Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

Market leaders and fast followers seek transformational change; cautious adopters and laggards dip their toe into incremental change. Market leaders and cautious adopters proactively seek change; fast followers and laggards take a reactive approach. IT management Information & technology Strategy'

CIO 8

CIO Succession Fast Follower Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

And Capabilities and Management Systems act as a reality check on the Where to Play and How to Win choice. If you can’t identify a set of Capabilities and Management Systems that you currently have, or can reasonably build, to make the Where to Play and How to Win choice come to fruition, it is a fantasy, not a strategy.

First-mover Advantage 14

First-mover Advantage Retail Strategy Pharmaceuticals 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

The idea is to fast-forward a project, so you can see what the end result might look like and how the market will react. It’s also a popular construct in agile project management. By the end of the week, it had tested a prototype with this group and gotten enough positive feedback to move forward with the project.

Consensus 8

Consensus Hotels Project Fast Follower 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

There is a much more important change in the global distribution of power underway, and the play for leadership of the World Bank signals that emerging markets will be increasingly bold in asserting their views about the management of the global economy. In short, the age of Post-Western globalization is upon us.

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Only 39% indicated that they had identified potential successors for key positions. More importantly, by changing your organization's leadership development mindset, you can create the momentum needed to build a talent pipeline that will keep your organization strong as you grow, and grow fast.

Banking 8

Banking Fast Follower Tools Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

To those of us who believe the future of the country depends on its innovative capabilities, this was hugely positive. China's brilliant "Fast Follower" innovation policy is generating the biggest transfer of technology in history. He used the word "innovate" more times in his State of the Union than any other U.S.

Policies 15

Policies Innovation Fast Follower Long-term 15