First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 28, 2012

The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses Eric Ries Crown Business (2011) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.”

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Ries Drucker Review Entrepreneur 103

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Sure, great leaders never lose sight of their core business, they pay attention to managing risk, etc., If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. What’s interesting is that the best leaders proactively focus on looking for game changers. Focus on value creation.

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Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 379

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

You’ll note when reviewing the Top Leadership Blogs list below that I did not apply a numerical hierarchy to the rankings, but rather just disclosed my data points – I decided it would be a better list if I let you draw your own conclusions and render your own opinions. You can follow Phil on Twitter @philgerb.

Blog 411

Blog Leadership Follow-up Media 411

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Everyone wants to be innovative but no one wants to make a mistake.". The rock: the new imperative for innovation that has over taken the corporation in the last few years. Senior managers frown on anything that won't pan out. In a phrase: innovation is getting more urgent but risk is getting riskier. She seemed stressed.

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Innovation Brainstorming Disruptive Innovation Collins 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

As global innovators, however, they share a remarkable core value and best practice: they invest in the innovative capabilities of their suppliers. I just tell them, 'Please make something great,'" says Liam Collins, who oversees the Los Angeles facility, told the paper. "We We provide the space, equipment and expertise.

Innovation 8

Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Automotive 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

After reviewing all the comments, I decided to talk on how to lead effectively when dealing with the collision of cross generational cultures within an organizational setting. How about a discussion on what leaders can do to inspire cultural innovation. Sounds like an interesting event and line up.

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Influence Blog Leadership Video 359

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

There was a lot more common thinking than critical, innovative thinking. I have live video above, and in the text that follows I’ll share my opinions on the best and the worst of WBF Day 1… Jim Collins kicked-off the day with everything you would expect from him. Fear is dead as a management tool.

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Blog Brand Media Influence 360

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Established enterprises need to innovate to keep pace with the more nimble, smaller startups. Take the example of Beth, Director of e-Commerce & Digital Innovation at a company I’ll refer to as Acme, a 20-year-old, global enterprise. Beth manages a team that’s considered a “startup within the enterprise.”

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Tips 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

For years, when I spoke with CEOs or senior leaders, it was because they were interested in how my consulting firm could help their employees become more engaged, or innovative, or sustainably high-performing. In Good to Great , Jim Collins wrote that the best leaders were characterized by a blend of “humility and fierce resolve.”

How To 8

How To Self-aware Quality Collins 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

In all the tributes to Steve Jobs, what people recall is not these numbers, of course, but the innovations, the man himself, and what he stood for. The question on the minds of most managers around the world is, well, how did he do this (and can we learn some of those things)? Hid did it all.

CEO 13

CEO Collins Long-term Analysis 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

Competitors like IBM and Compaq struggled with the politics of managing their various channel partners and lagged Dell in inventory management. Their aim was to determine if the companies in question became more or less innovative following the buyout. This simple strategy proved wildly successful.

Rivkin 15

Rivkin Succession Short-term Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Jim Collins had a lot to say about CEOs he saw demonstrating modesty and leading quietly, not charismatically , in his 2001 bestseller Good to Great. And to the extent it is considered by managers rising through the ranks, it is often misunderstood. Don''t kid yourself that they and their innovations aren''t a serious threat.

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Development Self-aware Press Release Collins 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

The organizations I admire don't just lead their industries in terms of innovation or financial performance or market share. As Jim Collins, the great management guru, has argued, "The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. Is this company a leader in creating leaders up and down its ranks?

Company 15

Company Collins Airlines Long-term 15

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 8, 2017

Previously I’ve written about Cubs manager Joe Maddon and the Chicago Cubs’ Connection Culture. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, recently wrote about research that showed social media was making us lonelier. It would be timeless. Vivek Murthy, said the most common illness today is a lack of connection.

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Power Competitive Advantage Sports Collins 236

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

More than 190 member countries committed to “eliminate poverty in all its forms everywhere” by 2030, together with 16 other “big, hairy, audacious goals” — to use Jim Collins’ memorable phrase. This can make the case for innovating in sustainable development more challenging. during the assembly.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Borisch, product manager at a long-established outfit called Milwaukee Gear Company. All too often, especially in long-established companies, expertise gets in the way of innovation. So why not learn from innovators outside your industry as a way to shake things up and leapfrog your rivals? Change management Execution'

Objective 8

Objective Safe Harbor Collins Class 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

HP had grown so large, to about $30 billion in sales, that Barnholt and other senior managers felt pinched to reach their double-digit growth goals. To launch HP's big new businesses, the company's managers took rigorously logical steps.

Ries 11

Ries Agility Market Segmentation Christensen 11

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Best wishes Scott… [link] Dan Collins Mike, Excellent post. For those who read less, one strong motivator is to apply more of the ideas into innovative action plans for that day. I also receive books from publishers for review. I haven't read the book yet, but when I do I'll share my feedback with readers.

Blog 419

Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Might a company have the same DNA for its lifetime, but be able to innovate by expressing that DNA into new business models, organizational designs, and offerings? Jim Collins has written of Hewlett and Packard that “their greatest product was the Hewlett-Packard Company and their greatest idea was The HP Way.”

How To 8

How To Decentralization Environment Collins 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Patients generally need proof of insurance to access outpatient clinics, and Parkland was serving a large volume of uninsured people as inpatients — so it extended preventive care and management of chronic conditions into the outpatient arena, much like an ACO. Population-driven innovation. We still operate that way today.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Manage culture by setting expectations appropriately. Innovative, proudly geeky Norwegian software company, Trolltech , an open-source pioneer, landed a contract with the mobile division of Sharp, the Japan-based consumer electronics global powerhouse. Manage the arduously long sales cycle.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 10, 2010

During the Leadercast program and prior to my meeting with Goodnight, author Jim Collins interviewed him on stage. Collins seemed to be looking for something similar in Goodnight to explain SAS’s benevolent corporate culture where the average work week is 35 hours and the bucolic SAS campus has nearly every employee perk imaginable.

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Collins Open-book McCarthy Software 207

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Our finding is data-based evidence that the Level 5 CEOs described in Jim Collins’s book Good to Great — leaders who are “a study in duality: modest and willful, shy and fearless” — can be related to desirable organizational results.

CEO 8

CEO Retail Class Charan 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

When I started building WATTx , an innovation lab for smart climate solutions in the Internet of Things (IoT) space six months ago, I quickly came to this exact realization. When you’re a top manager or even the CEO of a large company, you understandably have little time to take on the entire process yourself. Find your mix.

Company 8

Company Benchmarking Storytelling Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

When Jim Collins and I studied who won big in highly uncertain industries, we found that those leaders — including Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Herb Kelleher — had much in common with Amundsen, while their peers shared traits with Scott (see our book Great by Choice ). There's even more we can learn here.

Hedge 15

Hedge Collins Open-book Teamwork 15

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Therefore, I’ve concluded it’s time to take a step back and review the fundamentals. link] Dan Collins Thanks Mike. However in reflecting upon my presentations and client engagements, I’ve noticed that it’s not an infrequent occurrence to find that even the most savvy executives misconstrue certain basic leadership ideas.

Blog 406

Blog Leadership Leadership Styles Learning-by-Doing 406

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2011

We manage numbers because it's easier. We focus on stuff that matters, surely, but we are doing the thing of managing the measurable, rather than the meaningful. Management experts, marketplace results, and thorough research all proves that people are central to what we produce today and how well we can produce results.

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Succession CFO Collins Bottom-up 15