Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 18, 2024

What they do not do well is identify the most important hazards and opportunities early enough, formulate creative strategic initiatives nimbly enough, and implement them fast enough.” – John Kotter, Harvard Business School Business disruption, societal upheaval and rapid technological shifts bring constant pressure for organisations to innovate.

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Agility Kotter Advice How To 52

Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 17, 2015

In “ The Heart of Change ”, John Kotter and Dan Cohen discuss a study they conducted with Deloitte Consulting about the nature of change. In a business setting, a logical argument is expected, of course. Just don’t count on the logical argument to win people over to your way of thinking. People don’t think in a void.

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Storytelling Kotter Influence Teamwork 100

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

This idea is supported by Harvard Business School Professor John Kotter, authority on leadership and change, who finds that in order to succeed, 75% of the company’s management, needs to ‘buy into’ the change. I had forgotten about them because I get stressed with the things I don’t like as much.

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Strategy Kotter RASCI Motivation 70

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2012

The question on many business leaders' minds is this: Does the potential for accelerating existing business processes warrant the enormous cost associated with technology adoption, project ramp up, and staff hiring and training that accompany Big Data efforts? If you can't define the goal of a Big Data effort, don't pursue it.

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Kotter How To Technology Project 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

Would shareholders of Kodak — which had some of the earliest digital photography technology — agree that its destruction made evolutionary sense, or would they echo Harvard Professor John Kotter's remark that it was the result of "complacency"? Markets change; technology evolves. Root it out wherever you find it.

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Creativity Long-term Kotter Cost of Capital 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

To address these questions, Coty partnered with Kotter International to implement a broad global change management program. Kotter’s book Accelerate.). The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. The Coty experience also informs case study examples in John P. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Supply Chain Kotter Critical Success Factor Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

John Kotter defines leadership as "creating a vision of the future and strategies for producing the changes needed to achieve that vision; aligning people around the vision; and motivating them to overcome barriers and produce the changes needed to achieve the vision.". And they need to come from everywhere.

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Kotter COO Information Technology Influence 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2015

It’s been almost 10 years since HBR published John Kotter’s classic article,” Why Transformation Efforts Fail.” For example, when a large technology firm integrated specialized engineers into its regional sales teams, there were shifts in roles, client coverage, compensation, goal setting, and teamwork.

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Kotter Decentralization Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2016

This magic zone is what John Kotter referred to as the “Productive Range of Distress.” In the sales example, if you ask the Regional VP not to discuss any opportunities that are not in the system, your technology hold-outs will be left out of the discussion. Instead, allow poor performance to lead to a natural consequence.

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Team Stress How To Automotive 15