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 120

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

In the early 1990s, executives and managers welcomed information technology — databases, PC workstations, and automated systems — into their offices. Managers noted historical trends and revised processes, and engineers developed code that was then baked into computing systems. Now it’s happening again.

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Process Company Market Segmentation Early Adopters 8

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 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Kearney as "the best-managed company in the world" — not so different from Apple today. Previously a straggling and struggling conglomerate, it bravely focused 100% on mobile communications, was an early adopter and driver of 2G technology, and quickly became a recognised world leader in both supply chain management and brand-building.

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Supply Chain Long-term Brand Early Adopters 15

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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Innovation Early Adopters Energy Efficiency 13

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