Reaching the Blue Collar Workforce: How Polaris Develops Talent in 2019

Traditional L&D isn’t obsolete, but it has become outdated. That’s why we collected data from nearly 800 workers, managers, and leaders from around the globe to gain some insights into where L&D and talent leaders can be more effective. The survey says…..L&D is falling short for the modern workforce. In fact, our respondents gave their […]

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Explore the Core Principles of Design Thinking

Design Thinking is getting a lot of attention today, for many reasons. Innovation is the key to reinvention, which is the goal of organization’s who are looking to future-proof and define themselves as leaders in the Experience Economy. Join Kristin Shackleford for a practical discussion to review the core principles of Design Thinking, and walk […]

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Explore the Core Principles of Design Thinking

Design Thinking is getting a lot of attention today, for many reasons. Innovation is the key to reinvention, which is the goal of organization’s who are looking to future-proof and define themselves as leaders in the Experience Economy. Join Kristin Shackleford for a practical discussion to review the core principles of Design Thinking, and walk […]

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Re-evaluating Your Organization’s Skill Gaps

Many companies seem to have fallen victim to the ominous skills gap – but only because they’ve found it’s easier to place blame somewhere than to look at what they can do to fix it. If you’re struggling to find qualified candidates, you might need to take a deeper look at your organization and ask […]

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Re-evaluating Your Organization’s Skill Gaps

Many companies seem to have fallen victim to the ominous skills gap – but only because they’ve found it’s easier to place blame somewhere than to look at what they can do to fix it. If you’re struggling to find qualified candidates, you might need to take a deeper look at your organization and ask […]

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Listen Until You Sweat: Virtual Reality for Deep Conversation

A volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous (VUCA) workplace requires a distinct set of leadership competencies: non-hierarchical influence, the ability to rapidly align across functions, creativity for drawing insights across domains, and most of all, “empathy,” the linchpin leadership skill in the modern workplace (manifested in our ability to listen deeply). Empathy allows us to imagine the […]

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Listen Until You Sweat: Virtual Reality for Deep Conversation

A volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous (VUCA) workplace requires a distinct set of leadership competencies: non-hierarchical influence, the ability to rapidly align across functions, creativity for drawing insights across domains, and most of all, “empathy,” the linchpin leadership skill in the modern workplace (manifested in our ability to listen deeply). Empathy allows us to imagine the […]

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Data Science for Business Leaders

Karolis Urbonas, global head of data science and analytics at Amazon Alexa, will speak with Hugo Bowne-Anderson, data scientist and educator at DataCamp, about how business leaders need to think about data-driven and AI transformations within their organizations. They’ll discuss what type of value company-wide data fluency can create, what business leaders need to know […]

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Data Science for Business Leaders

Karolis Urbonas, global head of data science and analytics at Amazon Alexa, will speak with Hugo Bowne-Anderson, data scientist and educator at DataCamp, about how business leaders need to think about data-driven and AI transformations within their organizations. They’ll discuss what type of value company-wide data fluency can create, what business leaders need to know […]

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8 Principles of Organizational Relevance

In this age of digital transformation, the speed of business propels at breakneck pace. Thirty years ago, companies moved much slower, akin to a Class-II whitewater rapid. The executives at the helm of the lead boat negotiated the rapids dragging everyone else behind in another boat. Support functions and many individuals definitely didn’t have a […]

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