Weekly Impact Brief (2023.Aug.27)
From a strong start to the end of an economic era
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This Brief offers executives and their teams quick, fact-driven insights on trending topics around leadership, innovation, and more. These are curated weekly from top sources based on elements of the Impactful Framework.
Thought Starter
Highlights
McKinsey & Co: How To Make A Strong Start As A CEO
Harvard Business School: How to Manage Your Time for Happiness
Kellog School of Management: Platforms Are Experimenting on Their Users…a Lot. Is That Okay?
The London School of Economics and Political Sciences: How a leader’s positive emotions improve employee engagement
Forrester: Is Your B2B Organization Insights-Driven?
Josh Bersin: Welcome To The Post-Industrial Economy: AI Is Here To Save Us
Impact Pulse
Each week, we review 100+ articles from 50+ premier academic and consulting firm sources to highlight the essential few below.
How To Make A Strong Start As A CEO
Use your first year in a role for personal and institutional renewal, navigate pitfalls, listen before acting, and leverage your impact through strategic focus and talent management, while aligning organizational needs and setting a bold tone.
How to Manage Your Time for Happiness
Deliberate time management strategies, based on the "1000 Minute Rule," align daily actions with goals, and emphasize the importance of prioritizing high-value tasks, outsourcing low-value tasks, and living intentionally to achieve personal fulfillment and professional success.
Platforms Are Experimenting on Their Users…a Lot. Is That Okay?
Untransparent testing on customers of platforms can erode user trust and hinder income opportunities; establishing informed consent and results sharing is vital to fostering a more ethical and beneficial experimental culture.
How a leader’s positive emotions improve employee engagement
A leader’s emotional expressions impact employees’ daily work engagement, with research suggesting that maintaining emotional stability and positivity enhances workplace dynamics and boosts productivity.
Is Your B2B Organization Insights-Driven?
B2B marketing must be led by an insights-driven approach that harnesses data, actionable insights, and continuous learning.
Spotlight Analysis
Below is our featured work for the week, Bersin’s view of the future economic landscape, Welcome To The Post-Industrial Economy: AI Is Here To Save Us.
Redefining the Corporate Playbook: Thriving in the Age of Talent Scarcity and Technological Transformation
Why the Post-Industrial Economy Requires a New Approach to Talent, Technology, and Leadership
Josh Bersin welcomes in the Post-Industrial Age, a landscape where the lines between industries blur and technology redefines business models, and suggests recalibrating how we view our workforce, business models, and long-term goals.
"Nearly every company we talk with is focused on software, services, recurring revenue, and the opportunities unleashed by AI."
Lighter Side
A moment of levity so we might close with a smile.
Parting Thoughts
Thank you for spending your precious time with us.
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Impactfully yours,
Ali Monadjem
For The Impactful Executive Team
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