Leading Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2014

In the realm of knowledge work, rookies tend to outperform those with experience, especially when it comes to innovation and speed. Needing to close a knowledge gap quickly, hyper-learning kicks in, causing them to seek out guidance, experiment and get rapid feedback. And, they are hungry.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Learn more There’s a quote by Gandhi that Harish Kathiresan, innovation strategy manager at United Utilities, strives to live by: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow, and learn as if you were to live forever.”

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 2, 2022

The entrepreneurial learning curve is often an extremely steep one, with entrepreneurs picking up the tools of the trade at a rapid pace as they try to grow their businesses. Research from Harvard Business School shows, however, that the learning curve may not be quick enough.

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Entrepreneur drives innovation and growth. The Administering focuses the activities and functions that get things organized, planned, scheduled, systematized, and generally under control by capturing the learning curve about how to do things right in processes, procedures, and systems. into a coherent whole.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 31, 2019

We can and must extend compassion for ourselves and others while facing the steepness of our learning curve, both individually and collectively. If we risk being radically human and lead by learning out loud with our colleagues, there is plenty of grace, forgiveness, and compassion in the system—and support from those around us.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

There was also a rapid and steep learning curve for staff to familiarize themselves with the new technology, with many reporting frustrations with the various technical issues they encountered, particularly around a lack of access to HIPAA-compliant platforms. There were also challenges in terms of reimbursement for remote services.

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HR Digest

JULY 23, 2019

A primary reason why it takes so long is that effective leadership traits require their own learning curve. This meant readying IBM’s 350,000 workforce for skills for the future and redesigning how they work and experience work to drive innovation and client engagement. Great leadership takes years of practice.

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Next Level Blog

MAY 4, 2021

The disruption and learning curve of learning to work that way could easily cause connection to fall further through the cracks.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

It is critical for managers and leaders to learn to navigate change . Upgrading and innovating is important to stay ahead in the game. They have a deeper learning curve when put in new situations and roles, which can impact their emotional resilience and ability to perform.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 16, 2012

Guest post by Rick Lash, from the Hay Group: The matrix has often been described as a new type of organizational structure that is flatter, more interconnected, more global and more innovative. Innovation and the Ghost Organization. This can take bravery as leaders work their way up the learning curve in unfamiliar territory.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Careers stall, innovation stops, and strategies grow stale. For today''s knowledge workers, constant learning is more valuable than mastery. Why does a lack of experience drive some people through a discomfort zone and up a learning curve toward new frontiers? When is not knowing more valuable than knowing? .

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HR Digest

JUNE 10, 2019

Besides, companies that pay for the learning curve would find out that the products would get very expensive because of their learning period. Your employees need to know and see the actions being taken to embrace innovation and in creating a tech flourishing environment. Involve technology champions in the process.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2020

It’s a shocking statistic, given the amount of lip service business owners around the country pay to innovation. The last thing you want is a software solution that has a steep learning curve. Each year, businesses in the United States waste about $8 billion managing paper alone.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

Ranking is good for command and control, but not good for change and innovation. Our unlearning curve must be greater than our learning curve if we are going to succeed. Rank Has Its Privileges? Ranking people limits their potential. Today, businesses rank and classify people — sometimes unintentionally.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 16, 2010

&# What To Do In the absence of either or both of those factors, effective leaders become directive: They tell people what to do, show them how to do it, bring them along the learning curve, and don’t back off until the level of performance required can be achieved without close leadership.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Work Your Ass Off Until You Figure It Out.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

When managers understand that, and understand where the people they manage are on their individual learning curve — the low end, the sweet spot, or the high end — employees are engaged, productive, and innovative. Download this podcast.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2018

But what do you do when someone you manage gets to the top of their learning curve — and doesn’t really want to be pushed any further? Employees at the high end of their learning curve also require change. Stagnation can breed entitlement, an environment hostile to creative thinking and innovation.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

” Lakshman Rajagopalan presents What can you do about a culture of Mistrust… posted at Learning Curves. In today’s job market you need to be ambitious and driven if you don’t want to get pushed out by others who spot gaps that could have been filled by you.” ”

