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Ditch ‘Change Fatigue’ and Embrace Continual Evolution

Center for Creative Leadership

Lorsch and Emily McTague put it in their Harvard Business Review article , “Culture isn’t something you ‘fix.’ … Cultural change is what you get after you’ve put new processes or structures in place to tackle tough business challenges. “But they are not set up to take risks, to be innovative, and try new things out,” Altman adds.

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Research: Why Best Practices Don’t Translate Across Cultures

Harvard Business Review

What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures. Sara Vaerlander, Bobbi Thomason, Brandi Pearce, Heather Altman, and I observed what happened after the innovation practices were shared with the company’s Indian and Chinese counterparts. leadership. You and Your Team Series. Managing Across Cultures. Pamela Hinds.

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How to Make Sure People Won’t Hate Your New Open Office Plan

Harvard Business Review

In concert with our coauthors, Sara Vaerlander, Bobbie Thomason, and Heather Altman, we talked with workers and collected survey data from over 300 employees in five different countries – France, Israel, India, the U.S., We examined the roll-out of open office spaces in a global Fortune 500 company.