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Booknotes: 14 Ideas from The Power of Something Stupid

Leading Blog

Author Richie Norton explains that life-changing ideas are often tragically mislabeled stupid. Stupid is the New Smart—the common denominator for success, creativity, and innovation in business and life. The Power of Starting Something Stupid is about finding the courage to do the things you don’t feel you are ready to do.

Power 276
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The Disconnect Between Strategy And Execution

Six Disciplines

While all of us agree there's a disconnect between strategy formulation and strategy execution, the developers of the Balanced Scorecard (Robert Kaplan and David Norton) offer up this terrifying observation: On average, 95% of a company's employees are unaware of, or do not understand, its strategy. Find out more today.

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

Norton (creators of the Balanced Scorecard) offer their insights concerning the "rules" of successful strategy execution: The failure to balance the tensions between strategy and operations (execution) is pervasive. Plan Operations: improve key processes; develop sales plan; plan resource capacity; prepare budgets. Discipline I.

System 98
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Leaders Can’t Execute Strategy

Great Leadership By Dan

There are only a few options such as Palladium Execution Premium Process™ (XPP ) developed by Drs. Norton and their Palladium associates. Building engagement also requires empowering people to change/innovate their work processes. What leaders require is the understanding and the tools. Kaplan and David P.

Execution 211
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4 Ways To End Destructive Pride

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest piece by Ritchie Norton. Brown continues, “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” Richie Norton is the founder and CEO of Global Consulting Circle, a Hawaii-based boutique international business development company. It’s] emotional risk, exposure, uncertainty.

Collins 279
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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

Norton (creators of the Balanced Scorecard) offer their insights concerning the "rules" of successful strategy execution: The failure to balance the tensions between strategy and operations (execution) is pervasive. Plan Operations: improve key processes; develop sales plan; plan resource capacity; prepare budgets. Discipline I.

System 85
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The Best Leadership Books of 2023

Leading Blog

Blog Post ) Going on Offense : A Leader’s Playbook for Perpetual Innovation by Behnam Tabrizi (Ideapress Publishing, 2023) Going on Offense is a powerful resource for anyone looking to transform their organization and their people into a perpetual innovator. Right Kind of Wrong : The Science of Failing Well by Amy C.

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