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Corporate Culture And Changing Behavior

Eric Jacobson

I''ve found this advice from authors Neil Smith and Patricia O''Connnell ( How Excellent Companies Avoid Dumb Things ) to be particularly helpful when it comes to corporate culture and changing behavior : Corporate culture is an interlocking series of expectations, rituals, and habits maintained by peer influence and rewarding adherence.

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Corporate Culture And Changing Behavior

Eric Jacobson

I''ve found this advice from authors Neil Smith and Patricia O''Connnell ( How Excellent Companies Avoid Dumb Things ) to be particularly helpful when it comes to corporate culture and changing behavior : Corporate culture is an interlocking series of expectations, rituals, and habits maintained by peer influence and rewarding adherence.

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Do Your Customers Actually Want a “Smart” Version of Your Product?

Harvard Business Review

My advice: You might be better off where you are for now. We were also a little too smitten with our technology, and assumed it would immediately appeal to the “early majority” – who as described in E.M. “Billions of Devices” Can Be Wrong.