Leading Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

When this happens, they are at risk for what Donald Sull calls in Revival of the Fittest , active inertia. He explains what happens: Managers get trapped by success, a condition that I call active inertia , or management’s tendency to respond to the most disruptive changes by accelerating activities that succeeded in the past.

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Sull Succession Follow-up Environment 342

LDRLB

AUGUST 4, 2015

Donald Sull is a global expert on strategy and execution in turbulent markets. He is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Kathleen Eisenhardt is the S. Ascherman Professor of Strategy at Stanford, a highly cited author, and the co-director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.

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Sull Globalization Creativity Strategy 60

leaderCommunicator

JUNE 28, 2019

Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. To survive and thrive in today’s market, a healthy corporate culture is more important than ever. To survive and thrive in today’s market, a healthy corporate culture is more important than ever.

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Sull Benchmarking Company Globalization 81