N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

The idea that the "cream will rise to the top" is too often more than offset by the Dunning-Kruger effect; and the real leader's highmindedness will be viewed as a threat to the status quo.

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Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Examples: A CEO ignores market research that suggests a new product will not be well-received because he or she firmly believes it’s a good idea. A business leader expands into new markets without sufficient research, thinking that past success will automatically translate to new ventures.

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Dunning Consensus Groupthink Charisma 86

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Whether asset purchases are beneficial is debatable, but the overreaction that tends to come from external market forces is clearly not healthy. Yet M&A activity tends to spike when markets peak, arguably fueling a bubble: there were roughly $3.79 Stibel is Chairman and CEO of Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.

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Dunning Core Competence Trends Marketing 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

Or, maybe a consumer trend spotted in some European markets could provide an early warning to leaders in North America or to the corporate product development group. practices by CEOs when it comes to ensuring that the C-Suite is a great team, not just a collection of direct reports. 2) Reset the rules of the game.

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Benchmarking Dunning CEO Airlines 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Adoption risk: Adopting technologies or responding to market, business, and technology trends too quickly or too slowly; reactively or over thought, without considering how non-technical implications or unintended consequences contribute adoption risk. Even more impressively, their spin out Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.

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Dunning Project CTO Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

That honor goes to the market leader, Groupon. Without a valuable and unique product, viral marketing, social influence and buzz will help initially but will be of no lasting consequence. Stibel is Chairman and CEO of Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. million units sold in a single day ).

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First-mover Advantage Venture Capitalist Dunning Early Adopters 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

Furthermore, the amount of venture capital bears a zero correlation to the amount of startup activity, and is strongly negatively correlated with the presence of mid-market firms ($10 million to $1 billion), which according to a recent Dun and Bradstreet study have created over 90% of jobs since 2008.

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Dunning Policies Long-term Entrepreneur 8