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James Dyson: The Ever-Tinkering Engineer

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James Dyson’s inspiration: solve an everyday problem In 1978, while vacuuming his home in Bathford, England, he noticed that the bag in his Hoover upright quickly became clogged with dust and lost its suction. Instead, he devoted his life to developing and marketing a new vacuum technology. They were too afraid.”

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Honeywell International CEO Vimal Kapur’s leadership style is shaped by his time in the field

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“My empathy for the problems people face on the front line is very high,” he says, adding: “Given that I was on the receiving side of requests from headquarters, I generally bash bureaucracy a lot.” He says such leaders often have to be more creative and innovative in the way they solve problems.

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How SideChef Founder Kevin Yu Is Helping People Learn to Cook at Home

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Our idea was to solve all of those problems with one click. Today, we work with most of the top 10 kitchen appliance manufacturers. How do they take their brands and contextually offer them as solutions to problems? With technology advancing so rapidly, how do you keep your competitive edge with SideChef?

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9 ways to turn team challenges into opportunities

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Christopher Salem , business acceleration strategist, Sustainable Success Coaching & Consulting Repurposing excess inventory into a partnership solution Years ago, a manufacturer I worked for experienced a major inventory problem with an international vendor. At the Ling app, we found ourselves struggling with the same issue.

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Experts Say You Probably Don’t Really Know How to Brainstorm

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He popularized the idea that problem-solving and innovation are enhanced by harnessing a group’s collective knowledge and building on each other’s ideas. Technology has enabled brainstorming to be conducted in new ways such as “hackathons.” He also argues that “problems often need multiple perspectives.”

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Most business leaders think generative AI will be a boon for employees

Workplace Insight

In the UK, some of the top industries hiring for AI-related roles are administrative and support services, professional services, technology, manufacturing and finance. According to the report’s authors, “it’s not just about introducing the technology, businesses will also need to ensure their workforce is AI-ready.

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How to know if AI will steal your job, according to an MIT professor

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The influential futurist Roy Amara noted that as a society we often overestimate how technology will change the world in the short run and undersell its effect in the long run. Instead, he was all but demanding his team use the technology because, in his estimate, the tool made them 30–­40% more productive.