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PUBLISHING GOOD NEWS An honor for one of our own. Titan 100, a program that recognizes the top 100 CEOs and C-level executives in the area, has named Joanne Hayes one of its 2026 honorees. The founder, CEO and publisher of Simply Buckhead and a three-decade veteran of the publishing industry, Hayes created the magazine in 2010 through her company, ValueStream Media Group, for readers in Buckhead, Brookhaven, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Chamblee and the Upper Westside. “I was shocked when I received the call [in November 2025] that I had been nominated and was thrilled to make the first cut,” she says. “The application process was intense. We were given a series of essay-length questions outlining our company’s goals and business philosophies.” Two months later, Hayes was notified that she was among the 100 inductees from both the public and private sectors whose combined companies generate more than $91.7 billion in annual revenue and employ over 534,000 across the region. “They recognized me as an entrepreneurial CEO with a distinct operating philosophy,” she says. “One question was about radical integrity. That jumped out at me because it is so much of what we practice at Simply Buckhead, which is authentic journalism, not ‘pay for play.’” The awards ceremony was held on May 7 at the Delta Flight Museum. Hayes’ career in advertising began in 1996 when she landed a position at Southern Rhode Island Newspapers and helped launch its fifth newspaper, the Coventry Courier. Within a few years she became the top salesperson for the company and managed both the Courier and The East Greenwich Pendulum, her hometown newspaper. Twelve years later, Hayes was approached by Providence Media Inc., now named Hey Rhody Media, that owned a small group of magazines, and was tasked with helping launch SO Rhode Island. It grew to 100 pages in less than 2 years and is still publishing today... Read more in the June issue of @SimplyBuckhead out now! 📝Mickey Goodman 📸 Alexandra Zak SIMPLY BUCKHEAD simplybuckhead.com @simplybuckhead TITAN 100 @Titan100CEO titan100.biz titanceo.com #SimplyBuckhead #Titan100 #JoanneHayes #ValueStreamMedia #AtlantaCEOs @mickeygoodman
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⬛️ Important for all managers: AI readiness “The most dangerous illusion in the AI debate is this: We can simply ‘layer AI on top’ - without digital transformation. That’s a misconception that already costs billions and leads to failure.” 📌 Why Digital Transformation Is Non-Negotiable ➡️ Data as the Foundation: According to Gartner, poor data quality derails over 50% of AI rollouts - even technically sound projects fail if data isn’t “AI-ready” (Gartner, 2025). ➡️ Digital Maturity as a Lever: Only about 23% of Fortune 1000 companies are digitally mature. Without closing that gap, AI cannot scale successfully (MIT Sloan, 2025). ➡️ Leadership is the Decisive Factor: McKinsey reports that 92% of companies plan to increase AI investments, yet only 1% are market-ready - the main barrier is leadership, not technology or skills (McKinsey, 2025). 🔍 The Structural Connection ➡️ Data Strategy & Quality: Build clear ownership and Data Quality. Implement domain-driven architecture. ➡️ Process Optimization & Automation: AI amplifies what already exists. Without standardized, digitized processes, there’s no scale. ➡️ Platform & Governance: Cloud-native, modular, secure - plus policies for privacy and AI risk. Trust models based on data lineage, curation, and risk scoring. 🌱 Culture & Leadership ➡️ Transformation is not a project; it’s a systemic, ongoing shift. ➡️ Leaders must champion data literacy - it’s a CEO-level responsibility. ➡️ Harvard’s Prof. Tsedal Neeley (eg "The Digital Mindset") emphasizes: even 30% digital fluency among leaders drives significant impact. 📈 Urgency: Courage Beats Waiting ➡️ The opportunity cost of waiting is higher than the risk of acting. ➡️ Digital frontrunners are 3–5× more successful in realizing AI value (McKinsey & Gartner). ➡️ Acting now secures long-term competitiveness. 