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2010: When Leadership Hit the Rapids

Harvard Business Review

It has been a year of challenges for most: relentless business demands, continuing change, and higher expectations from them as leaders. For me, 2010 was the year when I let go of theories and focused on realities, most notably the real challenges of leading in the 21st century. I changed my game.

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Fast Friday with Joe Chidley, SVP Corporate & Public Affairs.

Roundtable Talk

Fast Friday with David Roberts, my dad, and former coach of the Canadian Rugby team → Fast Friday with Joe Chidley, SVP Corporate & Public Affairs, Veritas Communications Posted on June 11, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment Sometimes the best leadership lessons are ones that are given to us very early in our lives.

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To Make Better Decisions, Combine Datasets

Harvard Business Review

Indeed, as I argued in Harvard Business Review , complex systems with their continually changing interrelationships often defy understanding by using conventional means. Who’s Afraid of Data-Driven Management? This in turn creates the opportunity for strategic action. An HBR Insight Center. Beware Big Data’s Easy Answers.

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To Make Better Decisions, Combine Datasets

Harvard Business Review

Indeed, as I argued in Harvard Business Review , complex systems with their continually changing interrelationships often defy understanding by using conventional means. Rather than arguing about what various kinds of activities will drive which outcomes, the questions can now be answered quantitatively.

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Keep Learning Once You Hit the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

Some argued that merely keeping pace with industry and market changes is inadequate; an executive must anticipate change. The costs of not doing so—not continuously changing and evolving—are likely to be high. Those who neglect to keep up, one respondent said, “will be left behind in a rapidly changing market.”.