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Peter Skarzynski and David Crosswhite: An interview by Bob Morris, Part Two

First Friday Book Synopsis

His experience cuts across industries and includes technology, consumer products & retail, healthcare, energy, financial services […]. Bob''s blog entries Albert Einstein Apple Berkeley Booth School of Business Brilliant Mistakes Brooke Manville C.K.

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Peter Skarzynski and David Crosswhite: An interview by Bob Morris, Part One

First Friday Book Synopsis

His experience cuts across industries and includes technology, consumer products & retail, healthcare, energy, financial services and transportation companies. His primary focus has been to help client organizations renew […]. Bob''s blog entries Apple Brilliant Mistakes C.K.

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Beyond Core Competence

Harvard Business Review

To survive, it has stopped selling film cameras, focusing on the digital ones that dominate the market. It sold this money-losing division systematically evolved itself to become, once again, a respected technology competitor. Organizations such as IBM and GE have adapted over the years to remain competitive in the market.

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Compete on Know-Why, Not Know-How

Harvard Business Review

They get stuck making incremental improvements that are rooted in existing competencies, markets, and business models. Core insights are a complement to the familiar notion of core competencies , which were first advocated by Gary Hamel and the late C.K. This is especially problematic when companies decide to innovate. in a new way.

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Great Corporate Strategies Thrive on the Right Amount of Tension

Harvard Business Review

Leading disk-drive manufacturers found it nearly impossible to maintain their success when the technology and market structure began to change. In other words, their previous success meant that employees failed to challenge the once-successful strategy—that strategy was instead challenged by new market entrants.

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Laying Groundwork: How Do Leaders Create Positive Company Culture?

CO2

Consider for a moment the four methods of innovation that Gary Hamel identified: Process Innovation (Make it better) Technology / Offering (Make different) Strategy/Management (Sell different) Leadership Innovation (Work different) Of these, Hamel suggests that Leadership Innovation provides the greatest competitive advantage over time.

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Laying Groundwork: How Do Leaders Create Positive Company Culture?

CO2

Consider for a moment the four methods of innovation that Gary Hamel identified: Process Innovation (Make it better). Technology / Offering (Make different). Of these, Hamel suggests that Leadership Innovation provides the greatest competitive advantage over time. Innovation is as good a way as any to build effective cultures.