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0616 | Donald Sull & Kathleen Eisenhardt

LDRLB

Donald Sull is a global expert on strategy and execution in turbulent markets. Ascherman Professor of Strategy at Stanford, a highly cited author, and the co-director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. He is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Kathleen Eisenhardt is the S.

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How to Solve Complex Problems Fast

Skip Prichard

And instead of assigning a high-variety group from inside and around their organization to develop solutions, they’ll tend to go to the usual suspects, keep the group small, and rely on what they see, know and believe (which, with complex problems, isn’t nearly enough). ” The Power of Questions. ” -Komlos, Benjamin.

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Explain Your New Strategy By Emphasizing What It Isn’t

Harvard Business Review

Yet, according to Donald Sull’s research in the March issue of HBR, almost half of top executives cannot connect the dots between their company’s strategic priorities; and two out of three middle managers say they simply do not understand their strategic direction.