Don’t hold on to the good old days, embrace innovation

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Why change management?

Why is it necessary to change in business instead of holding on to the past? Because of the globalisation, constant change of supply and demand, changing business environments, market maturation, increasing costs and competition, the desire to improve and grow as a company, development of new services, keeping your business move forward, developments in technology, … (Halkos 2012, Raynor and Mumtaz 2013, De Smet, Lavoie and Hioe 2012, Riwo-Abudho, Njanja and Ochieng 2012, Quiros 2014). Fully convinced now? We can conclude that change is inevitable and necessary to succeed in the current business environment (Quiros 2014).

The master of change: Richard Branson

The Virgin Group is an example of change management within an organisation. Entrepreneur and founder, Richard Branson, innovated, diversified and acquired many businesses (Australian Business Solutions 2012). He took many risks to bring out new and better products. Branson states that when circumstances and opportunities…

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Musicians Thriving in the Business World: The Evidence is Mounting

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When my book Everything We Needed to Know About Business, We Learned Playing Music was published in 2009, I believed that as the pace of change in the business world continued to accelerate, the concept of Music & Arts education as prerequisites for success would become more mainstream. Innovation and creativity are skills that must be practiced, developed, and refined. While we’re not there yet, it seems that the instances of testimony and observation regarding that connection are becoming more and more frequent.

Here are a few from news sources around the web:

(FORBES) “These Business Leaders Do Their Jobs Better by Applying Lessons from the Performing Arts”

(CTV NEWS OTTAWA) “Canadian Astronaut Touts Benefits of Learning Music”

(MAKING MUSIC MAGAZINE) “A Law Office with a Musical Side”

(CNN) “Everything I Need to Know, I Learned in Music Class” (Hey, that sounds familiar!!!)

Our Music Education Advocacy army…

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Apple To Mitigate Texting While Walking Epidemic: Transparent Texting

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Texting and walking. It’s a problem that a large percentage of the population faces. Your walking down the street, not looking ahead, glued to your cellular device trying to send a test, look up data on your internet browser or explore your favorite app. You know texting while walking is wrong but your phone becomes a magnet to your eyes and you find yourself continue to commit the bad deed.

Texting While Walking..

Apple has realized the seriousness of this problem and the documented injuries that have occurred from people not realizing the dangers a few inches in front of them on the street. Recently, Apple has filed for a patent for a technology that utilizes the back camera to create a transparent live video background on your iPhone while while in “Texting while walking mode.” People who text and walk have little to no awareness of what is infront of them and…

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Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy Talks Lessons Learned from Same-Sex Marriage Firestorm and Taking the Company Global

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Dan Cathy (Akili-Casundria Ramsess, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

As the same-sex marriage debate rages, one person says he won’t be weighing in on the subject anymore: Dan Cathy, CEO and president of Chick-fil-A.

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HOW THE DOLLAR IMPACTS YOU..

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U.S. Rappers Behind China’s ‘Black Coal’ Berlin Winner

Smart! Investing in foreign opportunities!!!

Rough Winter Hurts General Mills 3Q Sales

Jesse Jackson to take on tech’s lack of diversity

How to invest like a billionaire

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By Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch

Opinion: The world’s richest people didn’t make their money trading stocks

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — In a roundabout way, the latest Forbes magazine ranking of the world’s billionaires can help you become a better investor.

But not by catering to your greed in hopes that someday you too could be on that rarefied list of the super-super wealthy.  

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Ukraine did not pay for gas supplies in February, the debt rose to $ 1.89 billion

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Ukraine has not paid for Russian gas supplies in February, after which its debt to ” Gazprom “has grown to $ 1.89 billion, said

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