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Leading in the Wild

Lead Change Blog

A maverick band of rabbits, threatened by the spread of industrial construction near their warren (home), start out on a quest for a new warren and a better society. They extend a heartfelt invitation to all (does and bucks) to join them on their wild journey. “Do Welcome to the Wild. The Way of the Leader in the Wild.

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The Mismanagement of Change (And 5 Ways to Get It Right)

Lead Change Blog

1 This feeling of incongruity can be deeply unsettling, for example, when men set off explosives at a marathon race or open fire in a movie theater; that is not how our world is supposed to operate. They may need to get out of their comfort zone, adapt their identity a bit, or adjust their goals a little. Frame the Change.

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HPU: A Case Study in the Extraordinary

Mark Sanborn

He made it a goal to provide life preparation for students to take their place in society after graduation. Everything operated as its own unit. There was no sense of a larger purpose or united goal. It turns out that academia, like most professions and industries, values the status quo. . As Roger Clodfelter, Senior V.P.

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To Resolve a Conflict, First Decide: Is It Hot or Cold?

Harvard Business Review

To help you answer this vital question, consider these two definitions: Hot conflict is when one or more parties are highly emotional and doing one or more of the following: speaking loudly or shouting; being physically aggressive, wild or threatening; using language that is incendiary; appearing out of control and potentially explosive.

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Calculate How Much Your Company Should Invest in Innovation

Harvard Business Review

To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless. Setting the growth target.

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Why Google Fiber Is High-Speed Internet’s Most Successful Failure

Harvard Business Review

But what if the company’s goal was never to unleash the disrupter itself so much as to encourage incumbent broadband providers to do so, helping Google’s expansion in adjacent markets such as video and emerging markets including smart homes? Construction costs fell, and the speed of deployments increased.