Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

In providing research and developing training programs for various large corporations about managing change, we find that the biggest stumbling block for employees from top-down is lack of buy-in. This means gaining buy-in from stakeholders by developing a sense of urgency that will spark the initial motivation and get things moving.

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Strategy Kotter RASCI Motivation 70

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2015

After a morning innovation workshop at the bucolic R&D campus of a top-tier but tradition-rich technology giant, the lunchtime conversation with the Lab’s leadership turned strategic. “Airlines,” he concluded, “don’t want to pay more for advanced technology.” Take Boeing.

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CFO Innovation CEO Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Brown and Millar told me that Sense has been running co-creation, both in global online communities and in workshops around the world, for over a decade. Sense has recruited a pagan witch, a newspaper editor, an airline pilot, a TV mogul, and a prescription drug addict. • Get your top people involved in the workshops.

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Workshop Creativity Merchandising Airlines 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We recently attended the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit 2011 in Mumbai, where we moderated several panels and workshops on the topic of innovation. As such, jugaad innovators attempt to meet customers' high aspirations by developing solutions that are not only affordable, but that also deliver superior value.

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Innovation Incubator Banking Hypercompetition 19

Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 28, 2015

” – Herb Kelleher, cofounder of Southwest Airlines. The first time I heard the word “love” uttered in a corporate context I was teaching a workshop on leadership for Lockheed Martin Aerospace. Developing and tracking metrics helps keep these objectives top of mind so people don’t lose sight of their importance.

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Competitive Advantage Leadership Stress Airlines 150

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2016

.” And yet the lean startup methodology, born in Silicon Valley as a way for startups to tune in to customer needs with limited resources, has been gaining major momentum inside big companies like General Electric, Alaska Airlines, Telefonica, 3M, and W.L. A faster cycle time for developing ideas. There are two reasons for that.

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Company Airlines Ries Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Enamored by these numbers — and encouraged by a new wave of reforms to retail, airlines, broadcast, and power sectors — executives who previously ignored India are making a dash for it. Nor will India follow the same path of economic development as China. Let's Select a Distributor. Jay is From India, Let's Send Him There.

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Marketing Market Segmentation Retail Travel 15