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A Systems Approach to Leading Through Transfomation

Great Leadership By Dan

First, I had to align our leadership team to drive the service-oriented, flexible and innovative culture. Make Innovation Everyone’s Job. For most organizations, innovation sits as a separate entity in the makeup of the org chart—or it doesn’t exist at all. Keegan is Chief Executive Officer at Merchants Fleet.

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Fujifilm Succeeded Where Kodak Failed

Coaching Tip

Kodak's technology was also far ahead of Fujifilm's. After I left Kodak, as a marketing specialist, to take a new leadership position in another industry in 1973, Fujifilm's technology was catching up with Kodak's and by the 1980s Fujifilm had technically surpassed Kodak in nearly all varieties of film. What happened?

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 1 of 7

Strategy Driven

The last decade ushered in an economic meltdown and technological breakthroughs that have forever changed the business world as we knew it. Historic innovation often comes during times of historic difficulty, as these breakdowns create the demand for something new to emerge. Suppressing Innovation. Not Listening.

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A New CEO's Reinvention Road Map

Harvard Business Review

Yesterday, I was named the next president and chief executive officer at Itron. But technology innovation is a powerful draw and, in business, when an opportunity arises, there is no shortage of players getting into the game. Engineer organizational breakdowns. Especially right now. Let me explain.

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