Six Disciplines

DECEMBER 13, 2013

This importance was hammered home to me in a lunch meeting with “Sandy,” who recently moved to a much larger organization. In small businesses, however, there are fewer decision-makers, and they’re so close to customers, employees and daily operations that they can get a sense of whether a decision is right or wrong very quickly.

Customer Intimacy 133

Customer Intimacy Hammer Competitive Advantage Organization 133

Six Disciplines

MAY 17, 2013

This importance was hammered home to me in a lunch meeting with “Sandy,” who recently moved to a much larger organization. In small businesses, however, there are fewer decision-makers, and they’re so close to customers, employees and daily operations that they can get a sense of whether a decision is right or wrong very quickly.

Customer Intimacy 116

Customer Intimacy Hammer Competitive Advantage Organization 116

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Government is like a sledge hammer. Thanks Posted by: Marty Weasner | February 10, 2010 at 06:29 AM Chris, I have worked in the construction industry for a while and the trend there is to go green by complying with LEED guidelines for buildings. Just like wars, if a government can get people freaked out enough (i.e.

Politics 77

Politics Blog Travel Letter 77

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

AlphaGo’s success is emblematic of a broader trend: An explosion of data and advances in algorithms have made technology smarter than ever before. If all you have is a hammer, then everything will look like a nail. One of its critical functions is reframing, which is repeatedly redefining the problem to enable deeper insights.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

The business environment may change, but no management trend can displace the core laws, proven over centuries, of excellent leadership. But if your employees take a risk and fail, and you come down on them like a hammer, guess what? There are two basic operating modes for organizations under high-stakes execution pressure.

CEO 57

CEO How To Venture Capitalist Follow-up 57

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Harness underappreciated trends. You have to be tracking trends your competitors haven’t yet noticed, then figuring out ways of using them to upend traditional business models. In our experience, it can take several months for a company to hammer out its defini­tion of innovation.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8