Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 18, 2016

So, Jeff’s non-stop one-liners were funny: “You might be a redneck…if there are more than five McDonald’s bags in your car…if the Home Shopping Network operator recognizes your voice…id the taillight covers of your car are made of red tape…if you financed a tattoo, or if you’ve ever been involved in a custody fight over a hunting dog.”.

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Covey How To Long-term Class 150

Strategy Driven

MARCH 20, 2021

But you must also remember that any new technology you onboard will bring change to your bank’s operations—some of which isn’t welcome just yet. Also worth explaining to your colleagues is that the tech will put you in a highly competitive position: that of an early adopter.

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Technology Banking Chief Financial Officer Chief Technology Officer 71

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Thankfully, a third study highlights how such attitudes are open to change, especially when managers gain experience with employees who operate with flexible work schedules, with the impact of their peers considerable. Changing attitudes.

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Career Early Adopters Policies Proposal 74

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

In a better and cheaper world, you use the term big bang disruption or the sort of shark fin to describe what this model looks like, that you scale up to those early adopters becoming the majority way quicker than you can predict nowadays. The managers just don’t have the tool set often to operate. In this case, it’s not.

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Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The internet has dramatically changed the way companies operate. But companies will only be able to realize productivity gains from these new operating models if they skillfully manage the soft side of their automation transformation—the people in what will be a vastly different organization. So early preparation is needed.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

IT has long played a critical role in helping organizations deliver better products and services, improve operations, better manage risks, and develop new business models to stay relevant. That’s still true. Core technologies such as cloud, mobility, modern applications, and networks continue to evolve.

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Technology Content Market Segmentation Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Computers wouldn’t just speed up processes or automate certain tasks — they could upset nearly all business processes and allow executives to rethink operations from the ground up. In our study of more than 30 pilots in early-adopter companies, we found five common business processes improved by machine-reengineering.

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Process Company Market Segmentation Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2012

For example, new TV channels have to depend on tens of thousands of small cable operators, who have set up networks in residential areas. cable operators fight TV channels while Amazon and Google take on publishers. The Indian entrepreneur's distribution headaches don't just affect operations. Even in the U.S.,

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Venture Capitalist Early Adopters Entrepreneur Magazine 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

In many cases, the culprit is a gap between launching a few analytics experiments and embedding these insights into the operating model of the larger organization. Merely layering powerful technology systems on top of existing operations is not enough. Embracing data and analytics is not a tactic; it’s a transformation.

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Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

It operates in over 190 countries, and close to 73 million of its some 130 million subscribers are outside the U.S. As with the markets it had entered earlier, the company launched a service targeted at early adopters, and then iterated quickly to add features to attract a wider audience.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

By 2017 it was operating in over 190 countries, and today close to 73 million of its some 130 million subscribers are outside the U.S. As with the markets it had entered earlier, the company launched a service targeted at early adopters, and then iterated quickly to add features to attract a wider audience.

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Globalization First-mover Advantage Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Nokia's inability to field a credible response to the launch of the iPhone in 2007 and Google's Android operating system in 2008 has precipitated a freefall in its share price. Motorola is finally attempting a comeback with handsets using Google's Android operating system, but is now only a minor player.

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Supply Chain Long-term Brand Early Adopters 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2011

Since my youth I've been an early adopter of new technology. This project just started its operations and we are learning each day to maximize all the utilities of the software and IT system for our everyday routine. But the main challenge is not how to operate the machine.

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Software Early Adopters Technology Crisis 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

“Explorers” are the most innovative and optimistic about technology and are early adopters; they make up 41% of on-demand consumers. The NTRS data also shows on-demand services have already moved beyond early adopters and are gaining traction among mainstream consumers who require that platforms be user-friendly and safe.

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Early Adopters Technology Survey Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2011

From conversations with over 100 early adopters, we've found some elements that help IT teams and business leaders come to terms with the consumerization of IT. Organizations expect these solutions to not only integrate with ease but also not to harm existing systems or jeopardize how users perform daily work and operations.

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Technology Early Adopters Bottom-up Software 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

A core set of very good features hook early adopters, and teams quickly learn what users value. Inside the digital factory , human operators must now take on high value-added supervision and control tasks, while the machines operate independently. Chiefly, it gives technologists accountability to your business teams.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

Yet, more than 50 years after Peter Drucker devised the term knowledge worker, it is quite disappointing to peer inside the operations of any large organization and see how little of their time knowledge workers actually spend on higher-order thinking tasks. The Future of Operations. No underlying systems programming logic is touched.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

We can provide the entrepreneurs with access to early adopter customers in the 170 countries in which we operate. We’re always looking for companies with brilliant ideas that we can partner with or acquire. With the entrepreneur ecosystem, we are behaving more like a Silicon Valley startup.

