Decker Communication

MARCH 30, 2020

Where are the innovations (and innovators) that you should double-down on to change the game? At this precarious moment, a heightened attentiveness and palpable energy now permeate the ranks of every organization. How will you harness this nervous energy? Guess what: that sense of urgency has arrived in spades.

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Shaw Hammer Crisis Competitive Advantage 85

Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 24, 2013

They are willing to have others characterize their investment of time and energy as being an obsession. They are willing to put up with the criticisms of people who question their innovative methods or rabid attention to every detail. It is the ones who choose to stand out who make a difference.

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Team Hammer Teamwork Godin 140

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

To stay competitive, organizations need to continually find opportunities for innovation in key processes such as customer service and product development, and adoption of a new process almost always requires the implementation of new information technology. Hammer's thinking was very powerful, but I'd challenge that last point.

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Process Innovation Hammer Resistance 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

companies are outperforming their overseas counterparts: Clean-energy technologies. This healthy, innovative sector holds out vast promise, but missteps now could cost the United States its lead. The clean-energy field is evolving rapidly. has underwritten much of the technological innovation behind clean energy's progress.

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Energy Competitive Advantage Price Constraint 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2016

In our most recent Breakthrough Innovation Report , Taddy Hall and I cite that 49 percent of the growth in U.S. Their actual advertising budget went down, but their spending worked harder for them as they had a hit innovation that created news energy and clarity around their super consumer—teen boys—to maximize their creative.

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Brand Hammer Advertising Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Looking at LVMH’s efforts, I’ll highlight three areas where I see great impact and innovation: managing carbon and energy, building a connection with customers around brand purpose, and working closely with suppliers. Managing Carbon and Energy. I’ll then discuss some of LVMH’s challenges.

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Supply Chain Payback Period Brand Energy 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Because innovation requires it. But if your employees take a risk and fail, and you come down on them like a hammer, guess what? Essentially, when people stop believing they can win, some then devote their energy to how best to lose. MISTAKE #5: Punishing ‘good failures.’ There can be no reward without risk.

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CEO How To Venture Capitalist Follow-up 57