Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 25, 2016

Ray Stata, former chairman of Analog Devices and a pioneer in creating learning organizations, said: “The rate at which individuals and organizations learn may become the only sustainable competitive advantage.” ” (More background on that quote here.)

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Competitive Advantage Chemicals Learning-by-Doing Learning Organization 150

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Guest post from Sandy Coletta: I know what you are thinking - a lemming is a follower and by its very definition, a leader isn’t a follower. Perhaps it starts within your organization, then within your industry? If you are trying to make your operation more efficient, then say so. “To The trappings: Look in your driveway.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 19, 2013

Many organizations have historically operated on the “there is one best way” school of management. Sincere asking demonstrates a willingness to learn, a desire to serve, and a humility that can be an inspiration for the entire organization. Definitely, yes! A classic example was the old Bell System.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

I’ll fast-forward through the next decade, when Garvin, trained in operations, helped to answer the question much of America was obsessed with at the time: How Japanese automakers could make higher-quality, more-reliable cars than Americans, while charging less for them.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2012

A few years ago, the chief operating officer launched a customer quality initiative to improve six core processes and assigned executives to "own" each process. But they're not failing fast to learn. It's definitely not a learning organization. How can you break this cycle? They're just failing more.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Special Operations teams trying to get the most use out of their helicopters, assets with high demand and limited supply. So Special Operations went with a third option. Doctrine provided the many units spread around the battlefield with a shared framework in which they could operate. Consider one example from U.S.

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