Lead Change Blog

JULY 8, 2019

Bottom-up commitment. In this post I focus on one point: selecting the right change ambassadors using Rogers’ innovation theory. The early adopters first take a critical look at the proposal before deciding whether it’s a good idea or not. ” Innovators are typically poor ambassadors. Critical mass.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

Paul, MN, headquarters of the perennial innovation leader, 3M. For good reason, the $30-billion company has long been held up as a role model of how to manage innovation. In the sustainability realm, 3M pioneered what now seems like an obvious idea: avoiding pollution before having to clean it up.

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Innovation Early Adopters Energy Efficiency 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2011

That alone will add what I estimate to be a one-third productivity tax on the newly entered workforce — because workers have to hunt for information, applications inhibit collaboration, and legal requirements prevent business innovation. Solutions should flex up and flex down as demand changes. The Bottom Line.

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Technology Early Adopters Bottom-up Software 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging. Believe the hype that AI can potentially boost your top and bottom line. Furthermore, early AI adopters are 3.5 Don’t believe the hype: Not every business is using AI… yet.

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Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

In 1994, the dominant global provider of mobile handsets was Motorola: its shares were trading at an all-time high and it was seen as an outstanding innovator and even described by a senior consultant at A. As the failures piled up, so did the stories of mounting bureaucracy, back-stabbing, and top management "living in a different world".

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Supply Chain Long-term Brand Early Adopters 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Policy signals from California, the world's 9th largest economy, are clearing a path for energy innovation. Because a lower carbon price is a sign that power companies and other regulated entities don't think it will be very costly for them to reduce their own emissions, so they didn't need to stock up on allowances or permits to emit.

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Price Energy Transportation Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Google has led off the new year by blocking websites that mask their country of origin from showing up on Google News. those who call up a car on a ride-sharing app, check news on social media or pay for an online transaction) and guarantors (e.g. We refer to these parties, respectively, as givers (e.g.

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Survey Environment Technology Comparison 9