Nelson Soken, Ph.D During this major transition time as organizations deliberate and make plans for how to best conduct work and deal with uncertainty, economic and cultural shifts and rapid change, perhaps, it is best to take a moment to …
Nelson Soken, Ph.D., Chief Innovation Strategist (reprinted from the Barnes & Conti Holiday Newsletter, December 2021) As we close another year and continue to navigate through the pandemic and, we hope, in the New Year move toward the endemic phase, …
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What makes a great boss? Google has been asking this question for the past 10 years. According to this article, Google identified eight key behaviors back in 2008 and began training their managers accordingly. Google has been studying and restudying …
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Gregg Brown is not just a published author and change management specialist, he is a long-time friend and facilitator for Barnes & Conti. In this article, he makes a case that in order to manage change efficiently, two of the …
Contributed by Nelson Soken PhD We at Barnes & Conti have been going back and forth regarding the topic of incremental versus disruptive innovation. What spurred our conversation was a blog post that discussed the necessity for insurance companies to …