The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In his article on “Crafting Strategy,” McGill University professor and management author, Henry Mintzberg, provides a good example of innovation and organizational learning in high-performing, agile organizations: “Out in the field, a salesman visits a customer. A new product emerges, which eventually opens up a new market.

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Agility Quinn Mintzberg Innovation 52

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 10, 2013

Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs Larry Keeley with Ryan Pikkel, Brian Quinn, and Helen Walters John Wiley & Sons (2013) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” ” Larry Keeley wrote this book with […].

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Quinn Ryan Innovation Books 98

Strategy Driven

MAY 14, 2020

Kim Cameron and Robert Quinn (2011) have identified four cultures that are indicative of most organizations: clan, adhocracy, hierarchy and market. For example, adhocracy cultures are characterized by lots of collaboration and teamwork in order to drive innovation in the marketplace.

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Motivation Quinn Stress Uncertainty 120

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

It’s more likely that they set out to meet an unmet need in the market. Recent research has shown that “high purpose” companies — those who have a point of view on social issues, innovate with purpose, and have a commitment to society — outperform “low purpose companies.” For example, high purpose companies experience: 14.1%

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

It’s more likely that they set out to meet an unmet need in the market. Recent research has shown that “high purpose” companies — those who have a point of view on social issues, innovate with purpose, and have a commitment to society — outperform “low purpose companies.” For example, high purpose companies experience: 14.1%

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

As the two markets homogenized into a general mass American market, focused mail-order retailers like Sears and Montgomery Ward saw sales and profits drop. Quinn write “It is no longer news that over the past five years. Army uses after-action reviews to change course, as the Pascale article explains in excellent detail.

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Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

More generally, we find greater proportions of respondents in emerging markets falling into the leadership camp we would call “modernist.” In a fast-moving, digitally-powered world, creativity and intuition could be the difference between gaining ground as an innovator and getting left behind. Many believe so.

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Creativity Leadership Styles Quinn Globalization 9