Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

GUEST POST from Greg Satell Over the course of my career, Ive had the opportunity to lead a number of organizations and each one involved a series of steep learning curves. Even the most successful operations do some things poorly, so managing an enterprise involves constant improvement.

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HR Digest

JULY 23, 2019

A primary reason why it takes so long is that effective leadership traits require their own learning curve. This meant readying IBM’s 350,000 workforce for skills for the future and redesigning how they work and experience work to drive innovation and client engagement. Great leadership takes years of practice.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an interview, Christy Pambianchi, EVP and Chief People Officer at Intel, highlights the importance of continuous learning and innovation in HR, emphasizing Intel’s phased approach to implementing AI tools. I will share the same advice I’ve given to my children as they have begun their career journeys.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

According to Méndez-García, one of the best models for making sense of a non-linear world is the S-curve , the model we have used to understand the diffusion of disruptive innovations, and which he and I speculate can be used to understand personal disruption — the necessary pivots in our own career paths.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

Other consumer-focused companies such as IKEA and Starbucks are following in KFC's footsteps, but the learning curve is both steep and long. Make multicultural experiences an explicit part of career path conversations and performance reviews so that young managers can begin to treat view multicultural skill development more seriously.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

While they’re not well-suited for tasks that require technical mastery or where a single mistake is game-ending, they are particularly adept at knowledge work that is innovative in nature, when speed matters and the environment is quickly changing. Accelerating innovation. Leading teams Managing people Productivity'

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

And because organizational change tends to be driven by those who most acutely feel the pain, it’s often line managers who are the strongest champions for “talent tech”: innovations in how firms hire people, staff projects, evaluate performance, and develop talent. Talent tech raises urgency for further talent innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2016

“The fifties was the most exciting career decade of my life so far,” says Babette Pettersen, “and it looks like my options are only getting better as I turn 60.” Pettersen spent her mid-career years with Dow Corning. “Managing career cycles with flexibility and non-linear trajectories is important for us.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

.” The commentators suggested that Woods didn’t need learning; he needed un-learning. In fact, my research has shown that in knowledge industries, rookies tend to outperform experienced staff in innovation and speed). The same is true in business. (In But, they necessitate very different coaching styles.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Eric Pennington presents The Role of the Corporate Rebel posted at Epic Living - Leadership Development Career Management Training Executive Life Coaching Author , saying, "In this post, Eric Pennington, articulates the importance of the corporate rebel and how they should be imbraced.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

” Eric Pennington presents The Role of the Corporate Rebel posted at Epic Living – Leadership Development Career Management Training Executive Life Coaching Author , saying, “In this post, Eric Pennington, articulates the importance of the corporate rebel and how they should be imbraced. ”

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Learn more There’s a quote by Gandhi that Harish Kathiresan, innovation strategy manager at United Utilities, strives to live by: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow, and learn as if you were to live forever.” From the very start of his career, Harish has operated with a growth mindset.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

It seems a woman has to choose between making a career and having babies.” Instead of seeing it as a moment to gauge my ability to think strategically, negotiate with multiple stakeholders, and to navigate constraints, I felt like I was being asked to choose between my career and motherhood.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2014

A S LEADERS we must learn and grow. We must be creative and innovative in our organizations but perhaps more importantly, in working on ourselves. Rookie Smarts : Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work by Liz Wiseman Experience has its upside but its downside may hold us back more than we think. Blog Post ).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Four years ago, Craig Hatkoff, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, approached me about a brainstorm: an event recognizing and celebrating breakthrough innovators. When I suggested to Clayton Christensen that we partner with Hatkoff to create the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards , Clay’s response was : I trust you Whitney.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2025

As industries face unprecedented levels of disruption and innovation, organizations with deliberate and forward-thinking succession strategies are best positioned to secure long-term growth. It also shrinks the learning curve for newly appointed leaders, ensuring a swift ramp-up period and minimal disruption to strategic priorities.

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