Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky. The media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results.

Succession 127

Succession Entrepreneur Drucker Learning-by-Doing 127

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

In a better and cheaper world, you use the term big bang disruption or the sort of shark fin to describe what this model looks like, that you scale up to those early adopters becoming the majority way quicker than you can predict nowadays. The managers just don’t have the tool set often to operate. In this case, it’s not.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

We found that one significant driver of employee happiness is the employee’s rating of management transparency, showing a stronger correlation with company culture then factors like benefits or work-life balance. What really matters here is the employee’s perception of how transparent management is.

Morale 12

Morale Attrition Early Adopters Benchmarking 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

But companies will only be able to realize productivity gains from these new operating models if they skillfully manage the soft side of their automation transformation—the people in what will be a vastly different organization. So early preparation is needed. But the inflection point always happens faster than expected.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

That’s why change management efforts commonly fail. To make change really happen, it doesn’t need to be managed, but empowered. Yet Semmelweis and Antioco had not only authority, but also had the facts on their side and were willing to risk their careers. Change management Getting buy-in Leadership'

Leadership 15

Leadership Early Adopters Video Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2018

In contrast to health care, aviation has been an early adopter of decision-support technology — the “fly by wire” flight-control computers that prevent unsafe operation of the aircraft and reduce maintenance costs and pilot workloads.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Health Care Technology Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2017

Career advancement in mature companies usually demands avoiding conspicuous failures, while entrepreneurs must fail repeatedly to get ahead. Large companies serve mainstream customers, while innovative entrepreneurs first serve early adopters.

Innovation 8

Innovation Early Adopters Marketing Retail 8

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 9, 2020

“In this report on the role of governments in adapting to the Future of Work, we describe the potential benefits of a technological disruption, discuss active management of the workforce transitions to avoid creating a lose–lose (or win–lose) scenario, and provide a. Supporting and enabling technology adoption.

McKinsey 110

McKinsey Technology Early Adopters Policies 110