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Tali Heruti-Sover’s article in TheMarker deals with the practical aspects of Prof. Ron Heifetz’s Adaptive Leadership theory which focuses on one’s ability to adjust to a changing reality and to a new set of rules. The Reut Institute bases its impact efforts on Heifetz’s theory.

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Last week the Reut Institute participated in the closing session of the Wexner Legacy Heritage Summer Institute in Jerusalem. Every other year, the Wexner foundation brings its Legacy Heritage Fellows for a week-long intensive study tour, designed to deepen these leaders’ understanding of contemporary Israel and the issues it faces. This year, we were honored [...]

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Reut’s analysts recently finished the first training workshop which fully focused on the issue of ‘impact’. The workshop comprised 5 sessions which discussed the core literature guiding Reut’s Impact Strategy, as well as its practical application in our daily work.

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Tom Friedman’s article on the US elections relates to the distinction between technical and adaptive issues as well as the concept of work avoidance on which Reut bases its theory of leadership. “McCain and Obama have unveiled broad ideas about how to restore the nation’s financial health. But they continue to suggest that this will be largely [...]

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Why should a company make the effort to hire ultra-orthodox Jews, Israeli-Arabs, new immigrants or disabled? Speakers at the Maala 2008 Conference I attended last week all agreed that it should be a business goal and not just something to be done out of social responsibility.  

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An article in the Economist (Adapt or Die) discussing the shifting priorities regarding Climate Change is pertinent to Israel’s ability to maintain ‘relevance’ in a highly dynamic environment.

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The Jerusalem Post (17/8) reports that Finance Minister Ronnie Bar-On submitted two alternate budget proposals last week, one with an emphasis on defense and the other on social welfare. Whie he wanted the Cabinet themselves to choose where the cuts would come from, the responses reflect what Ron Heifetz calls ‘Work Avoidance.’

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Every Thursday at Reut, we have what is called a ‘Methodological Refresher’ a presentation and discussion about one of the books from our Canon. This week was about Linked by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi which touches on several relevant issues for the Jewish people, especially in the current period leading up to Tisha Be’Av.

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The Jerusalem Post reports on Olmert’s comments during roundtable discussions in the Knesset that Israelis have become “a nation of grumblers” who complain about almost everything. This touches on the difference and tension between what Ron Heifetz calls Authority and Leadership in his book Leadership without Easy Answers.

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In response to Hillary Clinton’s mocking of Obama at the Democratic debate in Cleveland, Obama seems to be talking in a similar way to Harvard Professor Ron Heifetz.

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