Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Power of Pressure : Why Pressure Isn't the Problem, It's the Solution by Dane Jensen (Collins, 2021) What’s the most pressure you’ve ever been under? Yet it can be shattered in an instant, with a devastating impact on a company’s market cap and reputation. Blog Post ). How did you react? What helped? What didn’t?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Great by Choice : Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All. by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen. Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen represents a detailed assessment of companies thriving in times of uncertainty compared with similar organizations not performing so well.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

In our new book Great by Choice , Jim Collins and I pondered that question. When Peter Lewis of Progressive, the car insurance company, had the idea of expanding into the safe-driver market, he did not move in one big swoop. Markets down? Market hype? Competition severe? He did not care.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The second conversation touched on how people deal with uncertainty and anxiety in the workplace. There’s a tremendous body of management and marketing literature focused on the importance of purpose to organizational success. You end your book with this: “Purpose is pointless without pleasure.” Absolutely.

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