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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

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Blue Ocean Strategy has the ring of a concept shaped by technology. Actually, the process is based on three decades of research conducted by authors Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne. Before their book was published in 2005, the authors “studied over 150 strategic moves spanning more than 30 industries over 100 years.”

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Federal Government Assesses Digital Options to Ease Real ID Rollout

Associations Now

Despite 15 years of lead time—the law was enacted in 2005 as part of the national security response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks—less than a third of Americans have a card that complies with the standard, in part because of issues with rollout at the state level. At least for now.

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Grow the Human Skills: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication

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The technology promises to upend the way business operates. The 4Cs or critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication complement technology and will serve any organization well in competitive markets. In this age of unprecedented processing power, why is critical thinking important?

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Is Your Remote Team Getting the TLC They Deserve? An Audit Delivers Answers

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Your audit might explore any, or all of, these seven areas: Technology systems Policies and procedures Security Productivity Communication Culture Professional development How you present this initiative to your employees is critical. Fortunately, subpar technology is a problem that can be fixed.

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Lessons Learned Living the Virtual Experiment

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In 2005, when Highroad was one of the few virtual businesses, the concept raised some eyebrows. We learned the importance of technology for communication and collaboration. Commuting, excessive meetings, disruptions and office politics erode productivity.” Today, the idea is more mainstream.

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Members Hire Tomorrow’s Associations

Potomac Core

Global uncertainty and technological advances are forcing Members to make more informed decisions on how to spend their precious time and money. Since 2005, the Association transformed itself into a well-capitalized, forward looking, and fast moving extension of the Industry. Matt Zuccaro.

Industry 144
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Want Innovation? Look at Management

Jamie Notter

Maybe they were the technology geeks–because that’s where we assumed innovation happened, at the product level. We are absolutely fine using strategic planning processes that were developed in the 1930s and perfected in the 1950s and 60s. December 2005 (5). November 2005 (7). October 2005 (4).