar cofounders and early employees As you build the initial team there are going to be members who […]

17 September 2020

Unheard tapes from Steve Jobs in 1988

It is a fascinating trip back in time, it takes us back in time to November 30, 1988, at the Boston Computer Society, when Steve had just launched his new company NeXT, this was the new venture for Jobs after being forced out of Apple in 1985. These unheard tapes from Steve Jobs in 1988 […]

INNOVATION

30 September 2020

The Eight Essentials of Innovation

The Eight Essentials of Innovation – Large companies find innovation hard, they are usually much better at executing strategy than they are at innovating. Which is why many large organisations fail to achieve growth through creativity and instead focus on optimising existing businesses. Innovation and Creativity Innovation is a complex endeavour it requires practices and […]

22 September 2020

Different types of creativity peaks at different ages

The idea that creativity is exclusively the domain of youth is an incorrect assumption according to researchers at Ohio State University, their finding is that creativity peaks at different ages. The difference is that those people who generate radical ideas often do so before they are deeply knowledgeable in the conventions of their field. Alternatively […]

EVENT DIRECTORY

In October it is worth registering for the free keynotes at the Fast Company Innovation Festival (5-9 Oct) to hear from Robert Downey Jnr, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hans Vestberg and many more an incredible line up.

The event directory is being updated all the time, if you have an event you would like to see on the calendar please send me an email with the details.

DISTRACTION

African Parrots teaching each other to swear

UK - trial a jet suit for paramedics

Apple spent $5bn on its new campus - take a video tour

Lamborghini don't have an electric supercar yet but you can have a Lamborghini electric go cart.

The weirdness of Flamingo's underwater

Hidden under the Grand Central Station - a man cave for rail workers

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