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From Blue Sky Research To Next-Gen AI: Europe's Innovation Crossroads
As global tech power concentrates in the US and China, Europe faces critical decisions about its innovation future - but data suggests pathways for competitive revival By Dr. Stefano Tasselli Europe stands at an innovation crossroads. While the United States dominates the AI landscape and China leads in electric vehicle production, the European Union - despite representing 17% of global GDP - struggles to translate its research excellence into market-dominating technologies.
‘My Colleagues Have A Better Network Than Me’
Why Do We Believe The Grass Is Greener On The Other Side? “My popular colleagues are living on easy street. They talk to everyone, and everyone is nice to them. They are so privileged...” If you have ever had thoughts like this, and wanted to do something about it, you are not alone. Many people think the grass is always greener on the other side, and that their coworkers have better, warmer, and more supportive professional networks. What does the science say about this intuition?
When Does Work Make The Drive Home More Dangerous?
How well do you think you drive after a stressful day at work?Most road traffic accidents happen on the drive home. This suggests that our jobs can affect driving safety, but little is known about this. New research by, Dr Michael Clinton from King’s College London, Dr Rebecca Hewett from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM), Prof.
Lifesaving Leadership Lessons To Boost Healthcare Teams’ Performance
Healthcare staff are working relentlessly under heavy psychological and physical distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, new research by Dr Ioannis Fragkos of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM), Dr Emmanouil Avgerinos of IE Business School, Madrid and Prof. Bilal Gokpinar of UCL School of Management, London shows consistency in healthcare teams increases efficiency and reduces deaths. Cardiac surgery. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.
Moving Front-Line Staff Between Company Locations Might Be Key To Boost Innovation
Temporary moves boost creativity according to new research from Assistant Professor of Technology and Operations Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Philipp Cornelius, Bilal Gokpinar from UCL School of Management and Fabian Sting from University College London. Workers at the assembly line in the Volkswagen AG manufacturing plant in Bialezyce near Wrzesnia, ... [+] Poland Getty Images We have surpassed the one-year anniversary of working from home.
How To Have Effective Zoom Meetings (and Make Them Less Boring!)
Online meetings have become a necessary evil. While some people don’t seem to mind working from home on a purely virtual basis, many of us certainly miss the face-to-face interactions and are keen for working life to get back to normal. But even after the COVID-19 crisis, it’s likely the future of work will be a hybrid of traditional and virtual practices, meaning it is likely that we’ll still be engaging in yet more online meetings afterthe crisis has passed.
COVID-19 Was Preventable, Now We Must Tackle Future Challenges Systematically - Here’s How
Experts warned of a pandemic decades ago. Why weren't we ready? Despite years of warnings and several close calls, most countries and many businesses were still caught off guard by COVID-19. Few government or business leaders even considered a pandemic, and now most are in a rush to return to ‘normal’ as soon as possible. But as much as we all want to return to life before the pandemic; it would be a mistake to focus on turning back the clock.
Understand Stats? If So, You’re More Likely To Follow COVID Guidelines - Here’s Why
Attempts to control the pandemic are closely connected to the interpretation of data and statistics. How many times have you seen the latest government COVID announcement supported by a complicated graph or a huge statistic? Many people– including highly influential people like politicians and journalists – have difficulty interpreting key data and drawing valid conclusions from them.
Are Mentally Demanding Tasks More Difficult To Handle At Home?
Is working from home a bad move for people doing complicated tasks? While working from home might be more flexible, it could actually be damaging for mentally demanding cognitive tasks, according to new research from Dr Dainis Zegners of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) and Dr Steffen Künn and Dr Christian Seel from Maastricht University.
Can Older And Younger Colleagues Work Really Together Effectively?
The short answer is yes, but not without effort. An age-diverse workforce has definite advantages, but it can also lead to conflicts and cliques. Together with my fellow researchers, Prof. Fabiola Gerpott of VU Amsterdam, Prof. Andreas Hirschi of the University of Bern, Prof. Susanne Scheibe at University of Groningen, Dr Karen Pak at Radboud University and Prof. Dorien Kooij at Tilburg University, we have clear advice for leaders to make the most of an age-diverse workforce.
