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Resistance to Change is Cooperation for Improvement

Mike Cardus

While working, you perceive change on a continuum from cooperation and learning — to resistance and a pain in the ass. . Change happens, and the cooperation/resistance is what you learn from and look for to co-construct what makes change work to improve the organization’s and your viability in the market. .

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Let’s Stop Confusing Cooperation and Teamwork with Collaboration

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Often the words collaboration, coordination, and cooperation are used to describe effective teamwork. But they are not the same, and when we use these words interchangeably, we dilute their meaning and diminish the potential for creating powerful, collaborative environments. It is about teamwork in implementation.

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Implementing the Seven Principles for Intentional Work Culture Change

Mike Cardus

Implementing the Seven Principles for Intentional Culture Change Transforming organizational culture is a complex and crucial process for businesses seeking to adapt to new realities and improve their internal dynamics. Provide platforms for sharing feedback and innovations. Actions and decisions that contradict professed values.

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Unleashing the Power of Sustained Growth

Skip Prichard

Talk to us about the power in being specific and how top leaders use this in their planning. They understand competition is always after market share and realize they need to constantly innovate and invest in their Company Advantage. Which Culture Builders need the most improvement? Which Culture Killers are the biggest obstacles?

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The Movement Of People And Ideas Is Key To Economic Growth

The Horizons Tracker

It’s nearly a decade since Northwestern’s Robert Gordon pondered whether sclerotic innovation was causing the death of economic growth as we had come to know it. An explanation comes in the form of a paper from Northwestern’s Mark Buchanan, in which he highlights what is known as recombinative innovation.

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Consultants: Resistance Is Futile

N2Growth Blog

Her world is complex, she relies on robust processes, continuous improvement and highly experienced employees to meet the needs of the business. Do I really have to put my team through this process again? Susan started to explain that all of the estimates were made in a vacuum and they did not consider her work in process.

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Responsive Leadership: Needed Now More Than Ever

Leading Blog

Often leaders are described by action words such as “results-oriented, innovative, driven and visionary”. Curiosity will play a critical role in steering an organizational transformation, creating a new product, innovation or better understanding the competition. Never underestimate the power of humility.