Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Finally, organizations today are living in a highly volatile environment with pressure for ever-increasing short-term profits and that is yet another factor that creates the perfect recipe for fear to permeate and get deeply embedded in organizations. Fear will exist for all of us, especially in times of change and uncertainty.

Organization 124

Organization Short-term How To Long-term 124

Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

In a world that grows more complex every day, executives often face scrutiny as they lead through uncertainty. To manage these challenges, executives are called on to adopt a long-term perspective on organizational strategy while staying in tune with the present-day needs of clients, customers and team members.

Training 52

Training Execution Leadership Emotional Intelligence 52

Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Unquestionably, in times of crisis – when there is great uncertainty – those organizations that proactively build trust up and down the chain of command will weather the storm much better than those that do not. The term “paradigm shift” is a well-worn term. He always brought order out of chaos and uncertainty.

Leadership 134

Leadership Crisis Learning-by-Doing Team 134

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2017

In mathematical terms, hospital operations, like airlines and transportation, consist of hundreds of mini-processes, each of which is more stochastic and less deterministic than, say, the steps in assembling a car. Here are a few examples: Increasing OR utilization. Accelerated discharge planning.

Airlines 8

Airlines Health Care Transportation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

This worked, because both crises were short-lived (lasting approximately 1-1.5 Multinational leadership teams should instead clarify their long-term objectives in the market – for example, whether they want to focus on maintaining margins or growing market share – and align execution accordingly.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

In the stock market, for instance, you need bulls and bears, long- and short-term investors, technicians and those who rely on fundamentals. You can be sure that sharp handicappers have figured out how to take advantage of I'll Have Another's mispricing. This is how the wisdom of crowds becomes the madness of crowds.

Beyer 15

Beyer Tversky Price Kahneman 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Their future prosperity, however, will depend on sharp increases in domestic consumer spending. Whether this was Xi’s deep conviction or a short-term political maneuver is critical in assessing what 2034 will look like. There will still be significant new infrastructure needs for the over 60% of China’s population living there.

Education 8

Education Politics Globalization Hedge 8