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How to Use Intelligent Failure and Controlled Chaos to Strengthen Agility Ability

The Practical Leader

A new product emerges, which eventually opens up a new market. In other cases, the salesperson might be told to submit a Product Modification Input Solicitation form to product development, marketing, and three other committees to review. They take the market or customers at face value. The company has changed strategic course.”

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30 Influencers Behind the Brands We Love

Lead Change Blog

What can we learn from these top digital marketers, and how do we engage and influence them? Tami Cannizzaro ( @tamicann ), Vice President, Marketing, IBM. Julia Quinn ( @JuliaAQuinn ), Director, Social Media, Amtrak. Jamie Coomber ( @Jamiec ), Global Director, Digital Brand Marketing and Communications, Converse.

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Ten Types of Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

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.” Thomas Edison With regard to the Edison quotation, I agree while presuming to add, “Execution without discipline is merely activity.”

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GM Cruise Layoffs Affecting Almost 24% of the Workforce

HR Digest

On Wednesday, Cruise fired nine executives, including its chief operating officer and chief legal and policy officer amid an external investigation led by law firm Quinn Emmanuel into the accident and Cruise’s response. The unit’s CEO Kyle Vogt and co-founder Dan Kan both resigned last month.

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Corporate Purpose: Monumental Change Starts With Your Leadership

CO2

The founder who started the company might still be involved, and their presence and leadership help the purpose remain clear. It’s more likely that they set out to meet an unmet need in the market. But without effective leadership, corporate purpose feels abstract and disconnected from an employee’s day-to-day job.

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Corporate Purpose: Monumental Change Starts With Your Leadership

CO2

The founder who started the company might still be involved, and their presence and leadership help the purpose remain clear. It’s more likely that they set out to meet an unmet need in the market. But without effective leadership, corporate purpose feels abstract and disconnected from an employee’s day-to-day job.

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The Demotivated Employee: What Causes Employees to Lose Their Motivation?

Strategy Driven

Kim Cameron and Robert Quinn (2011) have identified four cultures that are indicative of most organizations: clan, adhocracy, hierarchy and market. Leadership Styles. People often choose to work for an organization because the culture “fits” their preferences for how they want to work.