First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Beyond the Idea: How to Execute Innovation in Any Organization Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble St. Thomas Edison According to Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble, “The most important message in Beyond the Idea is very simple: innovation execution is its own unique discipline.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A central part of Vijay Govindarajan’s Three Box System is the middle box, which urges organizations to stop doing activities that are not producing results. Few organizations can afford to fritter away resources, whether they’re financial, political, or human.

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Leading Blog

MAY 10, 2016

Dartmouth professor Vijay Govindarajan writes, “As much as we might pay lip service to the fact that the future will differ dramatically from the past, we often behave as though it will be exactly the same.” Vijay Govindarajan has incorporated good principles for managing change into a framework he calls The Three Box Solution.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 26, 2012

Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home, Win Everywhere Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble Harvard Business School Press (2012) How and why reverse innovation can help to reverse the negative trends and tendencies that can weaken an organization Those who have read one or more of Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble’s previously published books (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 30, 2013

Bell and Marshall Goldsmith Deloitte Dharmesh Shah Gallup Organization HBR Helene D. Gayle (CARE) in “The Corner Office” How to Storyboard Your Presentation Lifehacker LinkedIn Malcolm Gladwell Management Tip of the Day Managers as Mentors Manish Tangri Michael E.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 25, 2011

The Quest for Global Dominance: Transforming Global Presence into Global Competitive Advantage, Second Edition Anil Gupta, Vijay Govindarajan, and Haiyan Wang Jossey-Bass (2008 How to establish global presence, then achieve and sustain a competitive advantage As Jeffrey Garten explains in the Foreword, this Second Edition offers “not only updates, (..)

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

The Three-Box Solution : A Strategy for Leading Innovation by Vijay Govindarajan Ultimately our future is not in linear—incremental—improvements. Simply Brilliant : How Great Organizations Do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways by William C. He includes many examples from the organizations he has served. Blog Post ).

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 21, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization Dan Pontefract The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation Jon Gertner To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism Evgeny Morozov [.].

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 22, 2016

Unsuccessful coaching engagements can mean wasted time and expense for the person being coached and the organization, and for these reasons everyone wants to avoid them! There are a few very excellent coaches in the corporate strategy domain, for instance Vijay Govindarajan and Michael Porter. You don’t coach integrity violations.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 19, 2014

Bell will share special blog posts throughout the month of June focusing on tips, techniques and tools for all leaders striving to be better mentors. ” Leadership guru Jim Kouzes called the book, “The essential handbook for all those who are trusted advisors to aspiring leaders.” ” Published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.,

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Vijay Covindarafan and Chris Trimble argue in their book, " Beyond the Idea: How to Execute Innovation in Any Organization ," the real innovation challenge lies not in the idea but rather in the long, hard journey from imagination to impact. Organizations are not Structured to Execute Innovation. So why is innovation execution so hard?

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MARCH 19, 2013

Men and women can, kids can, and yes, even organizations can innovate. I’m quite clear its my life’s calling – to wake people up to what’s possible and within reach. Innovation isn’t a buzzword. It’s a human birthright. What I’m Working on Now: Our Books as Tools Campaign.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

CK Prahalad or Vijay Govindarajan), most - including me - are not. Both coaches and organizations need to look beneath the surface and make sure that these conditions really exist - before even beginning the coaching process. The huge majority of professionals who call themselves executive coaches are actually behavioral coaches.

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CO2

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Business organizations are not built for innovation; they are built for efficiency.&# – Vijay Govindarajan In The Other Side of Innovation the authors demonstrate their absolute knowledge of an area that many organizations need more of, innovation! They discuss three different ways organizations experience innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2012

In Judgment Calls , authors Tom Davenport and Brook Manville share twelve stories of organizations that have successfully tapped the collective wisdom of their people — and they'll help you, and your organization, make better decisions. by Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble. by Angel Cabrera and Gregory Unruh.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Vijay Govindarajan's and Chris Trimble's article, " The CEO's Role in Business Model Reinvention ," appeared in our January-February 2011 issue. In fact it can be applied in any organizational setting: non-profit, for profit, in a factory or in a service organization, in a big conglomerate or a small family-run business.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

