Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Tuesday, November 02nd, 2010 Posted by: mike Met some friends for a focus group at a local coffee place. The paradox is that corporate-centered systems are established to increase the effectiveness of user-centered interactions. Powered by WordPress. Design by 12GrainStudio Your Process SUCKS! mike Wednesday, 3rd.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

And, there is nothing we do to influence this change. You may have a better system in place. Use a focus group. On major changes, I like to bring in a group of people who are generally supportive of my leadership, but represent all the major groups within the church. There are lots of other examples of this.

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Stakeholder Analysis Learning-by-Doing Planning Influence 43

Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

You developed a five-step system for culture change. Lack of Middle Management Buy-In: Middle management has a very strong influence on culture because they have the most immediate connection to most of your employees—and often customers, as well. Interview relevant personnel; hold focus groups and conduct employee surveys.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 5, 2013

You may have a better system in place. Focus group – On major changes, I like to bring in a group of people who are generally supportive of my leadership, but represent all the major groups within the church. Failing to do most or all of these, in my experience, could derail the effectiveness of the change.

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Stakeholder Analysis Edmondson Learning-by-Doing Focus Group 83

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

But when it comes to uncovering the motivations and rationale behind individual behaviors within a social system, data can only do so much. In my conversations with business leaders about how they use data analytics, a primary focus is on technical, large-scale systems. Sponsored by Splunk.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 30, 2016

And, there is nothing we do to influence this change. You may have a better system in place. Use a focus group. On major changes, I like to bring in a group of people who are generally supportive of my leadership, but represent all the major groups within the church. There are lots of other examples of this.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 10, 2011

Both cities are hubs of culture, entertainment, sports, media, fashion and business; both have worldwide fame and influence, not to mention affluence. After all, they conducted focus groups in a Chicago suburb for one of their industry-leading clients. Now, in their defense, New York and Los Angeles are amazing.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Corporations often approach ethics as an individual problem, designing oversight systems to identify the “bad apples” before they can turn the organization into a “rotten barrel.” They replicate despite changes in leadership and in management systems. Vince Streano/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2018

The fourth step is to identify what these stakeholder groups want from you. For example, these might include the factors influencing the decision to purchase from you (customers), work for you (employees), supply to you (suppliers) or invest in you (shareholders).

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Strategic Planning Planning Document Airlines 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2017

Create accurate and verified numbers and indices calculated from data systems to serve as input to the analytics, to avoid having “garbage in” compromise even with appropriate and sophisticated analysis. A good case in point is whether HR systems actually educate business leaders about the quality of their human capital decisions.

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Human Capital Metrics Analysis Survey 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

Medical science has enabled our health care system to deliver outcomes that would have been impossible a generation ago, and advances in fields such as genomics and stem-cell therapy offer immense promise to further accelerate medical innovation. Remember the other influences of patient health. Get authentic patient voices in the room.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Start with deep ethnographic research; avoid focus groups! Who are your influences? Academics like Clayton Christensen and Vijay Govindarajan, leading-edge innovative companies like Procter & Gamble and Cisco Systems, and thoughtful writers like Michael Mauboussin and Bill James. How should I look?

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Innovation Govindarajan Disruptive Innovation Business Model 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Analytics allow studios to go beyond simple focus groups or established financial modeling to determine how audiences might respond to a given film. Individually, they could all impact the revenue outcome — and influence each other. Sales teams could be equipped with likely sales for a given film to sell appropriately.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Analytics allow studios to go beyond simple focus groups or established financial modeling to determine how audiences might respond to a given film. Individually, they could all impact the revenue outcome — and influence each other. Sales teams could be equipped with likely sales for a given film to sell appropriately.

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Film Franchising Budgeting Audience 15

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

Amazon has brought together a nation of readers for those who want to share their feedback about books and help influence the choices of other readers. Open Table has brought together a nation of diners who connect online. A community of travelers help us select hotels that meet our personal preferences thanks to Trip Advisor.

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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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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2015

As a former HR leader for a Fortune 500 company, I’m all too aware of how flawed the system is. There are just too many external influences that affect employees’ performance. Relationships: What people and relationships most influence employees inside and outside of work? The answer? A resounding “yes.”

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 26, 2013

Learning to use social media to reach the lost and to extend the influence of the church isn’t just a good idea; it’s a must. Project Systems. Andy Stanley says, “The systems down the hall trump the vision on the wall.” If you don’t have systems in place, standards and strategy mean absolutely nothing. Social Media.

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