🛠 Action Plan Assess Digital Maturity Build the Foundation Proof of Value (PoV) Culture Transformation ✨ 👉 Question How are you ensuring your organization is AI-ready -without falling into the “wait-and-see” trap? #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #DigitalTransformation #ValueStream #Creativity #DigitalMindset #DigitalLeadership #AIReady #CultureShift 🧠 Sources 1. Gartner (March 2025): Main barrier - inadequate data quality & trust in data. Recommendation: trust models, D&A capabilities, behavioral change. 2. McKinsey “Superagency in the Workplace” (Jan 2025): 92% increasing AI spend, only 1% AI-ready. Core barrier: leadership capacity & strategic alignment. 3. MIT Sloan (2025): Only 23% of Fortune 1000 firms are digitally mature - digital maturity drives AI scaling. 4. Gartner via Alation (2024): Data must be representative, complete, high-quality & model-ready (“AI-ready”). 5. Harvard D3 Institute (March 2025): Digital mindset is prerequisite for AI transformation; 30% fluency among leaders is enough for impact. @tsedal @TamaraMcCleary @rwang0 @Khulood_Almani @AkwyZ @kerstingAIML @mikeflache @HelenBevan @MaryRich78 @pierrecappelli @jenstirrup @GlenGilmore @DG_Collective @PhilippKnauer2 @DrHolzwarth @sijlalhussain @subare @JimHarris @SusanneMadsen @timo_vi @sallyeaves @CynthiaLIVE @enilev @mcgrathmag @HaroldSinnott @Scobleizer @AndrewYNg @YuHelenYu @ipfconline1 @jblefevre60 @antgrasso @RagusoSergio @SabineVdL @kalydeoo @Der_BDI @digital_T_CH @drsharwood @Nicochan33 @AngelaNoonUK @JoanBajorek @mitsmr @wef @Stanford @havardbiz @Gartner_inc @SwissCognitive @IDEOU Image by @thomas_dettling | #Copilot
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the fact that ValueStream isn't a part of dart:async is a travesty
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Signals ValueStream (from RxDart) is such a powerful combo! 🤯 You get the best parts of signals in the reactive data flow and the asynchronous streams with powerful transforms from RX 🚀 You can declaratively build async pipelines while signals expose the values!
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Flutter is a great framework and Dart is a great language but it's not hard to imagine how we got here. 1. Flutter is not first class in Google lead SDKs like Firebase 2. Flutter's unwillingness to make breaking changes to evolve and improve the core APIs made it fall behind in DX compared to upstarts like SwiftUI/Compose 3. Codegen still in the Dark ages when other languages have macros or other preprocessing (why doesn't build_runner watch run when a Flutter debug session is active??) 4. Too many build targets made the competitive landscape too large to overcome. Had Flutter stuck with mobile only we'd be competing only with React Native, SwiftUI, and Compose. Now we also have to compete with all the web frameworks in an uphill battle we are unlikely to win 5. Core team doesn't build apps, cannot truly dogfood the framework in a real competitive environment like a startup 6. Small gaps that create chasms. No ValueStream without rx_dart, no binding build() methods to reactive state like hooks/context_watch 7. Big investments in opinionated UI toolkits (Material/Cupertino) instead of investments in core architecture like physics based animations, state management, etc
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🧩 ¿Tu equipo hace tareas que no aportan valor? Con VSM puedes detectar y eliminar el waste en tu desarrollo ágil. Más eficiencia. Menos fricción. #VSM #Agile #DevOps #ValueStream #Waste
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📈 4 métricas clave para líderes de TI: 1️⃣ Lead Time 2️⃣ Cycle Time 3️⃣ Workflow Efficiency 4️⃣ Task Distribution 💡 Si no las estás midiendo, no estás viendo todo el flujo de valor. #FlowMetrics #DevOps #Agile #Sentrio #ValueStream
