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Innovation Insight: How to Unpack your Leadership Style

At March’s Innovation Day, we welcomed Professor Victor Newman, Industrial Fellow at University of Greenwich.

Dan Sly
Dan Sly

Wed 03 Apr

Leadership is everyone’s business
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Leadership is everyone’s business

Welcome to the latest in a series of brief interviews with guest experts from KnowledgeBrief’s Innovation Programme, providing a window into the experts’ latest ideas and new advice for executives.

Dan Sly
Dan Sly

Mon 04 Mar

Innovation Insight: How to Be a Leader People Want to Follow
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Innovation Insight: How to Be a Leader People Want to Follow

At February’s Innovation Day, we welcomed Andy Wilkins, Visiting Fellow at Cass Business School.

Dan Sly
Dan Sly

Mon 04 Mar

There are no “difficult stakeholders”
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There are no “difficult stakeholders”

Welcome to the latest in a series of brief interviews with guest experts from KnowledgeBrief’s Innovation Programme, providing a window into the experts’ latest ideas and new advice for executives.

Dan Sly
Dan Sly

Tue 05 Feb

Innovation Insight: How to Deal with Challenging Stakeholders
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Innovation Insight: How to Deal with Challenging Stakeholders

At January’s Innovation Day, we welcomed Dr Christine Unterhitzenberger, Senior Teaching Fellow in Project Management at Lancaster University Management School.

Dan Sly
Dan Sly

Mon 04 Feb

Understand your hidden motivations and anxieties to develop as a leader
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Understand your hidden motivations and anxieties to develop as a leader

Welcome to the latest in a series of brief interviews with guest experts from KnowledgeBrief’s Innovation Programme, providing a window into the experts’ latest ideas and new advice for executives.

Dan Sly
Dan Sly

Fri 14 Dec

Innovation Insight: How to Explore the Hidden Emotions of Leaders
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Innovation Insight: How to Explore the Hidden Emotions of Leaders

At November’s Innovation Day, we welcomed Dr Gerardo Abreu Pederzini, Lecturer in HRM/Organisational Behaviour at Kent Business School.

Dan Sly
Dan Sly

Thu 13 Dec

Innovation Insight: How to Develop Organisational Creativity and Entrepreneurship
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Innovation Insight: How to Develop Organisational Creativity and Entrepreneurship

At October’s Innovation Day, we welcomed Dr Richard Tunstall, Associate Professor of Enterprise at Leeds University Business School.

Dan Sly
Dan Sly

Thu 13 Dec

Innovation Insight: How to Prepare Yourself and Your Team to Tackle Wicked Problems
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Innovation Insight: How to Prepare Yourself and Your Team to Tackle Wicked Problems

At September’s Innovation Day, we welcomed Dr Martin Rich, Senior Lecturer at Cass Business School. According to him, wicked problems are all around us and we need to prepare our teams and ourselves to deal with them. Some of the biggest problems facing us in the business and the wider world, such as global warming, health care, education, and crime are wicked problems.

Dan Sly
Dan Sly

Tue 30 Oct

Become future-proof by focusing on wicked problems
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Become future-proof by focusing on wicked problems

Welcome to the latest in a series of brief interviews with guest experts from KnowledgeBrief’s Innovation Programme, providing a window into the experts’ latest ideas and new advice for executives.

Dan Sly
Dan Sly

Fri 26 Oct

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