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How To Lead In Uncertainty

CO2

Before reaching the top of the S-Curve, there will be disintermediation, which moves humanity from the current S-Curve to a new one. The point in which the change takes off is known as the tipping point. Disorder, at the center of all environments, happens when you do not know which environment you’re operating in.

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How to Approach Leading in Times of Uncertainty

CO2

Before reaching the top of the S-Curve, there will be disintermediation, which moves humanity from the current S-Curve to a new one. The point in which the change takes off is known as the tipping point. Disorder, at the center of all environments, happens when you do not know which environment you’re operating in.

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Four Tips for Better Strategic Planning

Harvard Business Review

Strategic plans are often filled with empty phrases such as “Leverage our World Class Operating Capabilities” or head-scratching aspirations like “Reshape Our Pricing and Trade Strategy to Effectively Drive Demand While Maintaining Market Access.” The strategic planning process is an important part of most organizations’ operating rhythm.

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How to Succeed in Business by Bundling – and Unbundling

Harvard Business Review

Barksdale: I think we use the term “disintermediate” a lot more than we do “unbundle from these terrible corporations.” And so, ironically, the bundlers of that era were operating probably illegally, in the way that they were forcing the bundle and then price-fixing the bundle. I don’t remember ever giving that speech.

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