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Rid Your Organization of Annoying Obstacles

Rid Your Organization of Annoying Obstacles 7 Jan 2025 --- Do you sometimes feel like your team’s creativity—and even their productivity—is bogged down by unnecessary rules or overcomplicated processes? Here’s how to fight this problem. Read the full article by Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao here: https://s.hbr.org/4h1fIG4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

How to Speak up in Meetings (and When to Hold Back)

How to Speak up in Meetings (and When to Hold Back) 4 Jan 2022 --- Speaking up is one of the single-most effective ways to increase visibility and build trust with your clients and colleagues. 00:00 Speaking up in meetings can be more important than presentations or speeches 00:30 Tip 1: Prepare a few points in advance 00:44 Tip 2: Ask, "Why you?" 01:08 Tip 3: Pause and breathe to build confidence 01:30 Sometimes it's best to hold back 01:47 Hold back if you're only trying to show off 02:00 Hold back if you're trying to empower others on your team 02:15 Hold back if your comment would be better shared in private In many organizations, our leadership readiness is measured in part by our willingness to speak up in a meeting. Based on the HBR article by Allison Shapira: How to Speak Up in a Meeting, and When to Hold Back (https://hbr.org/2019/04/how-to-speak-up-in-a-meeting-and-when-to-hold-back). This video is co-produced with @Emeritus . You can find more co-productions from HBR and Emeritus on the Emeritus app: https://emrt.us/HarvardBusinessReview Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #Explainer #Meetings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Delta CEO Ed Bastian on Leading an Airline Through Two Years of Pandemic Disruptions

Delta CEO Ed Bastian on Leading an Airline Through Two Years of Pandemic Disruptions 21 Jan 2022 --- Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines, leads a company that has been on the front lines of pandemic challenges. The majority of Delta’s workforce doesn’t have the option of working from home. Over the past two years, Delta has won widespread praise for its handling of the complexities resulting from Covid, and Bastian has developed ideas and strategies for how a company can not only survive during crisis, but thrive. This interview part of a series called “The New World of Work,” which explores how top-tier executives see the future and how their companies are trying to set themselves up for success. Each week, Adi will interview a leader on LinkedIn Live — and then share an inside look at those conversations and solicit questions for future discussions in a newsletter just for HBR subscribers. If you’re a subscriber, you can sign up for the newsletter here: https://hbr.org/my-library/preferences?movetile=newworldofwork. Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #FutureofWork #EdBastian Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Do You Have What it Takes to Own a Food Truck? | Career Crush

Do You Have What it Takes to Own a Food Truck? | Career Crush 18 Jan 2022 --- Starting a food truck seems like a fun idea. But there’s a lot more to it than just being a great chef. 00:00 Ever thought about getting a food truck? 01:06 Meet Jon Moy 02:50 How much does a food truck cost? 03:31 The money 05:34 The struggle is real 07:00 The food 08:35 Skills needed In this episode, Ascend editor Kelsey Alpaio chats with Jon Moy, owner of the Moyzilla food truck, to find out what it’s really like to run your own restaurant on wheels. He shares that there’s a lot happening behind the scenes — from navigating the often confusing rules and regulations, to fixing flat tires and faulty generators, to dealing with the financial ups and downs. And even though it’s not as expensive as opening a restaurant, the startup costs for a food truck are a little surprising. But if you love cooking, starting a food truck can be a good first step on the road to running your own restaurant. Learn more about Moyzilla: https://www.moyzillaboston.com/ Produced by Andy Robinson and Kelsey Alpaio Video by Andy Robinson and Elainy Mata Editing by Andy Robinson Animation and Design by Riko Cribbs and Karen Player Follow us: https://hbr.org/ascend https://www.tiktok.com/@hbrascend https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/hbrascend https://www.facebook.com/hbrascend/ https://twitter.com/HBRAscend https://www.instagram.com/hbrascend Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

IDEO’s CEO, Sandy Speicher, Asks: What Is an Office Even For Now?

IDEO’s CEO, Sandy Speicher, Asks: What Is an Office Even For Now? 15 Dec 2021 --- Speicher explains how design thinking can help guide us to new ways of collaborating as we rethink work and the workplace in a post-Covid world. This interview part of a series called “The New World of Work,” which explores how top-tier executives see the future and how their companies are trying to set themselves up for success. Each week, Adi will interview a leader on LinkedIn Live — and then share an inside look at those conversations and solicit questions for future discussions in a newsletter just for HBR subscribers. If you’re a subscriber, you can sign up for the newsletter here: https://hbr.org/my-library/preferences?movetile=newworldofwork. Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #FutureofWork #SandySpeicher Copyright © 2021 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]