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Lessons Learned Living the Virtual Experiment

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Remote work was one of those unsettling tests. We must stop the punch-clock mentality and the belief that if we let staff out of our sight, they’re going to be doing anything other than working. The traditional workplace reality is you’re lucky if you get up to five hours of productive work from each employee every day.

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How Innovation Naturally Emerges From Deliberate Inefficiency

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“The fact is that most companies are structured to maximize efficiency and minimize risk, resulting in an environment that ultimately prevents meaningful innovations,” explains Elliott Parker , author of the new book, The Illusion of Innovation. It's time to build again,” says Parker. Seek novelty to create strategic optionality.

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Solutions Day 2023—It’s Happening!

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We’ll send our audience back to work with new insights and answers to challenging questions like these: How can our organization prepare to manage disruptive events like the pandemic? Hear how she structured an initiative that hits all the right targets. Our members’ professional environment is evolving so rapidly.

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Beyond Bronze, Silver, and Gold—Grow Success With Purpose

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Yes, he worked on space lasers! It’s a more challenging operating environment for associations. Build Value “In an increasingly competitive environment, the priorities may need to be realigned,” Garth noted. Refocus “My early experiences working in associations were primarily with physician groups,” Sharon responded.

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Build a Board for the Digital Future

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podcast interview, my colleague Al Dea, Founder Edge of Work , explained this more contemporary attitude and positioning. A board needs to be continuously sensing and receiving the signals about what’s going on in the environment. We’ve incorporated the structure that many groups say they want. To me, that’s basic.

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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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Nancy’s Story “Working with public institutions was especially important during the early days,” Nancy recalled. “We There was no working partnership with industry and public health. I can’t remember a time when the cultural, political, and economic environment was fraught with so much uncertainty.

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Stay the Course Through Changing Weather—Strategic Advice From Association CEOs 

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Success belongs to organizations that adapt to a shifting environment. Does your governance structure help or hinder your progress towards goals? What activities would make your association better prepared to respond to changes in your members’ needs and the business environment? Business is Darwinian. To the organization?

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