N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. Organizations short on leadership talent find themselves in such a position for a reason… current leadership failed to lead. He ended up being voted out and complained that "if only they put me in a leadership position things would have been different."

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Leadership Blog Consultative Brand 419

Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This can result in poor decision-making and a lack of innovative thinking. Examples: A CEO ignores market research that suggests a new product will not be well-received because he or she firmly believes it’s a good idea. Dunning-Kruger Effect Incompetent leaders overestimate their ability, not recognizing their lack of skill.

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Dunning Consensus Groupthink Charisma 104

Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This can result in poor decision-making and a lack of innovative thinking. Examples: A CEO ignores market research that suggests a new product will not be well-received because he or she firmly believes it’s a good idea. Dunning-Kruger Effect Incompetent leaders overestimate their ability, not recognizing their lack of skill.

Dunning 52

Dunning Consensus Groupthink Charisma 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

As a result, in recent years, innovative ideas have been stifled and entire industries have fallen into the death spiral of cost/price cutting commoditization. Instead of risk = bad, leaders need to understand that today, calculated risk = innovation, meeting marketplace demands, leapfrogging competition and creating true profit.

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Dunning Project CTO Innovation 8