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Is The Gig Economy Set To Disrupt The Legal Profession?

The Horizons Tracker

The study explores the Chinese market after the country’s Ministry of Justice made online legal services a key part of its strategy. This resulted in some lawyers admitting that they had altered advice to clients when they felt they were unhappy, despite this violating their ethics.

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The Case for Corporate Disobedience

Harvard Business Review

But as Steve Blank, Henry Chesbrough, and others have pointed out , that advantage is offset by the daunting fact that corporate innovators have to fight a war on two fronts. This is where the concept of stealth innovation can help you. To some extent, you can secure the necessary flexibility by negotiating it up front.

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business Review

Tactical performance is how effectively your organization sticks to its strategy. The second type, known as adaptive performance , is how effectively your organization diverges from its strategy. Adaptive performance manifests as creativity, problem solving, grit, innovation, and citizenship.

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How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation

Harvard Business Review

They are innovating in ways that create virtuous circles for a generation or more." He also forced partners and distributors to commit in writing to uphold IBM's strict ethical standards. In contrast, IBM kept laser-like focus on building the global organization to execute its strategy, and financial results followed.

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Nabob and the Coffee Kerfuffle: How the 120-year-old brand managed to maintain its challenger status.

In the CEO Afterlife

Years later, it took on bigger players by introducing new innovative packaging to the market, and subsequently carving out a double-digit share when few thought it could be done. So we had to make sure our advertising was [intrusive], our promotions were better and to continually innovate with new things.”. Better Coffee” positioning.

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