Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

Adams also resisted his wife Abigail’s plea to advance rights for another disenfranchised group: the female population that could neither vote nor, if married, own property.). Do your due diligence. The institution of slavery was an appalling contradiction of everything the revolution stood for.

Due Diligence 16

Due Diligence Resistance Storytelling Case Study 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

If your team’s strategy can be summed up by the English wartime slogan “Keep Calm and Carry On,” you need some new approaches to tackle their resistance. It’s now common practice to manage risk with heightened awareness, disciplined processes, and due diligence.

Strategic Planning 8

Strategic Planning Due Diligence Proposal Rogers 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2015

A cautious or suspicious few ask due-diligence questions. Resist the urge to converge. I’ve used the financial-history exercise in my corporate workshops on strategic thinking and in my classroom. I’ve observed that most people dive immediately into the numbers when I ask them whether they’d invest now.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence SWOT Agility Price 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Now we want not just customization, but noise in the system, things that emerge (apparently) in real time, and the world to resist expectation. Now it feels like we are on the verge of another revolution. Call it the Culturematic revolution. We want our experience to play out as if directed by a gentle randomness, a filmic flicker of nexts.

Hotels 12

Hotels Due Diligence Tourism Travel 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

Adams also resisted his wife Abigail’s plea to advance rights for another disenfranchised group: the female population that could neither vote nor, if married, own property.). Do your due diligence. The institution of slavery was an appalling contradiction of everything the revolution stood for.

Due Diligence 9

Due Diligence Resistance Storytelling Case Study 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

” Once an idea is out there, customers can express their desire for it, one of the most powerful forces for overcoming organization inertia and resistance. In the startup world, venture capitalists compile data about how many pitches they’ve listened to, how many they put through due diligence, and how many they invested in.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The PE firm tried for six months to get the CEO to become more of a systems thinker and a real leader, but he resisted. But a thorough CEO assessment can be done in six to eight weeks in parallel with the traditional PE firm due diligence process, and in a nonintrusive way.

CEO 8

CEO Company Due Diligence Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2018

They might become resistant to move, which will make things much harder on you. “I did my due diligence,” he says. ” Children, she says, “have a harder time imagining what their life will be like” in a new place. Bidwell concurs: “The kids may complain, but they will adjust.”

How To 8

How To Long-term Short-term Career 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2018

With due diligence and decent design, these partnerships can go beyond good results and energize organizations that have become too comfortable or complacent with everyday routines. This sharply contrasts with typical legacy reactions to more comprehensive testing or innovation rollouts, i.e., resistance and confusion.

KPI 9

KPI Innovation Ries Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

Things are never quite the way the due diligence report claimed. Constructive criticism and coaching is not without resistance. Setting up shop in a new country always comes with surprises. So, success doesn't always come to the brands with the best plans, but to the ones able to understand and respond to surprises.

Due Diligence 15

Due Diligence Brand Long-term Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

They've ticked all the right boxes (otherwise the meeting would never have taken place) but they've utterly failed to do the due diligence around what gets the key decision-maker to say "yes.". They've over-relied on organizational processes and punch-lists in preparing to make their case.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Innovation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Because by the time the activist has engaged senior management, they have already performed extensive due diligence on the company and have a detailed strategy they intend to pursue. Activists do share a common universal behavioral trait with the rest of us – they prefer the path of least resistance.

How To 8

How To Due Diligence Strategy Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2012

Before you bring someone into your inner circle, do your due diligence. it's hard to resist. Lest you feel discouraged realizing that, in fact, you've been bullied at least once in your life, allow me to share a few of the lessons I've learned on how to avoid, or if not, extricate yourself from this con game.

Due Diligence 14

Due Diligence SWOT Construction Resistance 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

Second, because it’s centralized, which makes it resistant to change and vulnerable to systems failures and attacks. Due diligence and disclosures can be scant, and some companies that have issued ICOs have gone bust. Third, it’s exclusionary, denying billions of people access to basic financial tools.

Finance 8

Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8