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Power and Progress (Book Review)

Continuations

A couple of weeks ago I participated in Creative Destruction Lab ’s (CDL) “Super Session” event in Toronto. The event kicked off with a 2 hour summary and critique of the new book “ Power and Progress ” by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson. Let me start with why the book is important.

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The Power of Creativity To Help Your Business Grow and 5 More Tips

Smart Hustle Magazine

The power of creativity (and more) can help. The power of creativity. Small business owners face a huge challenge of creativity and it is the key to the success of a venture. So I do suggest you consider that is that the aspect of creativity especially in rough times.”. Need of a mindset. Look at your team,” he says.

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Meme Mapping: Learn to Run Better Creative Tests by Reverse-Engineering Hollywood

Reforge

As platforms like Meta and Google automate most targeting, attribution, and optimization decisions with machine learning, soon the last growth lever left will be creative testing: Which concepts, copy, colors and artwork drive the best results? In this post, I’ll make the case for the rising importance of creative testing.

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How to Make Your Corporate Wellness Program Truly Effective

Entrepreneurs' Organization

For instance, a certain percentage of a manager’s performance evaluation could be tied to how well they provide wellness opportunities for their team and model beneficial practices themselves. There are many creative ways to signal that wellness is a central priority by linking it to other performance metrics managers care about.

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7 Surprising Things I Learned from EO GSEA Studentrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Be fearless in the face of failure It sounds like the title of a book, but I’m often in awe when I see how so many of these college students dive headfirst into their ventures, unafraid of the possibility of failure and resilient in bouncing back. Sometimes things work, sometimes they don’t — but you won’t know unless you try it.

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7 EO members share the best business advice they ever received

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Arnie Malham, EO Nashville, founder, Better Book Club ; author and speaker, Worth Doing Wrong. Katty Douraghy, EO San Francisco, president, Artisan Creative. When clients didn’t accept our quotes, didn’t like our creative work, or teammates left to pursue other opportunities, it left a deep mark on me. Be unrelenting.

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How to thwart collaboration overload by working smarter

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This makes following some of the practices I discuss in the book to streamline collaboration critical for both performance and well-being. These “warm” relationships then prove to be critical when opportunities enable a person who has done this well to see a possibility and mobilize a network. This was important pre-pandemic.