Why redefine talent? Damani Short breaks down the benefits: reduced risk, capability time and cost efficiency. Embracing a broader view enhances adaptability and enriches experiences for all team members. Explore …
In this week’s episode, Damani Short emphasizes the critical need to think more broadly than just purely badged employees when redefining talent. With widespread talent shortages and high turnover intentions, …
Damani Short delves into the power of focusing on business capabilities—ranging from market entry strategies and product development to customer relationship growth and back-office support. By mapping these capabilities, organizations …
Damani Short breaks down some of the challenges of broadening the talent definition, emphasizing the need for a deeper understanding and integration across all levels of an organization. At Lexico, …
Damani Short delves into a pivotal question faced by organizations worldwide: Do businesses thrive on talent, or is it the capabilities that truly matter? What are business capabilities? Business capabilities …
While the industry buzzes about the challenges in attracting, developing, and retaining talent, Damani Short takes a step further to question the definition of talent and its role in enabling …
Your talent strategy isn’t just a component of your business – it’s the backbone of your success. It’s crucial to continuously invest in employee growth, align talent plans with your …
By Cynthia Short Leaders, lean in. It’s time to challenge the gospel of business as usual. You’ve likely heard whispers of Integrative Thinking, a concept pioneered by Roger Martin, former Dean …
By Cynthia Short A transformational change initiative is one of the most important things an organization can take on. It’s also one of the most difficult. It can involve widespread changes …
Roughly 70 percent of transformations fail, leaving the value of the transformation unrealized and potentially putting the organization at risk. There is a tool that can be employed by leadership to manage and drive better outcomes, sustainably.
By Cynthia Short What is Human-Centered Design? Human-centered design is very often narrowly thought of as being applied to a product, visual, or interface design work. But human-centered design is an …
By Damani Short Focus on Fundamentals of Business At the start of 2022, many business leaders find themselves staring down the barrel of change. They’re dealing with challenges related to inflation, …
The success of any transformation comes down to execution, which is driven by teams. And the most successful transformations are executed by teams with the appropriate mindset, one that is agile and growth-oriented.
In our video series on data-driven organizations, Cynthia Short and Dan Mishich discuss how being data-driven translates to the everyday actions of an organizations, and the outcomes it delivers. They also cover data democratization and the importance of empowering teams with access to data.
Our new video series on data-driven organizations starts by discussing the huge push for businesses to be more data-driven. You hear the phrase “data-driven” everywhere, but with most organizations, it is not a buzzword – it’s a business imperative. So where do you start? Cynthia Short and Dan Mishich share their perspectives.
By Damani Short I’ve had the opportunity to lead business transformations for companies like Newell Rubbermaid, United States Olympic Committee, Johnson Controls, and Shutterfly throughout my career. And through Lexico, a …
In a time of constant and unprecedented change, a return to fundamentals can guide you to successfully manage and conduct business.
By Damani Short What is Digital Transformation? Digital transformation is the process of using technology to create better customer experiences and more effective business operations. It’s not just about the latest …
To reverse the failure rate of technology initiatives, it’s important to plan for the change that spans people, process and technology.
While there are many bright shiny objects of technology that get all the attention, mindset is a critical element to successful transformation work. Without it, no amount of technology can successfully transform the organization.
Organizations can take a different approach to modeling to make more informed decisions, resulting in clearer prioritization, smarter decision making and achievement of key performance indicators.
Despite the detrimental economic effects of the pandemic, technology investment is holding steady and even increasing, according to recent studies of C-suite leaders on digital transformation.
To prove the ROI of technology, leaders need to ask themselves three key questions to make the shift to a business-centered technology approach that will deliver a higher return on investment.
Lexico’s Transformation video series not only defines what transformation is, but acts as a guide to help business leaders design the required cultural shift to enable and avoid common pitfalls along the way.
There are three main considerations to ensure our customer experience work is contributing positively to our business, and not becoming a liability in these times of change.
Blind spots can have serious impacts on business growth. Their hidden nature makes them hard to see, and even harder to remove. What’s more, very few blind spots are one-dimensional. …
By Cynthia Short Why Digital Transformation? I often get asked why we focus on transformation work, specifically at Lexico. Digital transformation can not only improve cost savings and efficiency, but also …
Reflecting on the recent budgeting process, the specter of the pandemic loomed largely, adding yet another layer of uncertainty for executives to manage. A new approach to budget planning can be used to continuously evolve plans, no matter what happens in the year ahead.
The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation, according to recent studies of C-suite leaders. But leaders need to take a business-centered technology approach to ensure their faster transformation train doesn’t go off the rails, and instead delivers strong returns for the business.
Lexico CEO Damani Short discusses the importance of IT-business alignment and collaboration in delivering business-centered technology solutions.
Virtual work can deliver better outcomes to keep business moving forward.
Lexico is excited to welcome Randy Melvin, our new Head of Talent.
Lexico is excited to welcome Jon Elordi, our new VP of Growth Development.
Organizations that embrace a business-centered technology approach are proven to be more resilient and as a result, more competitive, which is especially important when in the midst of adversity.
We’ve seen a seismic paradigm shift in how people work. This new “how”, caused by the crisis-driven emergence of the flexible remote workplace, has impacted productivity, culture, employee well-being, staffing strategy, and office space in unprecedented ways.