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⬛️ Transformation in the digital age How do you make an organization future-proof? How do we concretely drive our transformation? 🔹 We use a "Nucleus Strategy" (small patterns of change) combined with Value Stream Analysis (VSA), which identifies what currently benefits us, what hinders us, and what needs to be made future-proof. ▪️ What exactly is behind this? The Nucleus Strategy is grounded in systems theory and complexity theory, which view organizations as interconnected, dynamic systems. It leverages behavioral economics to minimize resistance and social systems theories to enhance communication and coordination. This combination enables the management of complex change processes in engineering organizations, especially when leaders hesitate, as it distributes responsibility and promotes self-organization. The strategy is particularly suited for environments with high technical and organizational complexity, as it emphasizes flexibility and initiative. ▪️ The Nucleus Strategy and Value Stream Analysis complement each other perfectly. The VSA provides a data-driven foundation for identifying and prioritizing optimizations, while the Nucleus Strategy implements these optimizations in a decentralized and flexible manner. The VSA ensures focus and transparency, while the Nucleus Strategy fosters initiative and agility. Through this combination, the efficiency of the value stream is improved while the people in the organization learn to be open, collaborative, adaptable and resilient. ➡️ This is often trivialized or neglected: 🔸 Shared Vision and Purpose: A clear, inspiring vision (leadership task!) that unites all employees and simplifies the alignment of the transformation. 🔸 Cultural Change: The adaptation of mindsets, organizational and behavioral patterns, and norms that promote agility, collaboration, and innovation (leadership task!). 🔸 Engaged People: Employees who are empowered to take responsibility (leadership task!), show initiative, learn new things, and become more adaptable. 🔸 Structural Alignment: Focusing strategy and optimized (digital) processes, as well as both - technology and culture (leadership task!) - that create transparency, efficiency, growth, and competitiveness. These are concrete contributions that advance our transformation and immediately strengthen daily operations. ➡️ How do you proceed? Which approach do you choose? 💡 @Khulood_Almani @TamaraMcCleary @GlenGilmore @rwang0 @subare @pierrecappelli @AkwyZ @MMarilacr @MaryRich78 @DrHolzwarth @PhilippKnauer2 @Female_Shift @sijlalhussain @JimHarris @SusanneMadsen @timo_vi @mikeflache @DG_Collective @enricomolinari @sallyeaves @CynthiaLIVE @pilotspeaker @enilev @mcgrathmag @HaroldSinnott @Scobleizer @antgrasso @SugShan @AndrewYNg @YuHelenYu @Eli_Krumova @ipfconline1 @jblefevre60 @ahier @karine_grows @RagusoSergio @labordeolivier @SabineVdL @kalydeoo @Der_BDI @digital_T_CH @drsharwood @Nicochan33 @PhilippKnauer2 @AngelaNoonUK @JoanBajorek @ideo @HPI_DE @wef #Transformation #Nucleus #Strategy #ValueStream #Technology #Data #Culture #People #Leadership #Communication #Openess #Mindset #Trust #OD #Problemsolving #Engineering #FutureIntelligence #Growth #Competitiveness✨ Image by @thomas_dettling | #ChatGPT4o
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¿Sabías que el #VSM es una pieza clave en la #TransformaciónDigital? Te contamos 5 tendencias que lo están cambiando todo: ✅ IA para flujos ✅ Automatización ✅ Métricas en toda la cadena ✅ Experiencia cliente ✅ Equipos ágiles #Agile #DevOps #Productividad #ValueStream
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#YouCanWithAI |  #Healthcare organisations can now actively explore #AI’s potential for value creation beyond cost savings. AI becomes a growth driver, improving patient outcomes, streamlining workforce efficiency, enabling proactive care models, and expanding new digital health services. As AI becomes deeply embedded into #caredelivery, administrative processes, and financial operations, healthcare operating models will shift from departmental silos to integrated, valuestream-driven care models that span clinical disciplines and patient needs holistically. To explore insights in depth, click here social.kpmg/IHealthcare #MakeTheDifference #healthcare #intelligenthealthcare
