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7 Steps to Problem Solving

Skip Prichard

2: Disaggregate. Yes, we find the most common mistakes in complex problem solving are weak problem statements, poor problem disaggregation, and insufficient attention to good team norms. What do leadership teams most struggle with in the new environment? 7 Steps to Problem Solving. 1: Define the problem. 3: Prioritize.

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Why You Should Let a 5-Year Old Design Your Next Product

Harvard Business Review

Even though he''s only five years old, that product will one day be on the shelves of your local Bed Bath and Beyond, or Target. This five-year old is able to be the inventor without also creating a company because of a product innovation company called Quirky. It engages community to improve ideas and ultimately co-create the value.

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5 Questions That Will Help You Stay Ahead of Your Disruptors

Harvard Business Review

” That clean-sheet perspective emboldened Intel’s leadership to abandon memory and focus on microprocessors. They see disrupted incumbents from retail, finance, health care, transportation, professional services, and manufacturing requiring radical restructuring of assets, productivity , and innovation.

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The 3 Ways Work Can Be Automated

Harvard Business Review

The ability of such technology to enable traditional jobs to be disaggregated and to supplement or replace routine activities presents opportunities in efficiency, effectiveness, and impact. The second area of opportunity with cognitive automation is for companies to develop new products and services.

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The Best Investment You'll Ever Make

Harvard Business Review

Encouraging the impulse to do or become more is critical to keeping employees engaged, happy and productive, especially when they've earned the right to aim higher. But paraphrasing Chris Brogan , "even though the customer may not always right, he still deserves to be heard." This applies to employees as well.

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As Work Changes, Leadership Development Has to Keep Up

Harvard Business Review

As work itself is changing, some of the basic tenets of leadership development are being challenged. Work is being disaggregated into tasks that can be dispersed inside and outside of the organization — the “uberization” of work. Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.