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Leadership Lessons in Classlessness and Class

Next Level Blog

Of course, the capper was when he told the interviewer Jim Gray that of the six NBA teams that had been recruiting him, the only one that knew his decision at that moment was the one that he planned to play for. In contrast to the seedy and classless drama engineered by James and Gilbert, this weekend marked the passing of Bob Sheppard.

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How to Develop A Success Mindset

Skip Prichard

Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Then, over the course of a month or so, we will become quite fluent in counting to 10 in that language. He readily admits that during the first half of his career, he operated with an inward mindset. How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.”

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Kodak and the Brutal Difficulty of Transformation

Harvard Business Review

Of course, being a dominant film provider became increasingly irrelevant in light of recent technological shifts. Innosight director Clark Gilbert's doctoral research on this topic (with a particular focus on the newspaper industry's response to disruptive change), is a very worthwhile read on this topic. This is hard stuff.

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business Review

Today the company has annual revenues above $20 billion, competes in healthcare and electronics operations and derives significant revenues from document solutions. Our colleague Clark Gilbert described more than a decade ago a great irony of disruption. The right lessons from Kodak are subtle.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

b Between 1920 and 1930, for example, 87 percent of Broadway shows flopped despite being attached to big names like Rogers and Hammerstein, or Gilbert and Sullivan. But of course, that depends a lot on what a person’s job is. Teach a course at a university or local college. Spend a day with a millennial in your company.

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Innovate Faster or Innovate Better?

Harvard Business Review

Except funding, of course. There are some things that only large companies can do, because they have unique assets like technology, channel relationships, relationships with regulators, scale operations, and so on. The young staff certainly seemed to be enjoying itself in the lounge that was well-stocked with booze and snacks. "So,

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What the Media Industry Can Teach Us About Digital Business Models

Harvard Business Review

Of course, for most traditional publishing incumbents, “great” is not the word that springs to mind. There’s a reason Innosight Advisor Clark Gilbert, who demonstrated the value of this approach as he transformed the Deseret News and Digital Media, calls this the toughest problem in business today.