Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

In the words of Robert Anderson and William Adams, authors of Scaling Leadership , “We are running an Internal Operating System that is not complex enough for the complexity we face. Builds involvement and consensus, supports team members, and advocates for team initiatives. This is our Development Gap.” Walks the talk.”.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2019

I N AN IBM global survey of CEOs, the overwhelming consensus was that more than rigor, management discipline, integrity or even vision, successfully navigating an increasing complex world will require creativity. They march through the phases robotically, as if they have discovered a magic formula for innovation. Focus and distance.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Do they foster creative thought and innovation? Determine whether the overall approach will be one of seeking consensus among the group’s members or relying on the expertise of those charged with each element. Are we sticking to what we agreed to? What new processes might help us be more effective? Settle on decision-making.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 17, 2021

The results reveal a clear divide between policymakers, who typically aligned around specific priorities, and the private sector, where no such consensus emerged. “As Among the private sector, however, no real consensus emerged, with several options equally popular.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This includes evaluating whether the board composition is diverse and well-aligned with the organization’s goals, whether there are clear roles and responsibilities defined for board members, and whether the board operates with transparency and integrity.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 23, 2014

These individuals probably have some history of working together but they also operate with the same obstructed viewpoint. Coming to a consensus around vision and direction can be time intensive simply because people who don’t interact are likely speaking to each other for the very first time, and frankly don’t trust each other.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

In today’s world, you have to rely on consensus and shared ownership rather than any individual point of view—even your own. But perfectionism is a dangerous state of mind in an imperfect world of business and leadership, the enemy of creativity, innovation and effectiveness. Leadership is all about humility. Moving too fast.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Consensus is a powerful tool. When CEOs set out to conquer new markets or undertake billion-dollar acquisitions, we’d hope they’d at least sought out some consensus from their trusted advisors. The problem with consensus is that it’s expensive. The problem with consensus is that it’s expensive. Consider the story of Nick.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 22, 2024

As we gain a greater understanding of the role generative AI might play in the workplace, there’s a growing consensus that it will work alongside humans rather than replace them. As many companies turn to AI to streamline operations and boost productivity, the research underscores the technology’s limitations.

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Engaging Leader

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Holacracy is a fundamentally different “operating system” for organizations. Instead, employees […] Holacracy is a fundamentally different “operating system” for organizations. Instead, employees self-manage and belong to different decision-making circles that keep the company operating.”

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The key to explaining this is the situation in which people operated. The general consensus around risk-taking is something that the researchers believe has clear implications for our careers. “If So perceived dominance undermined people’s willingness to vote for risk-takers, whereas perceived prestige made them more willing.”.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The research consensus is that whilst diverse teams can present coordination challenges, they nonetheless thrive due to the different perspectives they can bring to bare on particular problems. The importance of diversity to team performance is something that I’ve written about numerous times before.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 27, 2018

The ability to meet challenges with a willingness to depart from standard operating procedures; to confront anxiety, tolerate criticism, take intelligent risks, and refute conventional wisdom—especially one’s own views—in order to achieve breakthroughs” is what Jonah Sachs calls unsafe thinking. W E ALL GET STUCK IN RUTS. Thinking ruts.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best? Never be swayed by consensus that calls you to compromise your values, rather be guided by doing the right thing. The strongest teams don’t weed out or neutralize individual tendencies, they capitalize on them.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

Who is the world's most innovative company? Last year , number crunchers at Forbes found that Salesforce.com is the company with the highest "Innovation Premium" baked into its stock price. Perhaps a company's ability to innovate doesn't last long. There's no doubt: measuring "innovation" is a fuzzy business.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

We are often asked whether the best way to structure for innovation is top-down or bottom-up. Bottom-up approaches work well for incremental (keeps you in the game) innovations. Breakthrough (changes the game) innovations, contrary to popular belief, need a top-down approach. The answer is both, but it depends.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

In addition to the negative impact on decision-making, diminished communications from the lack of connection reduces the marketplace of ideas inside the organization, which in turn reduces innovation. This made it safe for people to disagree and express views that were outside of the consensus view. Connecting the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Borrowing many of the HBR article’s key ideas and filling in specific operational practices, Sutherland created a new way of developing software; honoring the rugby imagery, he dubbed his approach “scrum.” They keep customers happier.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