Four Simple Ways To Combat The Loneliness Caused By COVID-19
The growth of remote working is nothing new, but the panic brought on by the COVID-19 crisis means many of us may suddenly need to work from home, sometimes for the first time, with a lack of formal policies or training. Research shows that working from home can mean higher productivity, increased creativity and job satisfaction.
4 Steps For Successful Home Working
Top tips for achieving balance when you’re working from home, by Dr Rebecca Hewett, Assistant Professor in the department of Organisation and Personnel Management at RSM. Her research focuses on the interface between HR practices and people's everyday experiences at work. Bruno Nascimento So how is working from home going for you?
Why Recommendations On Netflix, Amazon, Or WeChat Could Be More Influential Than You Think
When’s the last time you saw a movie in a cinema? How about the last time you watched a movie on Netflix? If you’re like most consumers, you’ve done the second thing much more often. But how much power do platforms like Netflix, Amazon, or WeChat, have on consumers and your potential customers? If you have spent any time on these sites you will know they are full of ‘personal’ recommendations.
Uber Drives New Rules To Abandon Employees
The boom in digital platforms, such as Uber and Deliveroo, has sparked a revolution in the world of work, but unfortunately workers’ rights have failed to keep pace with the dismantling of the traditional nine-to-five working week for growing numbers of people. profits uber everything RSM In the gig economy, individuals are no longer classed as “employees” by the companies who employ them.
Why Can Stretch Goals Have Unintended Effects?
Written by Saeedeh Ahmadi, graduated at RSM and now Assistant Professor in Strategic Management at Amsterdam Business School, at the University of Amsterdam. What business owner or executive hasn’t dreamed of transforming an organisation by achieving seemingly impossible goals through the sheer force of will? We’re not talking about simply challenging goals. We’re talking about goals that seem impossible given current practices, skills, and knowledge.
Does Morality Matter? Depends On Your Definition Of Right And Wrong
Corporate superstars are often celebrated for their business acumen, innovation, and even edginess. But how often are they congratulated for their moral leadership? Our research shows that morality matters, regardless of industry, firm size, or the status and level of a leader in a company. The benefits range from individual and team performance, to financial measures, and perceptions of justice, trust, engagement and motivation.
Competing in F1: Where To Put The Power? In R&D Or In Advertising?
F1 cars might run on petrol, but it’s actually technology that really drives them. In fact, one of the biggest expenses for F1 teams is research and development. Sports manufactures make substantial investments to compete in sports contests like the F1, in order to showcase their products. For example, Daimler invests around US$200m annually in its Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport team’s participation in Formula 1.
How To Effectively Manage Your Diverse Team
We’re obsessed with creating diverse workforces, but when it comes to managing that diversity, most of us fall short of the mark. A diverse team might be great on paper, people from all walks of life coming together to share new ideas. But in reality, if not managed well, diversity may lead to a productivity disaster. diversity RSM So, the notion that increased diversity’s automatically result in higher performance is a myth.
How To Find Out How Much Attention We Really Pay To Video Marketing
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but when it comes to marketing, pictures and videos may be worth much more in revenue. We’re constantly bombarded with the message that ‘image’ is everything but what if you could tell how someone really feels about the video they’ve just watched. Marketers often use focus groups to find out how consumers respond to their new TV advert or product. There has always been debate over what focus groups really tell us.
Why Most Workers Would Rather Be Replaced By A Robot
I challenge you to think about the future of work without talking about robots or artificial intelligence (AI). Nearly impossible, right? It’s indisputable that these new technologies will play a significant role in shaping the way we work and businesses will simply have to adapt. But this doesn’t come without a lot of fear about people losing their jobs and means of making a living.
