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4 tips to boost creativity and your business

Even pre-Covid, businesses faced several disrupters. Technology disruption, for instance. Covid has multiplied the uncertainty. Many large companies were born in uncertain times. The common thread between these? Creativity. Most winning companies did something different to win in uncertain times. This article looks 4 tips to improve creativity.

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The critical step before re-imagining your business

A deluge of advice is available on getting business back on track. Yet, rethinking business models is intense. Building strategy requires creativity which needs a calm mind. And calm minds are in short supply currently! So, before re-imagining your business you need to do one critical thing. To calm down. This article gives you some tips to do that.

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The 7 Rules for Role Models

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Daughters in business?

In most business families, it’s the son that gets involved in the family business. It’s rare finding a daughter involved in the business. But times are changing. Success stories of daughters running family businesses have increased in the last decade. This article provides 4 tips on making daughters successfully join the family business.

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