First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 20, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Lessons from the Sandbox: Rediscovering the Keys to Business Success Alan Gregerman Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus Michael A.

Blog 75

Blog Christensen Rogers McKinsey 75

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2021

Coaching and mentoring have seldom been more popular, with a growing consensus that it can be vital to our career development. By contrast, the top-ranked agents tended to have an aversion to the technology itself, which obstructed their learning. “Companies should be aware that AI and human coaches are not dichotomous choices.

Bottom-up 80

Bottom-up Mentor Consensus Call Center 80

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 15, 2012

When managers talk about social media the debate still seems to revolve around external uses of social technologies. This is typified by the kind of debate I participated in for Professional Manager back in February that asked whether social media was a waste of time. The Six Principles of Collaboration.

CIO 76

CIO Media Participative Consensus 76

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

Leaders consciously or unconsciously lump employees into three categories: the “stars” consisting of those in management as well high potential employees, the much larger “core” made up of solid contributors, and the rest, employees whose contributions and fit with the organization are questionable. That might surprise some.

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Long-term Consensus Class Follow-up 207

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Never be swayed by consensus that calls you to compromise your values, rather be guided by doing the right thing. In fact, most differences don’t require intervention as they actually contribute to a dynamic, creative, innovative culture. The Importance Factor : Not every difference needs to be resolved.

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Blog Gordon Follow-up Open-book 412

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2016

This dialogue reached a consensus among political parties stipulating that the incumbent Islamists hand over power to a technocratic transitional government. I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. How could I refuse? Build bonds to strengthen trust.

How To 50

How To Chief Information Officer Tourism Politics 50

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 30, 2019

Many businesses use both, combining techniques to achieve better results: Qualitative Forecasting: Uses methods that focus on opinion and consensus, such as market research and the Delphi method , to arrive at a reasoned conclusion.

Efficiency 59

Efficiency Disaggregation B2B Uncertainty 59

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

The idea was to transform his theory of disruptive innovation into an investment thesis. Disruptive innovation can take several forms, and the market understands some types better than others. Why the market values some kinds of innovation better than others. But do markets really follow the logic of an academic theory?

Innovation 8

Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Discounted Cash Flow 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

Note: This post was written with Mark Sebell and Jay Terwilliger, managing partners at Creative Realities, Inc., a Boston-based innovation management collaborative. Your organization won't innovate productively unless some underlying factors are in good shape. A compelling case for innovation.

Critical Success Factor 15

Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Healthcare has become extraordinarily complex — the balance of quality against cost, and of technology against humanity, are placing ever-increasing demands on clinicians. A simple question was asked: are hospitals ranked more highly when they are led by medically trained doctors or non-MD professional managers?

Management 15

Management 360-Degree Feedback Mayo Training 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Toyota hired Deming to train hundreds of the company’s managers, eventually capitalizing on his expertise to develop the famous Toyota Production System — the primary source of today’s “lean” thinking. They keep customers happier.

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Agility Nonaka Takeuchi Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Editor's note: This post is the first in a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Lack of consensus among players in a complex system is one of the biggest barriers to innovation. It's a classic change management problem.

Health Care 15

Health Care Innovation Pharmaceuticals Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

But how do you overcome obstacles to spreading innovation, like fear of change, resource constraints, and slow, consensus-based decision making? That gave hundreds of leaders, physicians, nurses, and other frontline staffers a chance to try out the technology and hear Jenny’s story. That’s the grassroots part of my job.

Health Care 9

Health Care Innovation How To Video 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2011

We're delighted to announce the finalists for the Management 2.0 Just because an entry wasn't selected doesn't mean it's not a worthy and important contribution to the shared goal of making all organizations more resilient, innovative, inspiring, and accountable. You can read them all here. ).

Management 14

Management Innovation Storytelling Bottom-up 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2015

When he managed to beat a reform-minded opponent by just 243 votes (four of which cast by ghost-voters purporting to live at the address of Bauler`s own tavern) he made a declaration that still lives today: “Chicago ain’t ready for reform.” Legal standards are also deteriorating, encouraging abusive lawsuits. economy $1.5

Innovation 8

Innovation Technology System Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

How much does your company need to invest in innovation? To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2011

Sebell (mark@creativerealities.com), who are managing partners at Creative Realities, Inc. a Boston-based innovation management collaborative. We often ask executives to tell us about their biggest innovation failures. The head of R&D remembered it as a failure to properly market the innovation.

NPV 16

NPV ROI CFO Consensus 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Once a team has reached, or appears to have reached, a consensus, it can be very hard for any individual to challenge the group’s interpretation of reality or predictions about the future — or to push back on what the group plans to do (or not do) — without running the risk of being perceived as a heretic or becoming a scapegoat.

Groupthink 8

Groupthink Team Consensus Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2018

Specialized vocabularies develop in the business world every day to support new or specialized disciplines, departments, problems, and innovative opportunities. Neither viewed market share as its top priority, but both kept it current in their databases to be ready for the occasional question from senior management.

