Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2019

I N AN IBM global survey of CEOs, the overwhelming consensus was that more than rigor, management discipline, integrity or even vision, successfully navigating an increasing complex world will require creativity. As a result, they are viewed as having less leadership potential. And there seems to be a stigma surrounding creative types.

Creativity 272

Creativity Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Construction 272

Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

If you want to move ahead in your business, if you want to excel in your leadership, if you want to create a successful start-up, you need to make it happen. I don’t have consensus. Don’t wait on someone else to show leadership abilities and capabilities. We don’t have the budget. I’ll do it later.

Learning-by-Doing 137

Learning-by-Doing Budgeting Succession Consensus 137

Leading Blog

JUNE 10, 2024

Innovation is key to sustainability. This inability to source deals from outside the four walls, and to do so quickly, is one of the main reasons why innovation in so many companies is stifled. By bringing multiple people with a new mindset in, you can kickstart innovation. Innovation is a team sport indeed.

Consensus 279

Consensus Venture Capitalist Long-term Due Diligence 279

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

This is the case because innovation occurs when an individual sees a potential connection between two previously unrelated ideas e.g. shoes + wheels = roller skates. A diminished marketplace of ideas reduces the likelihood the innovative connections will be made to birth new products, processes and businesses.

Long-term 207

Long-term Consensus Class Follow-up 207

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

All the content was "good," the timelines "reasonable," the budgets "sufficient.". I wanted to accept the consensus as a sign that the company had rounded the corner on its 3-year slog to be more relevant in their market. So the challenging, dissenting voice can, at times, be tied to leadership. A rebel resists conformity.

CEO 15

CEO Engineering Consensus Review 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2012

Leadership compensation. The group quickly came to consensus that corporate longevity and employee satisfaction were critically important to them. The consensus served as a vital frame for the discussions that followed. Do we have mechanisms to hard wire these issues in planning, budgeting, and strategy processes?

Christensen 13

Christensen Company Consensus Gilbert 13