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Is It Fun Being Led by You?

Lead Change Blog

We got our black belts in six-sigma; words or acronyms like Kaizen, PDCA, TQM, QC and ISO became everyday parts of our work language. His excitement came from a genuinely ecstatic space, not a feature he donned like a mask to attract attention or influence an outcome. The benefits were significant. Fun Leaders Are Light.

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Succession Planning Development Plans: Skill Gaps or Experience Gaps?

Great Leadership By Dan

They may learn how to plan, delegate, develop a strategy, influence, and who knows what else, but never learn how to think. Created an implemented a new go-to-market strategy. - Led a six-sigma project. in a difference way. Led a multi-function, diverse team. Worked in at least two difference countries.

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Scaling Your UX Strategy

Harvard Business Review

You even people talking about UX as the way in which a consumer connects to a business — all the touch-points from marketing to product development to distribution channels. It's the "new black," to borrow from a fashion phrase — as well as a reference to its influence on profitability. Just look at the. $1

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Will Moneyball Analytics Kill Loyalty and Leadership?

Harvard Business Review

Unlike for a Procter & Gamble or Unilever, Morey muses, there is no "aging curve" for marketing prowess: "We can't say that, after 50, this guy won't have another good marketing idea again.". Think of it as Six Sigma predictive analytics for talent. can make a better bet on someone with talent.". But why not?

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Five Power Skills for Discovering Radical Ideas

Harvard Business Review

In order to do this, your company needs a process to source radical ideas that can catapult your business to new heights, open up new markets, or bring in completely unfamiliar profit streams. Each factor directly influences convergence, and the three may indirectly influence each other. Use Convergence Thinking.

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PepsiCo’s Chief Design Officer on Creating an Organization Where Design Can Thrive

Harvard Business Review

Our work covers each brand’s visual identity, from the product itself all the way to the marketing and merchandising activities that bring a brand to life across different platforms—music, sports, fashion, and so forth. Let’s say that in the room there is a marketer who tells me the brand is not visible enough.