Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In a hazardous world, managers can learn from the world of scuba diving: train hard, because you’ll never get rid of risk Scroll for more Shortcut to start of content Gareth Lock, founder of The Human Diver. Want to learn more about what diving can teach managers about navigating risk? Additional reporting by David Waller.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

The complexity and uncertainty of forging new ground makes it easy to get lost. This hand-off is a time of high risk and often fails because general management, human resources, marketing, communications, and sales teams haven't been informed along the way. Use skits, storyboards, and films to develop customer personas and scenarios.

Innovation 15

Innovation Brand Project Storytelling 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Since its bankruptcy in 2012, Kodak has been a poster child for innovation incompetence: After inventing the world’s first digital camera in 1975, the conventional story goes, myopic managers allowed a bloated company to let inertia drive it off a cliff. Consider what side businesses might be moved to center stage. Diversify.

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