Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Breakdowns in a company’s management system, not managers’ lack of ability or effort, are what cause a company’s underperformance. By creating a closed-loop management system, companies can avoid such shortfalls. Work The Plan ). Work The Plan , and Discipline V. Innovate Purposefully ).

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Breakdowns in a company’s management system, not managers’ lack of ability or effort, are what cause a company’s underperformance. By creating a closed-loop management system, companies can avoid such shortfalls. Work The Plan ). Work The Plan , and Discipline V. Innovate Purposefully ).

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System Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy 85

Six Disciplines

APRIL 11, 2011

The conundrum is this: executive coaching typically focuses on a thin layer of senior management. These are the core competencies of learning, growing organizations: Formulating strategy. Developing activity plans and monitoring progress. Cultivating innovation. Developing goals that can lead an organization.

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ROI Executive Coaching Core Competence Sports 101

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Last month, we learned about Geneca's journey into creating a culture of innovation within the company. By Jess Chipkin , Geneca, Manager of Public and Community Relations. I wanted to learn more so I connected with Lisa Kimmel, General Manager of the Toronto office. Just goes to show what great leadership can do!

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Ryan PR Project B2B 130

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 27, 2010

Start a plan for your relationships today, not “someday” Mr. Reeve had good relationships before his tragic accident; he didn’t wait to build good relationships “someday”. Evaluate the quality of your relationships today, act on improving those that need to be better, and put a plan in place to sustain those that are already great.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

In the creative economy, innovation is more important than ever. Innovation is the only insurance against irrelevance. Innovation, in operations, products, business models and ecosystems, isn't merely a competitive advantage, it's the competitive advantage. We all get it: innovation is the lifeblood of every organization.

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Innovation Process Competitive Advantage McKinsey 15

Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 12, 2022

Always open to new challenges, he seized the opportunity to lead a university with facilities that were a bit long in the tooth and that lacked any signs of innovating in the future. . So how did he meet the challenge of changing the staid academic culture to one that is today unique and innovative? As Roger Clodfelter, Senior V.P.

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Case Study Education Learning-by-Doing Brand 90

Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Then create an action plan to increase your use of them: Thanking people around you who did a good job. Creativity and innovation depend on it! Covey, I am going to add “trusting&# to my action plan. Note which ones you need to focus on. Let them know about the difference they make in your workplace. Thanks again!

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Leadership Blog Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 257

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

Most companies sabotage their own innovation processes without meaning to. Innovation is episodic. We've all seen this movie: A few people in the organization have a burning desire to foster more innovation, or a different kind of innovation, so they invent a new process. It's easy to ax innovation. What to do?

Process 15

Process Innovation Diversity Budgeting 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Core Competencies. Running design sprints.

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Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Unfortunately, when companies launch innovation initiatives, they tend to devote most of their time, energy and attention to that initial 1% – the thrilling hunt for the breakthrough idea. The real innovation challenge , however, lies beyond the idea, in a long, hard journey from idea to impact. Think Different. Opportunities.

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Innovation Engineering Core Competence Middle Management 8

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

The most recent being Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation. Paul Nunes and I have known each other for many years, and we’ve both been writing about the subject of disruptive innovation from different vantage points and different angles. DAVID: Yeah. You call it this big bang disruption.

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Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I mean the real, formal, sit down and talk type of meetings that allow the employee, peer, or manager to say whats on their mind. As a result a lot of idea sharing and thus opportunity for innovations was potentially lost. It may often take creative time management to fit meetings in between tasks. To discuss priorities.

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Blog Greenleaf Maslow Follow-up 124

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The strategic underpinnings of most companies’ workforce plans should change dramatically as a result of technological innovation. New innovations will change the basis of competition in many markets and alter the sources of advantage for most companies. This creates the illusion of having time to react.

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Company Insurance Engineering Software 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2011

But in fact, most managers don't. Any plan or program is called a strategy. Managers confuse differentiation with being different. A core competence alone will rarely produce a sustainable competitive advantage. Making that commitment actually improves your ability to innovate and to adapt to turbulence.

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Porter Strategy Competitive Advantage P&L 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Change and innovation are choices, not givens, in any organization, and there are managerial levers for making these selections wisely. Within EB, Merck first created a Global Health Innovation Fund and then a Healthcare Services and Solution unit to identify, develop, and operate nascent opportunities that fit that thesis.

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Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

As Nike's Senior Portfolio Manager Adam Day says, "The global development sector had overlooked the enormous potential of investing in adolescent girls to reduce global poverty. The Nike Foundation also leans on its expertise in innovation and scale to find solutions to poverty, while keeping its operations separate from the business.

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Core Competence Market Segmentation Globalization Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

On recent visits to India, we have found that "innovation" is the buzzword on everybody's lips. President Pratibha Patil has even declared 2010-2020 as India's " Decade of Innovation." Biocon is one Indian company that is adapting well to this new global reality by embracing a polycentric innovation model.

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Shaw Globalization Innovation Entrepreneur 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2011

This policy ended with the recent Great Recession as the government used an enormous $1 trillion stimulus plan (significantly larger than that in the U.S.) New policies promoting "indigenous innovation" and transfer of technology from Western corporations to state-owned Chinese companies locked in government dominance.

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Policies Politics Core Competence Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

Software doesn’t simply make existing products smarter or existing processes more efficient; it enables new models of delivery, engagement, and innovation that are far more productive and informative than the old. Pratt & Whitney has partnered with IBM to enhance its engine management offering. Consider GE.

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Software Company Airlines Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Some of the most exciting — and challenging — innovations in social media are around how to enable users of sites like Facebook and Pinterest to make recommendations, referrals, or "likes" of the products and services they use. This means they want to talk to your customers. Social media understands this and facilitates it.

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Reference Tips Media Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Some of the most exciting — and challenging — innovations in social media are around how to enable users of sites like Facebook and Pinterest to make recommendations, referrals, or "likes" of the products and services they use. This means they want to talk to your customers. Social media understands this and facilitates it.

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Reference Tips Media Case Study 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2015

Build off its core competence, or play from weakness? But don’t expect a carefully planned sequence of development. Rivals were developing digital technology to replace the existing analog standard. Internal debate raged. Should Motorola keep its focus on analog, or switch over to digital? Or would only one survive?

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