Who is the world's most innovative company? Last year , number crunchers at Forbes found that Salesforce.com is the company with the highest "Innovation Premium" baked into its stock price. Perhaps a company's ability to innovate doesn't last long. There's no doubt: measuring "innovation" is a fuzzy business.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2016

I was Dean of a leading business school in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the top mobile telecom operator in Tunisia when the Arab Spring broke out, turning the already troubled Middle East and North Africa upside down. Separate the transformation or innovation team from the traditional part of the organization.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Editor's note: This post is the first in a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Lack of consensus among players in a complex system is one of the biggest barriers to innovation. It's a classic change management problem.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

In a perfect world, governments would have the cash and the consensus to fund and coordinate the construction of the infrastructure required to sustainably accommodate a rapidly urbanizing world. Investors from hedge funds to insurance companies are operating in an environment of low yields, near-zero interest rates, and a glut of savings.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Averaged the numbers to create group consensus. Allowed for the group to individually share where they placed themselves, while I wrote each persons name under the number they said.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

How much does your company need to invest in innovation? The biggest obstacle here isn’t calculating an accurate number; it’s reaching a consensus of what the ballpark figure should be. Growth strategy Innovation' But this is not cause for alarm.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2012

For years — even decades — in response to intensifying global competition, companies decided to outsource their manufacturing operations in order to reduce costs. Manufacturing, it turns out, really matters in an innovation-driven economy. by Will Thorndike. But is this the blueprint we should be following? Not necessarily.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Innovative. But if employees have long been valued and rewarded for behaviors such as practicality, consistency, self-reliance, and prudence, why wouldn’t they find it uncomfortable to suddenly embrace behaviors such as innovation, agility, collaboration, and boldness? amriphoto/Getty Images. Collaborative.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2012

In The Innovator's Guide to Growth we suggested that companies should create one-page "Idea Resumes" that capture the essence of an idea on a single PowerPoint slide. If you don't have an innovation strategy , go and create one.). A small decision-making team can come to consensus about the right plans to take forward.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Many of us are familiar with the hazards of Groupthink - when teams or organizations operate on autopilot and feel a general false sense of invulnerability. In some rare cases, individuals are able to push back against team consensus and help organizations recognize and proactively respond to changes in the competitive landscape.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2014

There is a general consensus among economic analysts and commentators that the changes are merely cosmetic — they certainly do not affect the daily lives of most average Nigerians, and their timing might be politically motivated given the upcoming 2015 elections which are expected to be highly contested. Global business'

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

But collaboration is not consensus. Too often, people will try to collaborate on everything, and wind up in endless meetings, debating ideas and struggling to find consensus. To Foster Innovation, Connect Coworkers Who Share Aspirations. Collaboration is not a style. Collaboration is not “cross-selling.” Amy Jen Su.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Doing so entails operating more efficiently or innovating to create products that consumers value more. This expert consensus is incompatible with our subjects’ view of profit as almost necessarily coming at the expense of others. What does this mean to people running businesses?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 5, 2017

I also believe that when simplification is an operating principle, it can guide leaders both in big, risky decisions and in daily priorities. He was a decent guy, had a senior role in the HR department, and wanted our help building new innovation skills and improving the team’s morale.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2014

It’s not hard to see why a partnership between a strong, but staid incumbent and an innovative startup appears attractive. ULA benefits from access to Blue Origin’s innovative designs and lean operations. At first glance, it appears that Blue Origin is merely supplying a resource, its innovative BE4 engine, to ULA.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

An additive operation in the algebra of change, as my colleague Stuart Albert would put it, not a subtractive or transformative process. Michelle Bachelet , the former Chilean president, said that in changing times the best leaders are those who can be generals one day and consensus-builders the next. Josette Sheeran , U.N.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

They''re a keystone of what we call a "future-back" approach to strategy, which unlike the "present forward" nature of most strategic-planning processes, doesn''t operate under the assumption that tomorrow will be pretty much like today, and the day after pretty much more of the same. Innovation Strategy'

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2018

The ABU was set up as a centralized profit center with ambitious targets and with direct reporting to the chief operations officer; most often, similar units are organized as cost centers with no specific targets. The value generated by risk- and operational cost-abating analytics initiatives is measured by their impact on the bottom line.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Welch was convinced that the speed of globalization and technological innovation in the 21 st century would require companies to work very differently – with shorter decision cycles, more employee engagement, and stronger collaboration than had previously been required to compete. This was delaying product production.

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