Dear ScaleUps,
Hope it’s been a productive and purposeful week. Here are some insights/opportunities to help you outlearn/outthink the competition.
| …(an) innovation mindset is six times higher in the most-equal cultures than in the least-equal ones. | |
| Accenture’s Report on Equality | |
Latest ScaleUp News --
Jeff Bezos Named Businessperson of the Decade; UK’s 10 Fastest Scaleups; Scaleups Thrive in Australia’s Wollongong Region – this news and more at ScaleUps.com, your one-stop weekly update.
If These Insights Have Been Valuable to You --
Please help fund 30 scholarships for women of color to scale their businesses, donating what you feel these insights have been worth to you in 2019 -- $1, $5, $10 or more per week (Donate Here.)? More below, but first…
$1.88 Trillion Aramco IPO (Fun Fact) --
The largest IPO in history, Saudi Arabia’s Aramco is the first company to exceed $2 trillion in market cap on the second day of trading this week – CNBC’s article highlights the milestone.
Saudi Arabia Ends Gender Segregation in Restaurants --
And coinciding with this milestone, Saudi Arabia ends gender segregation in its restaurants, highlighted in this accompanying CNBC article.
Equality = Innovation --
Companies (and countries!) might pay attention to Accenture’s latest report on equality in the workplace. Summarizing the report, Alan Murray with Fortune notes:
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It might be noted that the CEO of Accenture is one of the top women leaders in the world, Julie Sweet.
#1 Workplace Culture Factor Driving Innovation? --
Accenture measured 40 workplace factors in determining equality and innovation – and #1 was (drum roll, please) “The organization provides training to keep its employees’ skills relevant.” The key word is “relevant.” The only way you, your team, and your organization are going to remain relevant is to invest in training and development. And #3 workplace factor was “Company training times and formats are flexible.” It’s why we host our annual ScaleUp Summits (equivalent of reading a dozen books) and our online education to provide you with our outsourced Corporate University that is available 24/7 to your employees – see next for sample…
Artificial Intelligence: We can't get away from it, can we? --
Though it seems daunting to figure out how to incorporate AI into your business, it's not as difficult as you may think. Watch Doug Rose's 1-hour Learning Suite, How to Discover the Newest AI Products, published in Growth Institute's Scaling Up Club. Check it out through a free 14-day trial of the Scaling Up Club by clicking here! Note, Doug Rose, author of Artificial Intelligence for Business keynoted our Scaling Up Summit last year.
Equality for Women of Color Entrepreneur Scholarships --
Speaking of gender equality, Scaling Up is proud to support Million Dollar Women in their mission to help one million women entrepreneurs each get to $1M in revenues. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to create a thriving business, regardless of gender, race, age, sexual preference or geography. Million Dollar Women is raising funds to provide 30 scholarships to women of color entrepreneurs, who face even higher obstacles in scaling up their businesses (less access to capital and fewer role models). Women of color run businesses currently make an average of $25,000- $50,000 per year. Can you help us help more women by making a donation of $50, $100, $500 or a donation of any amount to the Million Dollar Women Fund? You can see the full campaign and Donate Here.
Pay it Forward --
Again, if these insights have proven helpful to you in 2019, please pay it forward and donate to Million Dollar Women. I’m on the board of this fine organization and can attest that Julia’s curriculum truly helps women scale. It’s the only charity I promote in the insights and you won’t hear from me for another year!! Thank you for helping these women entrepreneurs.
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COACHING:
Have you ever wondered if working with a coach might accelerate your company's growth, exponentially? Do you have what it takes to move the dial from good to great? The Scaling Up team is prepared to support you. We have helped 40,000 other organizations over the past 30+ years, in scaling up their organizations through coaching, workshops, online training and more.
We would like to offer you a complimentary, personal follow-up from our Scaling Up team to share how we can support you in scaling your organization.
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For questions or more information contact us at coaching@scalingup.com
TECHNOLOGY:
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