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⬛ Digital Engineering: Today we have started a series of workshops that brings together experts from various departments, eg procurement, engineering, digital plant design, civil, erection and commissioning, project management and HVDC Competitiveness Program Team, to map the transitions in the #data-valuestream and to jointly implement an e2e digital solution. Always on board: #change and #transformation management, for reflection and implementation support, so that this can also be tuned in everyday business ✨️ #DigitalTransformation #Collaboration #Mindset #Simplification #DigitalTechnology #ValueStream #Competitiveness @AkwyZ @Female_Shift @Khulood_Almani @MMarilacr @MaryRich78 @TamaraMcCleary @DrHolzwarth @pierrecappelli @sijlalhussain @subare @shashib @JimHarris @timo_vi @mikeflache @rwang0 @enricomolinari @jenstirrup @sallyeaves @CynthiaLIVE @pilotspeaker @GlenGilmore @SDGS4GOOD @enilev @mcgrathmag @HaroldSinnott @Scobleizer @antgrasso @SugShan @AndrewYNg @YuHelenYu @Eli_Krumova @ipfconline1 @jblefevre60 @ahier @karine_grows @RagusoSergio @labordeolivier @SabineVdL @natascha_zeljko @kalydeoo @Der_BDI @PhilippKnauer2 @FaltermeierNina @digital_T_CH @drsharwood @Nicochan33 @AngelaNoonUK @JoanBajorek @wef Moderation @PhilippKnauer2 👌
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Lean Portfolio Prioritisation: Beyond the Business Case Ditch complex business cases. Embrace value-stream thinking. Key factors for Lean prioritisation: • Customer impact • Time-criticality • Risk reduction • Technical debt • Operational efficiency Use Cost of Delay to compare dissimilar opportunities. Result: Faster decision-making and better alignment to market needs. Make decisions based on flow and value, not detailed estimates! #LeanPrioritisation #ValueStream #PortfolioManagement #BusinessDecisions
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Discover how #AI-Powered Value Stream Reporting is revolutionizing #DevOps automation! Join Hexaware at #DevOpsCon London 2025 for insights on optimizing workflows, identifying bottlenecks & achieving delivery excellence. Don’t miss it! bit.ly/4jJQLAT #DevOpsCon #ValueStream
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⬛️ The Value Stream Analysis not only quickly delivers insights and saves costs through optimized processes but also creates sustainable improvements with a structured change approach. 🔸 By stabilizing and testing these insights within teams and embedding them culturally, long-term value is generated - a process that requires time and trust but makes the organization future-proof. 🔸 Without involving people, fostering their development, and leveraging their creativity, even an optimized value stream won’t deliver the results needed to make organizations competitive 🚀 @pierrecappelli @Shi4Tech @Khulood_Almani @MMarilacr @TamaraMcCleary @DrHolzwarth @AkwyZ @sijlalhussain @subare @shashib @rvp @JimHarris @timo_vi @mikeflache @rwang0 @jenstirrup @sallyeaves @CynthiaLIVE @GlenGilmore @enilev @mcgrathmag @HaroldSinnott @Scobleizer @antgrasso @SugShan @AndrewYNg @YuHelenYu @Eli_Krumova @ipfconline1 @jblefevre60 @tmberlin @ahier @karine_grows @RagusoSergio @labordeolivier @SabineVdL @kalydeoo @Der_BDI @PhilippKnauer2 @digital_T_CH @drsharwood @Nicochan33 @thomas_hubauer @PeterMWald @AngelaNoonUK @JoanBajorek @wef #Vision #Strategy #Competitiveness #Engineering #Factory #DigitalTransformation #ValueStream #People #Creativity #Data #Innovation #Leadership Example ⬇️ Learn more via @fabricating
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⬛️ All the Things People Use AI for in 2025 🔸 People are using AI the most for support (both professional and personal) in 2025. 🔸 The top three use cases all show AI can assist humans in managing both emotions and their life. 🔸 Content creation, learning, and creativity uses are still popular. @pierrecappelli @Khulood_Almani @MMarilacr @TamaraMcCleary @DrHolzwarth @AkwyZ @sijlalhussain @subare @shashib @rvp @JimHarris @timo_vi @mikeflache @rwang0 @jenstirrup @sallyeaves @CynthiaLIVE @GlenGilmore @enilev @mcgrathmag @HaroldSinnott @Scobleizer @antgrasso @SugShan @AndrewYNg @YuHelenYu @Eli_Krumova @ipfconline1 @jblefevre60 @tmberlin @ahier @karine_grows @RagusoSergio @labordeolivier @SabineVdL @natascha_zeljko @kalydeoo @PhilippKnauer2 @FaltermeierNina @digital_T_CH @drsharwood @Nicochan33 @thomas_hubauer @PeterMWald @AngelaNoonUK @JoanBajorek @wef #AI #GenAI #User #Support #People #Learning #Productivity #Creativity ➡️ We are experimenting with GenAI to simplify our large-scale plant documentation, optimize value streams and speed up analyses. #Engineering #Valuestream #Innovation #Competitiveness Read more: How People Are Really Using Gen AI in 2025 tinyurl.com/2erh3kdb | @HarvardBiz
