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Leading Blog
MARCH 4, 2014
Here are several: Why Culture Matters : A successful culture is like a green house where people and ideas can flourish—where everybody in the organization, regardless of rank or role, feels encouraged to speak frankly and openly and is rewarded for sharing ideas about new products, more efficient processes, and better way to serve customers.
Ron Edmondson
MARCH 5, 2020
Whenever we are stalled in an area of ministry, I like to invite different voices to brainstorm and develop new ideas. Granted this takes creativity, especially when finances are stretched, but always hearing “we can’t afford that” or “we aren’t big enough to do that” is never motivating to a team. Burdensome bureaucracies.
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 10, 2017
We recently asked members of the HBR community to gauge the extent of “bureaucratic sclerosis” within their organization using our Bureaucracy Mass Index (BMI) tool. Here are our initial takeaways: The blight of bureaucracy seems inescapable. Bureaucracy is growing not shrinking. Bureaucracy is a time trap.
Ron Edmondson
APRIL 30, 2019
We purposely developed some common language which would serve as rallying points for the church in the years to come. I didn’t come up with those exclusively — we developed them as a team, but I led the charge and micromanaged to keep us on track until it began to stick as our common vision. (Our Organizational structure.
Ron Edmondson
AUGUST 28, 2016
We purposely developed some common language which would serve as rallying points for the church in the years to come. I didn’t come up with those exclusively — we developed them as a team — but I led the charge and micromanaged to keep us on track until it began to stick as our common vision. (Our New expenditures.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 15, 2016
It was a problem regardless of brand, formula, or product — until Atis set her sights on solving it once and for all. Windham built an entire ad-hoc team at Stanley Black and Decker — product planners, executives, and engineers. She found partners, attracted financing, and cultivated a community of internal supporters.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 13, 2015
Many politicians and commentators mention two critical factors in accomplishing this: increasing innovative capacity and reducing bureaucracy. First, they are less likely to take risks – which means they are unlikely to invent new products, processes, or business models.
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