Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

A positive climate at work will “broaden and build” your organization because it makes people more creative, resilient, and innovative. Goleman, 2007).”. Fortunately, the effect can also be reversed as research shows that working in the vicinity of a positive leader, makes you positive (Goleman, Biyatzis, McKee, 2004).

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Positioning Development Goleman Short-term 211

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Nokia's inability to field a credible response to the launch of the iPhone in 2007 and Google's Android operating system in 2008 has precipitated a freefall in its share price. Motorola is finally attempting a comeback with handsets using Google's Android operating system, but is now only a minor player.

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Supply Chain Long-term Brand Early Adopters 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

The timeline showed five improvement initiatives matching the eras of five presidents: Quality Action Teams (1992-1995), Total Cycle Time (1995-2000), Perfect Order (2000-2003), Grainger Performance System (Balanced Scorecard and Six Sigma) (2004-2007), and Lean (2008). Brad Power is a consultant and researcher in process innovation.

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Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

No advertising innovation: The "I'm a Mac/"I'm a PC" campaign ran for three and a half years without a refresh. In 2004, Apple's CFO, Fred Anderson, left the company. In 2007, the SEC filed charges alleging that she let Apple backdate large option grants and altered corporate records to hide the actions.

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Marketing Stage-Gate Advertising Price 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Make you more innovative. 5827 (2007): 1036–1039. The sidebar “The Innovator’s Network Dilemma” presents convincing data that bears out this observation. The Innovator''s Network Dilemma A study by University of Chicago sociologist Ron Burt demon­strates the cost of inbred networks.

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How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Studying these successes and failures, we’ve identified half a dozen key reasons platforms fail, all of which boil down to managers’ misunderstanding of how platforms operate and compete. In 2004, the residual assets were sold off for a mere $7 million, a tiny fraction of the $500 million auto manufacturers had invested.

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Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

Air Products, for example, tripled corporate productivity (hard profit-and-loss benefits) from 2003 to 2006, and boosted operating return on net assets from 9.5% from 2004 to 2007. Brad Power ( bradfordpower@gmail.com ) is a consultant and researcher in process innovation. And they succeeded wildly.

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Process Champy Competitive Advantage Hammer 15