Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

Skill sets are changing and IT leaders must adapt or die (or at least go into another line of work). Market leaders and fast followers seek transformational change; cautious adopters and laggards dip their toe into incremental change. Understand the three organizational building blocks. Organizational DNA.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

forgot to ask, but his sniper skills are just fine.". Fair or not, Microsoft has long had a reputation for being a fast follower. This worked at first, although the jig was up when she would ask how Emmett's family was doing and I'd respond with, "Um.I

Media 15

Media Company IPO Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

forgot to ask, but his sniper skills are just fine.". Fair or not, Microsoft has long had a reputation for being a fast follower. This worked at first, although the jig was up when she would ask how Emmett's family was doing and I'd respond with, "Um.I

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Media Company IPO Business Model 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2018

They are planning to be “fast followers” — a strategy that has worked with most information technologies. Even if your organization is skilled at moving pilots and prototypes into production, you will also have to re-engineer the business processes to have full impact on your business and industry.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 18, 2011

He covers three areas: Digital Plumbing (technology infrastructure), High-Beam Strategy (trendspotting), and creating a High-Velocity Culture (integrating different types of skills and lifestyles. The thing you want to be these days is a “fast follower.”

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Only 37% of respondents to The Bridgespan Group's Leadership Diagnostic Survey said they have "a clear understanding" of the leadership skills, roles, and number of individuals needed over the next three to five years to achieve their strategic goals. You are far from alone if your organization hasn't grappled with these questions.

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Banking Fast Follower Tools Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

But dont count them out for long; if theres one thing Chinese companies are good at, its implementing a "fast follower" strategy. But dont count them out for long; if theres one thing Chinese companies are good at, its implementing a "fast follower" strategy. At the corporate level, theyre looking to the U.S.

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