Leading Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2017

These outcomes are even more vital during times of continuous change - two of the most common reasons that employees resist change are lack of sufficient information and a fear of the unknown. Jumping to conclusions….

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

And that decreases the number of patterns you can see and make sense of, therefore reducing your ability to change with the market. As the environment changes (and it will continuously change), sales and marketing professionals are the narrators, story-tellers, and sense-makers.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 11, 2012

When I consider companies like Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon, the one constant I think of is change. Interestingly, after I typed that first sentence, I Googled “ Most Innovative Companies ” and found Fast’s list for 2012. How close do you think I got to their list? See for yourself HERE.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Silent Killer #5: Suppressing Innovation. Thanks to the bureaucracy and lack of listening that exists in most companies today, we have created working environments that stifle the creativity, original thought, and innovation that make our human capital so valuable. The greatest enemy of innovation is modern management.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

We have done this collaboration for several years now, and it's enlightening to see how the students are facing an ever-changing set of innovation challenges. The theme of our meeting was innovation, and most of the companies represented by the students had been undertaking a variety of innovation efforts for several years.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 13, 2020

The researchers explain that this is consistent with our continuously changing world, which forces animals to constantly update their decision-making processes on a case-by-case basis. The data revealed an unusual and unexpected strategy, as the rats seemed to adjust their behavior according to the results of previous trials.

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Mills Scofield

MARCH 28, 2013

If we are going to handle this continually changing the world, we have to adapt ourselves. We are in an age of immense disruption: industries, societal codes, politics, demographics, you name it. All we can really control is how we react, and more importantly, pro-act to our world.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 22, 2013

Even if that tradition is continual change (which this church is not), every church (and every organization) forms a unique DNA of how things are done. In our setting, it’s developed into a highly structured environment of systems and procedures, which makes change more difficult than in some churches.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 14, 2014

Training a newly formed Afghan Air Force is the epitome in complex continual change management. Afghanistan Air Force Culture Innovation Kabul Leadership Military Networking Service Strategy Switch and Shift USAF Virtues' Matthew Fritz is Director, Commander''s Action Group of NATO''s Air Training Command in Afghanistan.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 9, 2020

You have to come up with innovative ideas that actually solve problems facing your target market. Find out what changes they want to see in your industry. Offering an excellent standard of customer service is a smart way to ensure that your company can successfully adapt to the marketplace as it continually changes.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Even if the church’s tradition is continual change (which this church’s tradition was not), every church (and every organization) forms a unique DNA of how things are done. At the time we were a 104 year old church. Every church acclimates towards a defined structure – an established way of doing things.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Even when the overall aim is stability, often there are still change goals: to reduce variability, cut costs, reduce the time required, or reduce turnover, for example. Once every job in a company is defined in terms of the changes to be made (both large and small), constant improvement can become the routine.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

We often look at innovation in terms of the new products and technologies that come to market. They'll probably invite you to share clever ways to use refrigerators, or comment on their own ideas, and innovate even better offerings next time. The continuing changes in how we consume things is a good deal for us and for our suppliers.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It's against human nature to react favorably to the disruption of process change. Continuous improvement means continuous change, and change takes people out of their comfort zone. How have you seen people react to changes in their work? Embrace change as an opportunity for learning.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Those that successfully harvest vast troves of data can improve productivity; make faster and more accurate decisions; reduce costs; increase competitive advantage; discover new business models and innovations; and better engage customers, employees, and partners.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

The benefits are compelling: increased flexibility, speed, and innovation as well as cost management. As organizations confront new competitive challenges and disruptive technologies, an agile approach to talent provides both a means of rapid strategic change, as well as a way to increase strategic capability.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

In an organizational setting this applies equally, where people empower themselves through creativity, innovation and superior customer service.”. We give a lot of lip service to creativity and innovation, in particular how leaders can "unleash" creativity in their organization. Jennifer V.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

It has been a year of challenges for most: relentless business demands, continuing change, and higher expectations from them as leaders. No longer do I need to explain how globalization drives change and that leaders must adapt to a fast-changing world: the economic crisis brought this home decisively.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

CEOs that understand and appreciate the notion are intensely passionate about innovation as the means to this end. They spearhead innovation by ensuring their organization’s cultural norm is continuous change and creativity. Innovation starts with insight and progresses through disruptive hypotheses.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

If there are continual changes in a company's markets or strategy, that company will most likely need to make productivity improvements part of everyone's job. Brad Power (bradfordpower@gmail.com) is a consultant and researcher in process innovation. He is currently conducting research with the Lean Enterprise Institute.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

As incumbent businesses are increasingly threatened by digitally oriented disruptors, the operating model is as important as the innovative design of the business model. Neither is acceptable in a world dominated by digital innovation, change, and disruption.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Those companies that do not continually innovate and adapt along with advances in technology and changes in society eventually see their products or services fade in importance. More importantly, they believe in their ability to figure things out and adapt once they get there. Diversity and inclusion.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

These organizations are facing a legion of issues that include the need to become more global, the need to simultaneously become more frugal and more innovative, the need to manage new and different stakeholders, and the need to cope with political uncertainty, energy issues, and other factors over which they have no control.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Business track records are garnered by going the distance, reading the trends and continually changing. As the years go by, one continues paying dues. The best successes are earned and learned. We should not take good fortune for granted. Learning, experiencing and evaluating is the best process to achieve lasting success.

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