The biggest motivator at work? Love
Why do we do what we do? Now, more than ever we look for meaning in our work. The days of simply working for a pay check are over. Millennials, in particular, seek fulfilment from their professional lives. Ironically, the problem is our world is now so shaped by technology and data-driven systems we often forget about personal connections, compassion and even love at work. motivator at work? love RSM As we know, organisations are obsessed with measurable performance and efficiency.
Recycling Won't Be Enough To Save The Planet - What We Need Now Is The Right Recycling
While there are still a significant number of died-in-the-wool deniers out there, it does seem that most of us have now got the message that we can’t keep treating the planet as if its resources were inexhaustible. And that will mean abandoning the old idea of a ‘linear economy’ where raw materials are extracted from the earth, used to create a product and then thrown away when we have had enough of it.
Are Big Businesses Still The Bad Guys After All?
At first sight, it seems that large companies have bought into the idea of being good corporate citizens in a big way. Just look at how around 80 per cent of Fortune 500 global companies now issue sustainability reports showing that, while they are still deadly serious about the generation of wealth, they are equally serious about maintaining the health of the planet and everyone on it.
What Is The Best Way To Conquer Global Markets?
These days, whether you already have a relatively well-established business, are in that exciting (if sometimes nerve-racking) fast growth phase or are still operating out of your back bedroom, then it’s no exaggeration to say that the world is your proverbial oyster. The digital communication revolution has created markets that are genuinely global and which are open to any ambitious player, whatever their size or age.
How Companies Can Really Become A 'Force For Good'
Corporate Social Responsibility (or CSR for short) is ‘in’ these days. It’s no longer enough to simply make truck-loads of money for yourself and your shareholders or investors. Customers, clients and employees – particularly those from the younger generations – also expect an organisation to act in a responsible way and at least do no harm to society, though preferably actually contribute to it. And this also makes good sense from a corporate point of view.
Who Needs Banks? - Why Digital Community Currencies Are Becoming So Popular And How To Make One Work
It will, perhaps, come as no surprise to learn that the number and scale of ‘community currencies’, which obviate the need for conventional banks, has mushroomed since the global financial crisis of 2008. Consequently there are now more than ten thousand such projects operating around the world with many more in the pipeline. Photocredit: Getty Royalty FreeGetty Of course, community currencies are not a new idea, in fact they are not even a product of the 21stcentury.
Why Middle Managers Need To 'Walk The Talk'. And Why It's So Difficult To Do
If you took your ideas about business from the media, it would be all too easy to assume that it’s the person at the top of the organisation – the Musks, Bezos’ and Zuckerbergs of this world – that do all the heavy lifting.
Can The world's Major Companies Really Become Committed To Sustainable Development?
Back in 2015 the United Nations unveiled a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) covering everything from the elimination of poverty to action to protect the climate, designed to make our world a better, safer and fairer place. And when they did this they publicly acknowledged that government support for the goals was not enough to ensure success. Real progress in these areas would only come about if multi-national companies also threw their considerable weight behind the cause.
Why Workplace Diversity Is So Important, And Why It's So Hard To Achieve
Is there still anyone out there who doesn’t think that workplace diversity is a good thing? Diversity gives you access to a greater range of talent, not just the talent that belongs to a particular world-view or ethnicity or some other restricting definition. It helps provide insight into the needs and motivations of all of your client or customer base, rather than just a small part of it.
Why Power And Testosterone Are A Seriously Dangerous Mix
Apart from a select few who have been very, very lucky in their working lives, chances are that we’ve all suffered from exposure to a narcissistic boss at some point in our careers. You know the type. Full of their own self-importance, right all the time (even when they are patently not) and willing to ride roughshod over anyone who gets in their way. But how did they get into such a position on the first place?
Oiling the corporate wheels -- Are you an effective friendship broker?
All organisations rely on effective team and group work for their success. But teamwork doesn’t just happen. Groups of individuals need to be brought together and held together, working in concert for a common aim. Of course, theories on how to achieve this go in and out of fashion. Once we believed that the approach based on ‘command and control’, where an authority figure issued orders to designated subordinates, was the best way to explain how organizations function.
