Lead on Purpose

JULY 29, 2009

However, five weeks ago I purchased an iPhone 3GS (granted, I’m not an early adopter) and the experience has been phenomenal. In only a few short weeks I have come to depend on its functionality for my work in product management and product marketing. Thank you for your questions.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Successful AI adopters have strong executive leadership support for the new technology.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Some compile complex Customer Relationship Management algorithms to develop and maintain these relationships. As in all interpersonal relationships, from friendships, to marriage, to company and client, trust and the promise of mutual benefits are the foundation for growth and development. Emotional Needs Not Yet a Business Priority.

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Aaker Short-term Marketing Benchmarking 64

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

After expending considerable effort on formulating a strategy, most executives would like to see their company’s strategic plans fully executed. The gap between strategy and the execution of that strategy is often referred to as “ strategic dissonance.” The Gap Between Strategy and Execution.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2016

Less obviously — but perhaps more importantly — it leverages community intelligence to produce the best barn design possible, and also creates and reinforces collaborative connections crucial for success in farming communities. The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) is another group pursuing a modern-day form of barn-raising.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

The choice of a target domain is typically based on the gut feelings of executives. For example, at Caesars Entertainment — an early and continuing user of analytics in its business — the initial focus was on analytics for customer loyalty and service. But how about with big data? Well, no, as it turns out.

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Customer Loyalty Loyalty Early Adopters Information Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2015

This is explains why executives at Kodak chose not to pursue digital cameras after the first one was developed in their own lab. Everett Rodgers, a sociology professor at Ohio State University published the now famous Diffusion of Innovation in 1962 and coined the term “early adopter.”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

In response, executives made a concerted effort to step back and think about customers’ most important graphics-related problems. So Adobe invested in R&D and made some analytics-based acquisitions in order to develop a platform to make that possible. BIM is complex, expensive, and still in development.

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Content Marketing B2C Early Adopters 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Executives must think carefully about how to best match people and machines, bearing in mind that many of the decisions they make today will have a long-tail effect on workforce composition, productivity, and profits for years to come. So early preparation is needed. Start early to shift the leadership mindset.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

But we believe that successful firms can treat cognitive technologies as an opportunity to evolve or grow from previous work. And they have well-honed approaches for developing the requisite new skills in employees. We spoke with top executives at each of these firms about the rise of cognitive in their organizations.

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Leading Blog

MAY 3, 2019

The alternative you present must be better not just for the believers but for those outside the early adopter group. For example, there was a long tradition of IBM executives dressing formally in a suit and tie. Yet that wasn’t a value, it was an early manifestation of a value. For Gandhi it was salt. Survive Victory.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

Aspiring junior executives dream of climbing the ladder to gain more authority. Senior executives, on the other hand, are often frustrated by how little power they actually have. In 2005, John Antioco was the eminently successful CEO of Blockbuster, the 800-pound gorilla of the video rental industry.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Today, Apple is riding high, making this the perfect time for it — and every successful company — to reflect on Nokia's fall and ensure that they don't suffer the same fate. Over time and with success, Nokia too lost some of its ability to stay in touch with, and adapt early to, market trends. The signs are there.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

.” That’s why he urges startups to “get out of the building” and talk to potential customers before beginning product development in earnest. At a meeting with a large bank, one of the senior executives said, “You know we have a problem that’s really giving us trouble.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Netflix’s global growth is a big factor in the company’s success. Netflix’s success can be attributed to two strategic moves — a three-stage expansion process into new markets and the ways it worked with those markets — which other companies looking to expand globally can use too.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Netflix’s global growth is a big factor in the company’s success. Netflix’s success can be attributed to two strategic moves — a three-stage expansion process into new markets and the ways it worked with those markets — which other companies looking to expand globally can use too.

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First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2015

But how do you create, maintain and support a successful real-time peer review program to make sure it delivers on its potential? Managers and leaders need to be early adopters. Active support from senior executives communicates to staff that the program is worth their time.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

A talented videogame-designing friend had a ready quip whenever start-up executives asked him if he was a “team player.” “Yes,” How do you identify, blend, develop, train and coach a mix of talents into wholes measurably greater than the sum of their parts? Yes,” he always responded, “team captain.” He usually got hired.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2011

A few are entrepreneurial start-ups desperate for closer ties with their early adopter clientele. Charismatic presenters are nice and crisply articulated messages are wonderful, but one critical success factor stands out above all others: The best customer events put the best customers on stage.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Talented founders know that corporations simply cannot replicate the deep experience private VCs have in starting companies, nor their expertise in assisting startups with complex challenges such as deal making, business modeling, resolving disputes among founders, executing a successful IPO, and so on.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

TIAA-CREF, the big financial services company, includes customer loyalty score improvement in senior executive compensation. Pep Boys, a US auto parts store chain, reports in its proxy statement that customer metrics are now an important part of its executive compensation system. Meeting these preconditions won't guarantee success.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

3M's sustainability leadership has come mainly from its eco-efficiency success, but these practices are increasingly the norm in business. The company's core new product development process includes key sustainability questions and criteria for designers to address. But there are signs of a feistier attitude brewing.

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Innovation Early Adopters Energy Efficiency 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Right now, the biggest companies in the world are scooping up these experts to populate their teams because they understand that the key to building a robust, successful AI practice is to find and retain the right talent. When you consider that the annual market value predictions for AI techniques range between $3.5 trillion and $5.8

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Even the most sophisticated psychometrics and people analytics have yet to make leadership development more science than art. When entrepreneurs, innovators, and executives describe the kind of leaders they want to be and/or hire, an unhappy truth invariably emerges: The attributes they so admire often aren’t the behaviors they display.

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LDRLB

APRIL 7, 2014

I work with executives and entrepreneurs. DAVID: And the book in that aim is the latest culmination of that goal, Ready to Be a Thought Leader: How to Increase Your Influence, Impact, and Success. DAVID: So who are you, and what do you do? What do I mean by that? How do you multiply your influence?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2017

Even in these early days, practices of successful early adopters offer several useful lessons: Find and own valuable data no one else has. Founder and chief executive Craig Ganssle was an early user of Google Glass. In the face of such technical progress, paralysis is rarely a good strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

He became an early adopter of social computing tools to communicate with employees, and in the process became a role model for adoption among his senior executive team, as well as the employee population. Coleman began blogging and soon his senior executives encouraged their teams to do so as well.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Smartphones began as two-way pagers (no voice capability) aimed at e-mail addicted executives. Once a new idea has captured the attention of the foothold market, the concept can be revised for scale-up, and the early customers can demonstrate to fence-sitters that the product is a good one. And he shouldn't be. Fiat's initial U.S.

Strategy 14

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

” “It’s most important not that early adopters adopt, but that influencers adopt,” Mankins emphasizes. “Getting those folks on board early is critical.” ” Case Study #2: Gamify adoption to make it fun and engaging. ” Make it routine. ” Make it fun.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

Back then however, Hughes’s contribution helped mobilize a relatively small portion of volunteers, those already familiar with social media — mainly young people and early adopters. “Big data powers mass personalization at scale,” says Herve Pluche, a former executive at SAP.

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