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⬛️ The concepts of fragile, resilient, and anti-fragile come from Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s @nntaleb work, particularly his book 📚Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder. They describe how systems, objects, or entities respond to stress, uncertainty, or disorder. In short - Fragile: Breaks or suffers under stress or disorder. Like a glass cup, it’s vulnerable to shocks and doesn’t recover easily. Example: A highly optimized supply chain that collapses with minor disruptions. Resilient: Withstands or absorbs stress without significant damage, returning to its original state. Like a rubber ball, it bounces back. Example: A business that maintains operations during a crisis and resumes normalcy afterward. Anti-fragile: Thrives and improves under stress or disorder, gaining strength from challenges. Like muscles that grow stronger with exercise, it adapts and evolves. Example: A startup that innovates and grows during economic volatility. #OrganizationalDevelopment #Modularization #Culture #VUCA #Adaptability #Selforganization #Trust #Empowerment #Innovation #ValueStream #Competitiveness @pierrecappelli @MMarilacr @shashib @AkwyZ @JimHarris @timo_vi @mikeflache @DG_Collective @PhilippKnauer2 @TamaraMcCleary @tsedal @DrHolzwarth @Khulood_Almani @rwang0 @jenstirrup @sallyeaves @MMarilacr @CynthiaLIVE @GlenGilmore @enilev @mcgrathmag @HaroldSinnott @Scobleizer @antgrasso @BernardMarr @AndrewYNg @YuHelenYu @Eli_Krumova @ipfconline1 @jblefevre60 @tmberlin @ahier @karine_grows @RagusoSergio @labordeolivier @SabineVdL @natascha_zeljko @kalydeoo @digital_T_CH @drsharwood @Nicochan33 @thomas_hubauer @PeterMWald @AngelaNoonUK @JoanBajorek @wef The distinction lies in their reaction to uncertainty: fragile systems hate it, resilient systems endure it, and anti-fragile systems benefit from it. A book that fits perfectly into the times of our economic and industrial development - Absolutely recommended reading ⬇️
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⬛️ We are launching a new format in which we are inviting SE engineers to an open dialog to talk about “competitiveness” in HVDC engineering and large-scale plant project execution. 🔸 We have developed a change program based on a digital end-to-end data view, holistic value stream analysis in the relevant processes, high employee involvement in value stream visualization and joint solution finding, also with the application of the design thinking method, feedback loops and rethinking of the process house. 🔸 We will experiment with a new communication and dialogue format and start initially with a version to which we have personally invited and which we will experience in the head office. Virtual versions will follow in order to involve our SE regional hubs and EcoSystem partners. 🔹Let's go 🚀 and dive into this experiment 💎 #DigitalTransformation #Competitiveness #GenAI #Data #DigitalIntegrationLayer #DigitalTools #BIM #NewWork #ValueStream #DesignThinking #Dialogue #Leadership #CultureChange #StakeholderNetwork #EcoSystem #Communication #Empathy #MindsetChange #Comfortzone #Action #SiemensEnergy @PhilippKnauer2 @AkwyZ @JimHarris @pierrecappelli @timo_vi @mikeflache @SusanneMadsen @TamaraMcCleary @tsedal @DrHolzwarth @Khulood_Almani @rwang0 @jenstirrup @sallyeaves @MMarilacr @CynthiaLIVE @GlenGilmore @sgenner @enilev @mcgrathmag @HaroldSinnott @Scobleizer @MMarilacr @antgrasso @BernardMarr @AndrewYNg @YuHelenYu @Eli_Krumova @ipfconline1 @jblefevre60 @tmberlin @ahier @karine_grows @RagusoSergio @labordeolivier @SabineVdL @natascha_zeljko @kalydeoo @digital_T_CH @drsharwood @Nicochan33 @thomas_hubauer @PeterMWald @AngelaNoonUK @JoanBajorek @wef
