Leading Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

When this happens, they are at risk for what Donald Sull calls in Revival of the Fittest , active inertia. He explains what happens: Managers get trapped by success, a condition that I call active inertia , or management’s tendency to respond to the most disruptive changes by accelerating activities that succeeded in the past.

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HR Digest

MARCH 19, 2023

Recent research published in the MIT Sloan Management Review reveals that we are 41% more likely than our male counterparts to be subjected to toxic corporate culture. But Sull isn’t just raising awareness; he’s taking action. For this study, he and co-author Charles Sull analyzed the language used by over 3 million U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

I spoke with contributor Don Sull , who teaches strategy at MIT and the London Business School, about the tension between scholars who put sustainable competitive advantage at the center of strategy and those who argue that some industries are changing too quickly to allow for sustained performance. Should Big Companies Give Up on Innovation?

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