Why Middle Managers, Rather Than Senior Leaders, Should Initiate Organizational Change
Conventional wisdom would have it that the best people to instigate change in a business are those at the top – senior management. They have the birds-eye view – they can see what needs to happen from a strategic perspective and how all the different factions of the business fit together. It just makes sense that bosses start the change process and get others further down the food-chain to dance to their tune. Makes sense, right?
Ranking The World's Most Admired Art Museums, And What Big Business Can Learn From Them
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks at the ancient Greek sculpture 'Venus de Milo' at the... [+] Louvre Museum in Paris. (Credit STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images) The world’s biggest companies invest huge sums of time and money in reputation management. And yet, when measured, art museums have demonstrably better reputations than even the most well-regarded businesses in the world.
The Clean Energy Future Is Coming. And It's Coming In A Car That Drives Itself
There’s a lot of talk at the moment in the automotive industry, and in the media, about Autonomous Electric Vehicles (AEVs) – yes, the ones that drive themselves - and what role they will play in the next phase of both personal and public transportation. So, despite the doubts of the more vociferous doom-mongers out there, let me tell you plainly where I stand as a Professor of Next Generation Information Systems.
When there's change at work -- who do we care for?
Oh, how we all dislike change. We get upset when even the most minor elements of our routines are disrupted - when we are required to work with a new computer database, or we’re told our office desk has to move. Yet change is a constant. Organizations drop product lines and start new ones, departments or whole companies are merged, production locations are transferred.
It's the key to successful leadership -- so why is 'being yourself' so hard?
There might still be some professionals and executives out there who long for the ‘good, old days’ of workplace management. The days when you told your employees what to do and expected them to just get on with it. Assuming they didn’t want to suddenly find themselves unemployed. But obviously that’s not you is it? You understand that leadership in the modern world is about engagement, about winning hearts and minds across your team. Above all, about being ‘authentic’.
Want More Women Leaders? Turn Up The Heat
Research published in 2015 in Nature Climate Change states that the thermal comfort model—the model used to regulate the temperature in many offices and public buildings across the developed world—is based on the metabolic rates of a 154 pound, 40 year old man. Women are generally smaller with more body fat and less muscle than this. As such, they have lower metabolic rates than men. The result? They sit in their offices feeling slightly cold, slightly uncomfortable, and slightly out of place.
Why Do We Resist Technology In The Workplace?
Technology is great isn’t it? Thirty years ago if you wanted portable music, for example, you had to stuff your pockets with cassettes and load them into a Walkman which promptly knotted the tape into an unravelable mess. Whereas now you can instantly choose practically any song ever written via your phone. I call it a phone, but of course it’s a computer, an entertainment complex, a map book, a social network, a tool that changes and develops every single minute of the day.
Show Me The Money -- Why Jerry Maguire Motivation Is Still Key To Business Innovation
Sometimes what looks like an urban myth is actually true. Some sharks do actually drown if they stop swimming (well, at least according to Google). And, in a similar way, any business that stops moving, stops innovating and developing is likely to be on a fast track to the trashcan. Every company therefore needs a constant flow of new ideas – ideas that can improve processes, create efficiencies, spot gaps in the market and lead to the introduction of new products and services.
How Leaders Can Gain Trust When They Say Sorry
There was a time when being the boss meant never having to say sorry. If you’d bawled someone out for the wrong reason or taken an employee’s work for granted, for example, well that was just too bad for them. After all life was tough and no-one really expected the workplace to be fair and just. However, the old ‘command and control’ idea of leadership which nurtured this approach to people management has been consigned to the rubbish bin of corporate history.
How Leaders Can Gain Trust When They Say Sorry
There was a time when being the boss meant never having to say sorry. If you’d bawled someone out for the wrong reason or taken an employee’s work for granted, for example, well that was just too bad for them. After all life was tough and no-one really expected the workplace to be fair and just. However, the old “command and control” idea of leadership which nurtured this approach to people management has been consigned to the rubbish bin of corporate history.
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