World leading researcher on the impact of leadership in organizations. Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez – Author of the best-selling book: The Focused Organization, Winner of the 2017 Thinkers50 Award for ‘Ideas into Practice’. Formerly in sales and sales management for pharmaceutical organizations including GlaxoSmithKline UK and US.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

However, at lower levels in the organization (that are more price sensitive), traditional 360? At the top of major organizations even a small positive change in behavior can have a big impact. Govindarajan, B. This more involved level of feedback is justified. feedback can work very well. In either case, feedback is critical.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2018

Almost every high-performing health care organization we studied was led by a medical professional (something that academic research has also found ). In professional organizations (consulting firms, universities, law firms), only a person trained in the profession is usually acceptable as a leader, and health care is no exception.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Kudos to Vijay Govindarajan and Christian Sarkar for taking a moment to reflect on Affordable Housing Institute founder David Smith's observation that markets alone will never successfully house any nation's poorest people. and global organizations that work with the Rapid Results Institute. The $300 House: The Challenge.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Six Sigma , Kaizen , Lean , and other variations on continuous improvement can be hazardous to your organization's health. As innovation thinker Vijay Govindarajan says , "The more you hardwire a company on total quality management, [the more] it is going to hurt breakthrough innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Editor's note: This post is one in an occasional series on Vijay Govindarajan's and Christian Sarkar's idea to create a scalable housing solution for the world's poor. I was pleased to discover the $300 House challenge and I applaud the efforts of Vijay Govindarajan and Christian Sarkar. building code standards.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Tuck Professor Vijay Govindarajan calls this reverse innovation. But what I really wanted to discuss were the three biggest trends I see affecting innovation in the region. Multinationals are increasingly tasking their Asian outposts with developing regionally appropriate solutions that might "trickle up" to established markets.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2018

In addition to being inexpensive, the paramedics bring skills such as cultural competency, loyalty to the organization, strong work ethic, and the ability to connect more deeply with patients and families whose socioeconomic background is similar to their own. Vijay Govindarajan Ravi Ramamurti. They are 4-6 times as productive as U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Most organizations are designed to execute, not to innovate. Academics like Clayton Christensen and Vijay Govindarajan, leading-edge innovative companies like Procter & Gamble and Cisco Systems, and thoughtful writers like Michael Mauboussin and Bill James. How do I encourage innovation in my organization?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

The idea to design and build a $300 house first appeared here on the HBR site in August 2010, in a post by me (Vijay Govindarajan) and Christian Sarkar, and then again as one of several ideas in the HBR Agenda 2011. What might a house-for-the-poor look like? The resulting reports and designs were impressive but the work was just beginning.

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QAspire

JUNE 26, 2012

While I was writing about it, I came across a very interesting paper titled “ The Emotionally Bonded Organization: Why Emotional Infrastructure Matters And How Leaders Can Build It ” by Vijay Govindarajan, Professor of International Business at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and Subroto Bagchi , co-founder of MindTree.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 6, 2013

Unrelenting Innovation: How to Build a Culture for Market Dominance Gerard J.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The company's core control mechanisms — the means by which it decides how to allocate resources, start and stop projects, and so on — were organized to do one thing: minimize mistakes. The answer we came to was a simple one. Each theory has its advocates, but each feels incomplete.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

For a long time, I have been troubled to see how often organizations fail to invest wisely in their futures while instead placing dominant emphasis on the present. ” Yet it is not surprising that so many organizations focus mainly—even exclusively—on Box 1. Vijay Govindarajan. Excerpted from. Add to Cart.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

Only this degree of self-awareness, combined with meaningful openness can deliver solutions that are both effective and able to function in your organization. Once you''ve reached consensus on which idea to activate, it is critical to push the pause button and honestly assess whether your organization is able to execute the chosen solution.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Editor's note: This post is one in an occasional series on Vijay Govindarajan's and Christian Sarkar's idea to create a scalable housing solution for the world's poor. So Acumen finds entrepreneurs on site in the developing world, funds them, teaches them and pushes them to build really big organizations. The $300 House: The Challenge.

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