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Venture Funding Entrepreneur Agility Business Model 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2014

Firms like Deloitte have predicted robust consumer demand for smart glasses, with global adoption reaching “tens of millions by 2016 and surpassing 100 million by 2020.” Firms like Deloitte have predicted robust consumer demand for smart glasses, with global adoption reaching “tens of millions by 2016 and surpassing 100 million by 2020.”

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Strategy Early Adopters Innovation Proposal 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2013

Scheduled before the massive annual CES gathering, it's a powwow for bloggers and other social media enthusiasts, early adopters who are quick to jump on board the next great thing. But even anecdotally, you probably have some good operating theories. I recently got back from the New Media Expo in Las Vegas.

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Media First-mover Advantage Early Adopters ROI 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2017

Large companies serve mainstream customers, while innovative entrepreneurs first serve early adopters. As a free-standing enterprise operating under its own brand, FirstBuild is decidedly not another attempt to transform a traditional company’s corporate culture. ” You can’t. Separation is the key.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

Video is no longer the cornerstone of revenue for cable operators. If a cable operator, for example, has a 10% loss in video subscribers, topline revenues are reduced by 6%, but profits only shrink by 4%. Consumption of OTT original programming skews heavily male and matches the profile of the typical early adopter of technology.

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Video Telecommunications Early Adopters Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Rethinking the time-honored processes upon which our daily operations depended would require overcoming the complacency that pervades many large academic medical centers. We enlisted experts in operational effectiveness and service excellence, and both leaders and front line staff were trained on the principles of lean manufacturing.

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Health Care Ishikawa Lean Manufacturing Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Each business carries its own unique challenges and requirements, from proprietary data types to operational constraints and compliance requirements, which may require additional customization and scientific progress. If you are operating in this arena, it is up to you to prove your credentials and not the other way around.

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How To Technology Learning-by-Doing Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2016

As businesses start creating messaging operations, they’d be wise to understand what customers don’t want to see from companies on these platforms. Instead of starting a conversation with users about your latest product launch, be available when early adopters start using it and having issues. Two mistakes to avoid.

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Brand Real Estate Apparel Content 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

Operations in a Connected World. The best online product companies make very small changes and give them to just a subset of early adopter customers who like to have the latest features and are happy to give suggestions for improvements. But when a product is delivered online (e.g., Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Innovation Company Software Engineering 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

Both are addressing cognitive applications that benefit customers and bring operational business value to their own organizations. We’ve both followed these companies for a long time—dating back to their early work with expert systems. Address applications that benefit you and the customer. Augmentation, not automation.

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Supply Chain Technology System Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2018

In contrast to health care, aviation has been an early adopter of decision-support technology — the “fly by wire” flight-control computers that prevent unsafe operation of the aircraft and reduce maintenance costs and pilot workloads.

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Learning-by-Doing Health Care Technology Education 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

A turnaround subsequently lowered strategic stress to a productive level by discontinuing many of their seemingly unrelated projects, re-focusing on their core business, as well as streamlining operational processes that improved coordination activities. Strategic Boredom (not enough strategic stress).

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2017

In phase 3, successful portfolio transformations require financial discipline that is not an event, but a pattern; strategic clarity that is not a direction, but a commitment; operational excellence that is not a tool, but a mindset.

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Due Diligence Leadership Incubator Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

An industrial paint application product/service that reduces toxic solvent use by 70% and is saving customers, mostly auto repair shops, $2 billion from simpler paint operations and reduced waste. It's also a sizable business for 3M. But there are signs of a feistier attitude brewing.

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Innovation Early Adopters Energy Efficiency 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

By buying Whole Foods, Amazon gets virtually limitless possibilities to test products and services, test price points and assortment interactions, redefine the price perception for organic and healthier foods, merge offline and online shopping experiences, and perhaps test home delivery or store pickup with ideal early adopters.

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Price Retail Competitive Advantage Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2014

When it is eventually launched in the market, there is an initial flurry of sales to early adopters, but then sales cycles become sluggish. Pilot customers are enthusiastic, but broader adoption is slow even with customer support and training. If so, they are operating with a different model of the current state.

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Productivity Products Software Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Investment in AI is growing and is increasingly coming from organizations outside the tech space.

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Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Ideally, data for many measures should come directly from the patient (for example, the severity of hip-related pain one year after a hip-replacement operation). Whatever audience you choose, make the choice early — it will greatly affect how you present the data, the language you use, and the look and feel of your published products.

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Benchmarking Audience Report Early Adopters 8

Change Starts Here

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Some of us are “innovators” or “early adopters” whilst others are “laggards” The vast majority of us sit in the middle of the population as “The early or late majority” Again this is a people led model of change. As you can see from his C.V.

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ADKAR Management Early Adopters Rogers 60

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

Observing early adopters, we’ve found that automated process change comes in three main flavors: self-adapting, self-repairing, or a combination of the two. Overall, more than half of respondents directly attributed significant, often exponential improvements in business processes to machine-learning-enhanced processes.

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Process Automotive Chief Technology Officer Supply Chain 9