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Toussaint Xavier

@Xavier_Assoc

Serial #Entrepreneur, C-Level Exec, Trusted Advisor, #Speaker, Founder Xavier & Associates (2005), #Strategy & Innovation #Consulting via Data-Driven Insights🇨🇦

 Toronto, Canada, U.S., World
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Joined September 2010
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What Does It Actually Take to Build a Data-Driven Culture? hbr.org/2023/05/what-does-it… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
What Does It Actually Take to Build a Data-Driven Culture?

What Does It Actually Take to Build a Data-Driven Culture?

Building a data driven culture is hard. To capture what it takes to succeed, the authors look at the first two years of a new data program at Kuwait’s Gulf Bank in which they worked to build a...

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The Entrepreneurial Journey of China’s First Private Mental Health Hospital hbr.org/podcast/2023/05/the-… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada

The Entrepreneurial Journey of China’s First Private Mental Health Hospital

After its successful initial public offering (IPO), how will the mainland’s first private mental health hospital group grow?

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Where to Focus Your Company’s Limited Cybersecurity Budget hbr.org/2023/05/where-to-foc… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
Where to Focus Your Company’s Limited Cybersecurity Budget

Where to Focus Your Company’s Limited Cybersecurity Budget

With the threat of recession looming, chief information security officers (CISOs) will increasingly see cybersecurity budgets constrained. So how can companies focus their limited cybersecurity...

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Stop Looking for the Perfect Job hbr.org/podcast/2023/05/stop… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
Stop Looking for the Perfect Job

Stop Looking for the Perfect Job

Rethinking what we want and need from work with author Simone Stolzoff.

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When Great Minds Don’t Think Alike hbr.org/2023/05/when-great-m… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
When Great Minds Don’t Think Alike

When Great Minds Don’t Think Alike

As organizations strive to make their workforces more diverse with respect to race, gender equity, and people with disabilities, leaders need to apply these same strategies to employees with differ...

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The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure hbr.org/2023/05/the-case-for… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada

The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure

In India, investment in digital public infrastructure (DPI) has transformed how the country does business and how its citizens interact with their government. DPI, or rails on which easy-to-use...

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How Do I Work with a Difficult Boss? hbr.org/podcast/2023/05/how-… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
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3 Steps for Creating and Implementing a Stakeholder Strategy hbr.org/2023/05/3-steps-for-… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
3 Steps for Creating and Implementing a Stakeholder Strategy

3 Steps for Creating and Implementing a Stakeholder Strategy

Three years after the Business Roundtable urged companies to abandon a singular focus on maximizing shareholder value and, instead, strive to generate value for all stakeholders, many corporate...

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Creating Psychological Safety for Black Women at Your Company hbr.org/2023/05/creating-psy… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
Creating Psychological Safety for Black Women at Your Company

Creating Psychological Safety for Black Women at Your Company

Feelings of inclusion, connection, and trust with colleagues and managers are harder to come by for Black women due to the historical and sociocultural context of the U.S. workplace, and more...

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What African Fintech Startups Can Teach Silicon Valley About Longevity hbr.org/2023/05/what-african… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
What African Fintech Startups Can Teach Silicon Valley About Longevity

What African Fintech Startups Can Teach Silicon Valley About Longevity

One of the most conventional strategies for small-business longevity is the acquisition of financial resources. Although this approach has gained popularity in the West, especially among technology...

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Set These 5 Boundaries Before You Go on Vacation hbr.org/2023/05/set-these-5-… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
Set These 5 Boundaries Before You Go on Vacation

Set These 5 Boundaries Before You Go on Vacation

Disconnecting from work while on vacation sounds a lot easier than it actually is. Some companies’ cultures may expect you to stay connected, respond to emails, or attend meetings to keep the...

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4 Distractions that Derail Meetings — and How to Handle Them hbr.org/2023/05/4-distractio… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
4 Distractions that Derail Meetings — and How to Handle Them

4 Distractions that Derail Meetings — and How to Handle Them

Most of us have had the experience of attending a meeting that veered off course, leaving us feeling confused or like we wasted our time. But meetings don’t have to be time consuming, unproductive,...

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Azeem on AI: Where Will the Jobs Come from After AI? hbr.org/podcast/2023/05/azee… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
Azeem on AI: Where Will the Jobs Come from After AI?

Azeem on AI: Where Will the Jobs Come from After AI?

Azeem shares his outlook on how artificial intelligence could change the labor market.

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Who Is Going to Regulate AI? hbr.org/2023/05/who-is-going… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
Who Is Going to Regulate AI?

Who Is Going to Regulate AI?

As businesses and governments race to make sense of the impacts of new, powerful AI systems, governments around the world are jostling to take the lead on regulation. Business leaders should be...

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How Generative AI Changes Organizational Culture hbr.org/podcast/2023/05/how-… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
How Generative AI Changes Organizational Culture

How Generative AI Changes Organizational Culture

Conversations with experts about building the right culture for the new technology.

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Most Companies Can’t Handle Cybersecurity Alone hbr.org/2023/05/most-compani… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
Most Companies Can’t Handle Cybersecurity Alone

Most Companies Can’t Handle Cybersecurity Alone

The way to detect and neutralize determined cyber attackers is with 24/7 eyes-on-glass delivered by expert security operations professionals. These highly skilled operators have never been more...

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Change Management Requires a Change Mindset hbr.org/2023/05/change-manag… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
Change Management Requires a Change Mindset

Change Management Requires a Change Mindset

Every organization of every size struggles with change in some way. While midsize companies are no exception, their size offers a competitive advantage. Unlike small companies with limited resources,...

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B2B Sales Teams Can’t Afford to Ignore Midsize Customers hbr.org/2023/05/b2b-sales-te… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
B2B Sales Teams Can’t Afford to Ignore Midsize Customers

B2B Sales Teams Can’t Afford to Ignore Midsize Customers

Many large, multinational companies fail to reach and profit from middle-market customers. Yet the opportunity is enormous: In the U.S. alone, middle-market companies purchase more than $6 trillion a...

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More Than 50% of Managers Feel Burned Out hbr.org/2023/05/more-than-50… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
More Than 50% of Managers Feel Burned Out

More Than 50% of Managers Feel Burned Out

More than 50% of managers report feeling burned out, a number slightly higher than employees more broadly. The causes include the challenges of the pandemic combined with experiencing three hallmarks...

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How Medical Records Can Close the Information Gap in Patient Care hbr.org/2023/05/how-medical-… #AskXavier #business #strategy #marketing #toronto #canada
How Medical Records Can Close the Information Gap in Patient Care

How Medical Records Can Close the Information Gap in Patient Care

In dealing with many cases, doctors lack comparative real-time evidence and are forced to make decisions in spite of unknown variables that can dramatically alter outcomes. Such evidence gaps happen...

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