Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

It wasn’t long after Michaels arrival that he was impressing his co-workers by offering $100 to a waitress at the nearby InterContinental Hotel to expose herself. After he used the Trib’s own retirement plan as leverage to buy the company, Zell brought in as CEO a former morning zoo style radio shock jock named Randy Michaels.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

In providing research and developing training programs for various large corporations about managing change, we find that the biggest stumbling block for employees from top-down is lack of buy-in. This means gaining buy-in from stakeholders by developing a sense of urgency that will spark the initial motivation and get things moving.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2010

The following season NAIB officials invited Indiana State again, and this time decided they would allow Clarence to play, provided he didn’t stay at the hotel with his teammates and wouldn’t be seen publicly with them. Once again the coach declined. He always said, “You’re as good as anybody, but you’re no better than anybody.”

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Innovative companies have innovative cultures. Think of Google, or of how GE has sustained an innovation culture that goes back to its founding father, Thomas Edison. As mysterious as it can sound, creating a culture of innovation isn’t rocket science. Provide “Worthless” Rewards.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

Instead of a monolithic one-way interaction, business is now being conducted through constant and meaningful two-way conversations between organizations and constituents – at every stage of organizational development. A community of travelers help us select hotels that meet our personal preferences thanks to Trip Advisor.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2014

Afterwards, the hotel concierge furiously worked three phones to get taxi cabs to appear for the 15 people who were waiting with growing impatience. Based on our field work applying Clayton Christensen’s foundational research on disruptive innovation, we look at potential disruptors’ performance in three critical areas.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Christensen and two co-authors revisit where disruption theory stands today in a new HBR article, “What Is Disruptive Innovation?” As Ted Levitt pointed out 55 years ago, companies develop significant myopia over time, only seeing things that are squarely in the mainstream of their market. billion versus $2.3

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2016

By supporting worker mobility, cities can both foster the growth of denser talent networks within their borders and increase the likelihood of technological and other productive innovation. They want to make sure they’ll learn on and off the job, have access to local cultural opportunities, and develop a robust professional network.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2015

When evaluating talent for recruitment or development, you have just two key questions to answer: What should you assess? The first relates to IQ, curiosity, and decision-making styles; the second to motivation and ambition; the third to emotional intelligence and social skills. The what question is in part context-dependent.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Each morning at my hotel I received the China Daily , the countrys main English-language newspaper. The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. Each morning at my hotel I received the China Daily , the countrys main English-language newspaper.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. Matthew Eyring , Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of Vivint Inc.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Ever thought air mattresses in living rooms would grow into a billion dollar company that would take on the vacation rental market and the hotel industry? The innovations that made these companies worth billions of dollars could be classified as computer hardware and software infrastructure. I know many smart investors didn't.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Ever thought air mattresses in living rooms would grow into a billion dollar company that would take on the vacation rental market and the hotel industry? The innovations that made these companies worth billions of dollars could be classified as computer hardware and software infrastructure. I know many smart investors didn't.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

They attempted nearly 34 projects that failed before developing an iPhone app called Picaboo, which was subsequently rebranded as Snapchat. Brian Chesky, one of the cofounders of Dot & Bo, once said, “Initially, each idea and mock-up we developed for the company was completely and utterly wrong. Financed by VC firms.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

When it comes to discovering unmet customer needs and innovation opportunities, there’s no substitute for in-the-moment, in-context observation for making meaning out of the complex weave of emotion and rationality that drives consumer behavior. .” What do frequent travelers do when they first check in to their rooms?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Empathy is the foundation of inclusive design in that when we understand human motivations on a universal scale, we design for a broader, more diverse audience. With over 500 million dedicated fans, it also happens to be one of the most innovative franchises when it comes to fan engagement.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

The HR Digest: How did your journey in leadership and business development shape your perspective on organizational change over the past decade? These foundational competencies provide the framework for selection, development, assessment and rewards. We worked with a global hotel chain after it was divested.

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