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⬛️ How to Create Value Systematically with Gen AI 🔹 Since the @openAI launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, companies of all sizes and industries have been scrambling to create value with generative AI (#GenAI). While the capabilities of the technology itself are rapidly expanding, the ability of most companies to realize this value has improved little or not at all. 🔹 Few companies have developed a coherent #strategy for the development and use of AI, so it is not surprising that most programs lack structure and planning. Mostly, they purchase access to AI services, make the technology available to employees and hope for the best. #Competitiveness #Productivity #Transformation #ValueStream #Growth #Innovation #People @AkwyZ @JimHarris @pierrecappelli @timo_vi @mikeflache @SusanneMadsen @TamaraMcCleary @PhilippKnauer2 @tsedal @DrHolzwarth @Khulood_Almani @rwang0 @jenstirrup @sallyeaves @MMarilacr @CynthiaLIVE @GlenGilmore @sgenner @enilev @mcgrathmag @HaroldSinnott @Scobleizer @MMarilacr @antgrasso @BernardMarr @AndrewYNg @YuHelenYu @Eli_Krumova @ipfconline1 @jblefevre60 @tmberlin @ahier @karine_grows @RagusoSergio @labordeolivier @SabineVdL @natascha_zeljko @kalydeoo @digital_T_CH @drsharwood @Nicochan33 @thomas_hubauer @PeterMWald @AngelaNoonUK @JoanBajorek @wef @HarvardBiz 🔸 While some companies are still experimenting and focusing on small productivity gains, market leaders are systematically creating #value through four levels of competency: 1. Individual improvements 2. Collective intelligence 3. Transformation and growth 4. Visionary innovation - see graphic⬇️
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⬛️ Why OKRs can be the better choice for modern companies 🔹 The shift from KPIs to OKRs in companies offers numerous advantages, as it moves the focus from operational metrics to strategic, inspiring goals, promotes agility, and aligns teams with the company vision instead of trapping them in silos or short-term measurements. 🔹 While KPIs often merely track activities and can stifle innovation, OKRs encourage ambitious “moonshot” goals that foster creativity and collaboration. However, this transition requires a cultural shift that demands ownership and a mindset of viewing mistakes as learning opportunities, which can initially cause confusion or overwhelm if goals are too ambitious or old systems run in parallel. For an effective rollout, a clear vision, education & training, a culture of trust, short feedback cycles, a blend of top-down and bottom-up approaches, and the right tools and time for implementation are essential. 🔹 Equally important is preventing an excessive control and tracking bureaucracy that could undermine OKRs’ potential. This can be achieved by treating OKRs as flexible guidelines rather than rigid mandates, focusing on outcomes instead of process details, designing regular check-ins without micromanagement, and giving teams the freedom to determine their own paths to achieving goals. Without these foundations, chaos rather than value is the risk - but with them, OKRs can make companies more dynamic and future-oriented. #Vision #Strategy #GoalSetting #Agility #Performance #ValueStream #Trust #Feedback #CultureChange #Competitiveness #Leadership @AkwyZ @JimHarris @pierrecappelli @timo_vi @mikeflache @DG_Collective @SusanneMadsen @TamaraMcCleary @PhilippKnauer2 @tsedal @DrHolzwarth @Khulood_Almani @rwang0 @jenstirrup @sallyeaves @MMarilacr @CynthiaLIVE @GlenGilmore @sgenner @enilev @mcgrathmag @HaroldSinnott @Scobleizer @MMarilacr @antgrasso @BernardMarr @AndrewYNg @YuHelenYu @Eli_Krumova @ipfconline1 @jblefevre60 @tmberlin @ahier @karine_grows @RagusoSergio @labordeolivier @SabineVdL @natascha_zeljko @kalydeoo @drsharwood @Nicochan33 @thomas_hubauer @PeterMWald @AngelaNoonUK @JoanBajorek @wef Image | @weekdone
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