The Practical Leader

JANUARY 8, 2019

” Technology is a major driving of change and is changing very unpredictably as we see in these forecasts: Lee DeForest, the “father of radio,” said in 1926 “While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility.”

Project 67

Project Letter Trends Wilde 67

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in Running the business Financial People Business development Body of Knowledge The Big Picture No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. As the years go by, one continues paying dues.

P&L 56

P&L Books Definition Strategic Planning 56

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

Business development. They take what is said at face value because they have not or don’t care to develop abilities to discern what is hyped by others. This negatively impacts our society, which continually seeks button-pushing answers for life’s complex problems without paying enough dues toward a truly successful life.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Organizations that thrive on change use data and analytics as a competitive asset. They adapt quickly and predict trends by continuously curating and analyzing data and developing insights that drive new value. Core technologies such as cloud, mobility, modern applications, and networks continue to evolve.

Technology 8

Technology Content Business Model Market Segmentation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

We often look at innovation in terms of the new products and technologies that come to market. Through their websites, companies inform customers about their products and also involve customers directly in developing new products by soliciting new ideas and reviews. We don't often think about how we consume these new offerings.

Retail 15

Retail Open-book Comparison Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Firms have been developing models that predict how their customers will behave for years. Indeed, as I argued in Harvard Business Review , complex systems with their continually changing interrelationships often defy understanding by using conventional means. Decision making Information & technology Strategy'

Budgeting 14

Budgeting Information Technology System Library 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2014

Another urged executives to “continue to educate themselves commercially, financially, and operationally.”. Some argued that merely keeping pace with industry and market changes is inadequate; an executive must anticipate change. The costs of not doing so—not continuously changing and evolving—are likely to be high.

360-Degree Feedback 10

360-Degree Feedback Self-aware Mentor Consultative 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

The technological advances of the digital age have allowed the global workforce to be better connected, more collaborative, and have greater personal impact than ever before. Today, literally everything in the workplace is changing from the volume and complexity of job-related data to the nature of work itself. Or are they?

Management 8

Management Globalization Drucker Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

“The phenomenal number of interacting parts, interacting people and continuing changes in technology mean that we will always have failures, full stop.” This is “not because people screw up, but because of the immense complexity of what we do,” she told The Washington Post.

Root Cause Analysis 10

Root Cause Analysis Edmondson CEO Industry 10

Strategy Driven

JUNE 13, 2021

Coconino County has enhanced its Public Works fleet operations by focusing on employee development and establishing new business practices. Paradoxically, the County’s approach to improve operations in the Fleet Services Division has focused on developing employees and improving work processes. Staffing Challenges and Planned Actions.

Operations 77

Operations Succession Automotive Incentives 77

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 14, 2014

Training a newly formed Afghan Air Force is the epitome in complex continual change management. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates lamented in 2011 that, “There is a risk over time of developing a cadre of military leaders that … have less and less in common with the people they are sworn to defend.”

Emotional Intelligence 150

Emotional Intelligence Participative Short-term Letter 150

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2014

Does this create pressure to adopt the same technology or the same processes? They each have a development group that’s coming up with different ideas, but because we said, “You don’t have to take ideas from anybody else,” they felt freer to talk with each other. I’ve relied upon general trends and openness to change.

Creativity 14

Creativity Film Management Short-term 14