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7 Steps to Problem Solving

Skip Prichard

2: Disaggregate. Yes, we find the most common mistakes in complex problem solving are weak problem statements, poor problem disaggregation, and insufficient attention to good team norms. What do leadership teams most struggle with in the new environment? 7 Steps to Problem Solving. 1: Define the problem. 3: Prioritize.

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Why You Should Let a 5-Year Old Design Your Next Product

Harvard Business Review

In the Industrial Era, becoming an "inventor" meant you also had to create an organization that could produce, market, and sell your invention. The intensity of the organizational demands narrowed the chances that new solutions would ever actually come to market. And, of course, this slowed innovation and restrained market outcomes.

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Who Wins in the Gig Economy, and Who Loses

Harvard Business Review

Without a full-time job, a true sense of security was elusive, benefits were inaccessible, and you were more likely to be stranded on the fringes of the labor market, observing rather than living the American Dream. All of that is changing. Entrepreneurial workers also win.

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5 Questions That Will Help You Stay Ahead of Your Disruptors

Harvard Business Review

” That clean-sheet perspective emboldened Intel’s leadership to abandon memory and focus on microprocessors. Stagnant growth in its core PC market recently led Intel to announce layoffs of roughly 12% of its workforce. The company will also eliminate a key chipset in the difficult tablet and smartphone market.

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As Work Changes, Leadership Development Has to Keep Up

Harvard Business Review

As work itself is changing, some of the basic tenets of leadership development are being challenged. Work is being disaggregated into tasks that can be dispersed inside and outside of the organization — the “uberization” of work. Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.