Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2019

In the same way, digital disruption is not about the technology as much as it is about how companies can make their way through the new competitive environment they find themselves in. Digital disruption is more about the people than it is the technology. The authors introduce the concept of digital maturity.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. How can AI and future technology aid, rather than impair, inclusion?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2015

In fact, managers might even be a bit worse. In an experiment by Jennifer Mueller, managers were more likely to reject the very same ideas that got customers excited. Everett Rodgers, a sociology professor at Ohio State University published the now famous Diffusion of Innovation in 1962 and coined the term “early adopter.”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Strategic stress is characterized by three zones, which executives must consider and effectively manage: Strategic Burnout (too much strategic stress). Leading disk-drive manufacturers found it nearly impossible to maintain their success when the technology and market structure began to change.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

But this was the first time attending the event where so many of the top-tier athletic luminaries—particularly coaches and managers—spoke so wistfully and ambitiously about the analytic alchemy that can turn teammates into champions. Are their particular game situations where their positive—or negative—influence is statistically pronounced?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

On May 7th, 2016, Joshua Brown, a 40-year-old entrepreneur and technology enthusiast from Canton, Ohio, was sitting behind the wheel of his Tesla Model S sedan when a tractor-trailer turned across his path. And so most experts agree that self-driving car technology will reduce the number of crashes and fatalities.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

and Netflix has managed to make inroads into even those markets where Prime arrived first. The choice of those markets was influenced by their degree of attractiveness, such as from shared similarities, the presence of affluent consumers, and the availability of broadband internet. Yet the majority of Prime subscribers are in the U.S.,

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