Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

The culture required to drive a strategy of innovation is different from the culture required to develop efficiency or operational excellence. Corporate leaders that operate with an ivory tower mentality are likely to find their tower tumbling down. Interview relevant personnel; hold focus groups and conduct employee surveys.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

He influenced my life. It occupied one counter at 2-J’s Hamburgers, an established Austin restaurant, owned and operated by Ralph Moreland. ’ I commissioned focus groups. To test the premise, I staged a focus group dinner meeting at a prominent inner-city church, eliciting ideas and insights.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

One such project addressed a user’s control of his personal data. He had no formal authority as a leader, operating without any title or mandate. We started with focus groups drawn from both our graduate class at Northwestern University and a global high-potential program we run at Aon.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

They are projected to make up the majority of all women by 2060, which means they’ll also likely become the majority of the U.S. Sixteen women were interviewed and seven others participated in a focus group. Women of color aspire to hold top leadership roles that allow them to lead with influence and purpose.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Yes, set up a “focus group” of employees to serve as community leaders who will shepherd your company into the social networking world, but don’t put all of the power in their hands. Social Nations are organic organizations, so the more people who are empowered to influence yours, the better.

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