Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Consensus is a powerful tool. When CEOs set out to conquer new markets or undertake billion-dollar acquisitions, we’d hope they’d at least sought out some consensus from their trusted advisors. The problem with consensus is that it’s expensive. The problem with consensus is that it’s expensive. Consider the story of Nick.

Consensus 9

Consensus Innovation Company Ries 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

General Electric, Microsoft, ExxonMobil, Walmart, and CitiGroup — all were businesses led by managers who were experts in efficiency and optimization and who grew their businesses by making them work better than they had previously. Don’t Seek Consensus. Fast forward to the present, and the list looks strikingly different.

CEO 8

CEO Consensus Management Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

You’ll also want team members who excel in interpersonal dy­namics such as building consensus, giving feedback, communicating in groups, and motivating others. People who judge prefer having closure, with all loose ends tied up, when managing tasks and making decisions. Innovative Teams (20-Minute Manager Series).

Diversity 8

Diversity Ries Creativity Groupthink 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2013

In my eyes, the work Steve Blank, Eric Ries, and others have done to provide a cogent, accessible frame around the academic concepts of emergent strategy is one of the most important contributions to the innovation movement over the past few years. I love Lean.

Ries 8

Ries Telecommunications Business Model Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

” But achieving decentralization requires a meaningful investment in capital in order to attract a distributed network of users and network managers that maintain the decentralized ledgers (or nodes). As Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin notes , “Once you adopt a richer economic model…decentralization becomes more important.”

Cost 8

Cost Decentralization Finance Entrepreneur 8