The Practical Leader

MAY 12, 2021

One of the biggest success stories to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis is the incredibly quick development of life-saving vaccines. An especially exciting medical breakthrough is the development of messenger RNA (mRNA) technology now used in Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines. It’s a compelling and insightful read.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 16, 2019

One reviewer said that the star of the movie wasn’t any of the actors. We’ve set up a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal (BHAG) and we start working toward it. There were so many other things that claimed his attention. There was basketball and other activities. There was learning about computers and how to make them do what you wanted.

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BHAG Video Open-book Goal 241

The Practical Leader

APRIL 27, 2022

In his editorial, “Making Purpose Real,” Harvard Business Review , editor, Adi Ignatius, writes, “Too often, discussions of managing with ‘purpose’ can be frustratingly vague. ” That’s a BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) I’ve pursued most of my career! Develop purpose-related metrics.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

Ending extreme poverty by 2030 is the BHAG – the big, hairy audacious goal – of our generation. Discussion abounds in the development sector today about the best ways to empower the poor. While skepticism abounds, momentum is on our side, with poverty rates falling in every region of world. Do you give them cash or assets

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 8, 2010

I’ve written that the “secret of life&# is never growing up, and indeed, that child’s sense of wonder is an element of idea generation that just HAS to be there if an organization is going to swing for the fences with big changes, or to go after those “BHAGs&# (big, hairy and audacious goals).

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