Six Sigma 9

Six Sigma Supply Chain Long-term Definition 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

They will fail not because AI is all hype, but because companies are approaching AI-driven innovation incorrectly. Already, evidence suggests that early AI pilots are unlikely to produce the dramatic results that technology enthusiasts predict. Could Liberate 50% of Managers' Time. Most companies started online divisions.

Insurance 10

Insurance Video Long-term Project 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Today, I am convinced that videoconferencing and other virtual technologies give us a much better way to conduct strategic off-sites. finalize strategy and build consensus; 4. In a virtual environment managers can communicate in multiple forms, utilizing everything from plain text to video and multimedia.

Consensus 12

Consensus Participative Strategy Brainstorming 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

You cannot pick up a business newspaper magazine these days without reading some article about Europe’s economic crisis; there seems to be an almost universal consensus that Europe is sick, that its institutional frameworks and governments are unfriendly to business, and that its prospects for getting better are dim.

Globalization 8

Globalization Survey GDP Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

While basic technologies such as Google and Pubmed exist that can help automate the search for specific information, they are not sufficient and will prove even less tenable in the future as the advancement in medical science continues to accelerate. Innovating for Value in Health Care. Insight Center. Sponsored by Medtronic.

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Technology Peer Review Information 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

My manager told me about a team that was working on the Google Help Forum. We were product managers, designers, and leaders. When managers are careless with their decisions, it creates big problems for their teams. Don’t expect consensus. Our team members were another layer in the pyramid. Environment.

Examples 11

Examples Environment Library Consensus 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Inside, elaborate security procedures, long working hours, and deference to senior managers are all in plain view. Engineers and managers toil for months, often years, to conceive, develop, and launch new products. In such cases, managers often hang on in the hope of an eventual uptake. Killing products isn’t easy.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Decentralization Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2015

A lot of companies use an ever-more-sophisticated array of online social tools in an attempt to connect their people, get a flow of ideas going, and spur innovation. Why is the goal of a more collaborative and innovative organization so elusive? Social and collaborative tools alone do not create a flow of ideas and innovations.

Letter 8

Letter Participative Wilde Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

But collaboration is not consensus. Too often, people will try to collaborate on everything, and wind up in endless meetings, debating ideas and struggling to find consensus. To Foster Innovation, Connect Coworkers Who Share Aspirations. Collaboration is not a style. Collaboration is not “cross-selling.” Amy Jen Su.

Chief Operating Officer 11

Chief Operating Officer Consensus How To Project 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

No one has a perfect model for managing this level of uncertainty. However, we believe that India's (incomplete) journey offers valuable lessons about managing growth and change. Even large domestic firms were far behind their global counterparts in funding, innovation, and access to markets. Increase Stakeholder Engagement.

Globalization 14

Globalization Bottom-up Class Consensus 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

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. I knew that the new head of engineering and the head of product management had worked through a ton of issues to get to this review meeting prepared. Some long seconds passed.

CEO 16

CEO Engineering Consensus Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Unnecessary consensus-seeking for reversible, non-consequential decisions. ” Despite advances in technology, and perhaps in large part because of it, many find themselves working well beyond 5 PM just to keep up with their workloads, but it doesn’t have to be that way. How to Foster a Shorter, More Productive Workday.

Outsourcing 15

Outsourcing Stress Productivity Products 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

While we''re all familiar with the decline of Research in Motion, this oral history contains first-hand accounts of RIM''s glory days of innovation, followed by inglorious missteps. He’s not going to last,''" recalls former senior business development manager Vincent Washington. "I I said at the meeting: ''This kid might outlive RIM.''

CTO 8

CTO Apparel Ryan Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

Research on which methods are most effective for sharing knowledge related to innovation provide some clues. As evidenced by CCIP's research, webinars seem to work less well when they deal with topics around which there is no consensus, or that require enormous customization to be relevant to all audience members. Ask questions.

Webinar 8

Webinar Participative Content Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

We live in a world in which amplified individuals — people empowered by technologies and the collective intelligence of their social networks — can do things that previously only a large organization could. Leadership skills focus on community building, consensus building, mediation, commitment, and humility.".

Mission Statement 9

Mission Statement Class Learning-by-Doing Pharmaceuticals 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

This dialogue reached a consensus among political parties stipulating that the incumbent Islamists hand over power to a technocratic transitional government. I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. How could I refuse? Build bonds to strengthen trust.

Politics 11

Politics Chief Information Officer Tourism Environment 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

They must manage to both craft the new world with smart strategy, often in the wake of disruption, and cause the organization to embrace the required change. Bossidy, former CEO at AlliedSignal, once said , “We need people who are better at persuading than at barking orders, who know how to coach and build consensus. Lawrence A.

Leadership 8

Leadership Telecommunications Education Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Innovating for Value in Health Care. Practice managers can more efficiently and effectively use their providers to meet the needs of their patient base. However, the high cost of health care and the urgency to improve care quality has created significant momentum toward more systematic management of health in the civilian world.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Report Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

Taken together, all of us establish a “consensus” view on the markets. And most of my asset manager clients were looking for something different: “Give me a contrarian perspective.” Discover Real Innovations. ” In other words, they didn’t want to hear the groupthink.

Career 8

Career Groupthink Banking Video 8