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2/2/ We caught up with Exxaro's Strategy & Business Transformation lead Alex De Angelis to chat about their experience of a TBG OKR implementation. https://t.co/RFHTjvNi0H
#okrs #growthstrategy

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Our friends and partners @AscentPte introduced us to @ExxaroResources last year.

Exxaro, a true South African success story is on the transition from predominately mining Coal to a sustainable, future-fit organisation, powering a clean world. thread 1/2

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2/2 We dive into this subject in today's inspiration https://t.co/WfXIJ5Cyt6

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When speaking with entrepreneurs, whether they are busy building new and disruptive organisations or innovating within established ones, their story of growth and transformation often points to re-thinking industry paradigms. 1/2

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Our internship programme launched in 2020, by our South African office (Ascentios Growth Partners). Listen to the episode https://t.co/hDeUKx7sNv

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In today's very special edition of our podcast series we discuss our innovative Internship programme – you can hear from our interns themselves, learn how the programme came into being and why, now more than ever, creating new opportunities for the youth matters most....

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This past week, the Ascent team reached an important milestone – setting our latest quarterly Objectives and Key Results (#OKRs). That may not seem much at a glance, yet I found the process particularly valuable, as we build a great business. https://t.co/MwLbJJq2y2

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💡 To achieve goals and progress as a business, your people need to be aligned to common objectives. #OKRtip

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Over time, it became a call for purpose and ethics, in business, as well. https://t.co/EadMD0jgVU

#disruption #growth #sustainablegrowth

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In this week's Friday Growth Inspiration we are asking "Is it time to accelerate?"

Larry Fink's Letter to CEOs makes for a really good read. Coming out at the outset of the year, this letter from the CEO of BlackRock gets noticed widely, in business, government... thread

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and in the social sector. And as BlackRock makes significant strides in incorporating sustainability thinking into their organisation, it provides CEOs around the world with a broad lens to view what matters most to investors.

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become one of the very first to solve such a challenge in such a short time and against formidable competition?

Read more from your latest instalment of Friday Growth Inspiration https://t.co/gDoKAj2vEn

#growth #growthinspiration

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Asking what if?

Moderna was until recently a fairly unknown company in the public domain. It is now almost synonymous with the much-anticipated vaccine for the Corona virus. How did a Biotech company which raised over $5Bn so far... 1/2

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We need to envision the road and the way we hope to navigate it."

Brilliant quote from Bina Venkataraman in The Optimist’s Telescope, 2020.

How far ahead are you looking?

#future #strategy #growth

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"For the trip of our lives, it is not wise to just stare at the speed gauge on the dashboard or at the pavement in front of us, and it is not quite enough to look at signs or numbly follow the voice directions for each turn....

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If you've missed any of our first 10 episodes, simply search 'Hidden Growth Champions' on your podcast provider of choice.

#growthchampions #podcast #innovation

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Paula Doyle, SVP Sales & Marketing at @CogniteData joins Saar for our 10th episode of Hidden Growth Champions.

Paula who specialises in Digitalization, Innovation, Technology & Strategy takes us on a journey of discovery during this fascinating discussion https://t.co/7HKlApUgYl

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Hidden Growth Champions host Saar Ben-Attar about the educational experience https://t.co/TysoPcpBOv

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The ever increasing speed of the switch to not only digital but remote working is exposing a #skillsgap, but we must consider the human experience when #reskilling and #retraining in a world of automation.

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https://t.co/YSV9stDbPR "The need to design learning from the “learner as a customer” point of view and incorporating learning principles and the human experience will only become more pronounced" Kirsty Chadwick and John Dickenson of @TrainingRoomZA talk to...