Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 9, 2010

Lessons from Gilbert and Sullivan. Steve Boese of Steve Boese’s HR Technology shows how quickly small acorns can grow into the mighty oaks of an ‘A’ Team in Quick – Send in the ‘B’ Team Michael Lee Stallard entices us to take a break on our tour …er, journey…. and ponder The Pride Paradox. why is everyone smiling?

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Leadership McCarthy Gilbert Sample 244

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Kodak was so blinded by its success that it completely missed the rise of digital technologies. So, another explanation is that Kodak invented the technology but didn’t invest in it. Kodak created a digital camera, invested in the technology, and even understood that photos would be shared online. Why did this happen?

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Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2013

Yale School of Management Professor Dick Foster notes that a single firm cannot innovate faster than the market in which it participates. A large company just can't innovate faster than the market. But a large company can innovate better than the market. And the odds are pretty high that she is going to lose. Why is that?

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Innovation Gilbert Budgeting Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

I argued a few months ago that the innovation axis was shifting from the West to the East. Silicon Valley remains the global hot spot of innovation, and America continues to churn out innovative companies like Groupon and Bloom Energy. Innovation has never been more accessible.

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Innovation Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Gilbert 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

Of course, being a dominant film provider became increasingly irrelevant in light of recent technological shifts. This is the title of the first day of the 28-day training program in the back of The Little Black Book of Innovation. Gilbert's HBR article with Joseph Bauer that also discusses Kodak is available here.

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Gilbert Film Incubator Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

An interconnected world where technology advances at a dizzying pace and new companies emerge, scale, and decline in the blink of an eye means never a dull moment for corporate leaders. Readers in industries where the pace of change has slowed and ambiguity has decreased , please stop reading. This post isn’t for you. Everyone still here?

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Disruptive Innovation Advertising Gilbert Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

This intensive customer focus has increased as technology-enabled transparency and online social media accelerate an inexorable flow of market power downstream from suppliers to customers. The clients don’t have to own or maintain the technology. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses.

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