Lead Change Blog

JULY 8, 2019

Bottom-up commitment. Rogers categorizes coworkers into five groups, according to how they deal with accepting new ideas: The innovators are always in for a new idea and are quick to adopt; often also quick to drop an idea in favor of a new, more attractive looking idea. More importantly: how do you recognize the early adopters?

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Early Adopters Early Majority Rogers Resistance 268

Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Being an entrepreneur means you are willing to take the less traveled path, embrace ambiguity, and take on challenges, but it’s not an easy path, even if you feel you are all ready, geared up, and excited. Success is how high you bounce after you hit bottom. Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with.

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Succession Entrepreneur Drucker Learning-by-Doing 118

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 Without support from leadership, your AI transformation might not succeed.

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Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

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. But there are signs of a feistier attitude brewing.

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