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RESISTANCE TO CHANGE RECONSIDERED

Lead Change Blog

Often follow-up will be needed to any quantitative data collection, such as a focus group or confidential interviews, to understand the reasons for the resistance. Fear of failure. Lack of trust in leadership. Include a feedback loop so that actions can be calibrated along the way. Address resistance in the right venue.

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Capturing the Innovation Mindset at Bally Technologies

Harvard Business Review

Bally Technologies , a leading provider of gaming systems for casinos, has earned more than 60 awards for innovation in just the last four years. How did Bally Technologies do it? But while the foundational elements are the same, Bally Technologies uses them in a distinct way. Through an innovation excellence framework.

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NewTV Is the Antithesis of a Lean Startup. Can It Work?

Harvard Business Review

But as Carlota Perez has so aptly described, all new technology industries go through an eruption and frenzy phase, followed by a crash, and then a golden age and maturity. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies. Some have labeled this period as irrational exuberance. So we built them. The result? Seize the Cash.

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Why Customer Focus Is Key For Successful Innovation

The Horizons Tracker

Read through the tech and business press on any given day and you’re likely bombarded with news about the latest technologies. It’s a mindset that underpins a constant assessment of the technology landscape to see what’s around the corner. In all of this, the customer gets a bit of a cold shoulder.

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31 Innovation Questions (and Answers) To Kick Off the New Year

Harvard Business Review

Innovation is more than whiz-bang technology; consider different strategic intents (e.g., create a new category, extend current business) or innovation mechanisms (e.g., Start with deep ethnographic research; avoid focus groups! What is a business model (and how do I innovate one)? How should I look?

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Will You Be The Next Blockbuster, Borders, CDs or Mail?

Eric Jacobson

What is the digital company or the new technology that will force you to change your business model? As the leader in your business, are you listening to your sales force who hears everyday about the competition and what your customers want and your prospects need? 93% of that age group send/read email.

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Getting Employees Excited About a New Direction

Harvard Business Review

When your company is in trouble — a new competitor or technology threatens your business model, your cost structure changes, the economy tanks — you have one job as a leader: to get the company back on track. The crisis provides compelling reason for change and, if companies can weather it, they can emerge stronger.

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