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Crack the Leadership Code

Skip Prichard

Daniel Kahneman. In terms of connection, the basis is empathy. If you’re operating as a know-it-all, you have an underlying belief that that any new stuff really isn’t of much value. Here’s a shocking statistic: two-thirds of senior managers can’t name their firm’s top priorities! We’re blind to our blindness.

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The Persistence of the Innovator's Dilemma

Harvard Business Review

As this argument holds, the short-term pressure of the capital markets, coupled with management incentives tied tightly to stock prices, make it hard for companies to investment in new growth businesses. The halo effect leads companies to assuming their best operators can seamlessly shift into innovation work.

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Why Western Digital Firms Have Failed in China

Harvard Business Review

This study uses two rounds of interviewing to identify what the Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman describes as the “inside view” and the “outside view” of the phenomenon. poor management of relations with Chinese regulators and the government. failure to manage relations effectively with local business partners.

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How Could I Miss That? Jamie Dimon on the Hot Seat

Harvard Business Review

On April 4 of this year, Dimon read a short article in the Wall Street Journal about a JPMorgan trader in London, Bruno Iksil, who was making massive bets that exposed the bank to high levels of risk. At a meeting on April 8, Drew assured Dimon and the operating committee of JPMorgan that the trades were being well managed and would work out.