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside. You must choose to get off the sideline and into the game, then you must choose to endure the learning curve, and finally you must choose to deploy the needed resources to be successful. I Think Not.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Lakshman Rajagopalan presents What can you do about a culture of Mistrust… posted at Learning Curves. Rebecca Kearley presents This assault on workers rights will kill innovation | Professional Manager posted at Professional Manager. Anadi Upadhyaya presents Is there a magic pill to fix behavioral issues at work?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Whether you’re a digital start-up or an institutional entrepreneur, three simple heuristics offer an excellent way to determine whether a fledgling innovation initiative should be put out of its misery (and yours). Almost all innovation efforts have the hiccoughs and bumps in the road. 1) No Pleasant Surprises. That is fuel.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2018

It’s also one of the hardest skills for a new manager to learn, in part because — unless you’re working at a very fast-growing company — you typically don’t get a lot of practice with it. When you don’t have a lot of opportunities to practice, it’s easy for your learning curve to remain flat.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

Change is innovative. One can always learn from the past, dust it off and reapply it. Good opportunities to compare successes, case studies, methodologies, learning curves and insights. Learn from successes and three times more from failures. Apply thinking processes to be truly innovative. Benchmarking.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

According to Méndez-García, one of the best models for making sense of a non-linear world is the S-curve , the model we have used to understand the diffusion of disruptive innovations, and which he and I speculate can be used to understand personal disruption — the necessary pivots in our own career paths.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

As we practice innovating we are propelled up a personal learning curve — and we begin to accomplish our dreams. As we learn by doing and do by learning something will eventually (and inevitably) not work. Or is failure a tool that will help me innovate more effectively? Learn the right lesson.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

As we practice innovating we are propelled up a personal learning curve — and we begin to accomplish our dreams. As we learn by doing and do by learning something will eventually (and inevitably) not work. Or is failure a tool that will help me innovate more effectively? Learn the right lesson.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2018

From targeted online advertising to more precise recommendation engines, consumer markets are bursting with innovation around machine learning and advanced analytics. At an even higher level, Blast IQ helps a less experienced engineer move up the learning curve much faster than in the days when one learned strictly by trial and error.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

But not before we learn from it. In a complex world where predictability is impossible and innovation and risk are necessary to survive and thrive, mistakes are not only acceptable, but welcome. We want to accelerate the learning experience, get our people up that learning curve faster.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

However, only 11% described themselves as being either “mature” or “advanced” on the learning curve. So, what do you need to know to get up the learning curve? Doing digital M&A right means upending the way most companies approach financing, due diligence, and merger integration.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service. On the other hand, customers may worry that new features pose the risk of new glitches and a steep learning curve. ” Read more from Harvard Business School Executive Education: How to Spot a Liar.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2018

Of the companies Accenture Strategy surveyed, the learning curve seems to be fast and steep for digital mergers and acquisitions. Survey participants told us technology integration (71 percent) and the maintenance of the target’s innovative culture (62 percent) determine the success of progressive company acquisitions.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

And because organizational change tends to be driven by those who most acutely feel the pain, it’s often line managers who are the strongest champions for “talent tech”: innovations in how firms hire people, staff projects, evaluate performance, and develop talent. Talent tech raises urgency for further talent innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

Other consumer-focused companies such as IKEA and Starbucks are following in KFC's footsteps, but the learning curve is both steep and long. And fortunes can reverse quickly if managers don't progress their multicultural understanding as markets continue to evolve.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

One of the most effective ways to launch a successful disruptive innovation in a highly regulated industry is by building your business model in the “other” category. This is what I recommend to my students who want to launch a disruptive innovation in a highly regulated industry: Don’t do it illegally or allegally.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2014

A S LEADERS we must learn and grow. We must be creative and innovative in our organizations but perhaps more importantly, in working on ourselves. Rookie Smarts : Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work by Liz Wiseman Experience has its upside but its downside may hold us back more than we think. Blog Post ).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2015

We found that people in “rookie mode” — new to something important and hard — are surprisingly strong performers in terms of both innovation and speed. Rookies naturally pick other people’s brains in their quest to scramble up a new learning curve. Why is this?

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