The Practical Leader

MARCH 13, 2024

Harvard Business School Professor Ted Levitt, a leading research and author in management, marketing, and former editor of Harvard Business Review, said “Early decline and certain death are the fate of companies whose policies are geared totally and obsessively to their own convenience at the total expense of the customer.”

System 52

System Organization Levitt Root Cause Analysis 52

Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

” Theodore Levitt said, “The future belongs to those who see opportunities before they become obvious.” The try to anticipate what knowledge and skills will be important for the future. It isn’t always possible to predict what skills will be needed in the future. Study for the future, not the past.

Learning-by-Doing 56

Learning-by-Doing Drucker Levitt Education 56

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

Michael Levitt, CEO of BreakfastLeadership.com. Regular meditation and all the skills it improves – focus, concentration, mindfulness, patience, stress resiliency, emotional intelligence, and more – has been a massive game changer for me. Incidentally, I never start the day with text, email, phone, Facebook , TV, or news of any kind.

Succession 316

Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2014

Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner note that most street-level drug dealers earn modest wages at best — they may neglect their schoolwork, and some take straight jobs in addition to make ends meet. There is a possible consolation prize: perhaps these kids can parlay their programming skill into jobs at Facebook or Google.

Development 9

Development Levitt Real Estate IPO 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Disruption also takes root with customers that historically were locked out of a market because they lacked specialized skills or sufficient financial resources to consume existing solutions. Sometimes the place to look is in physical locations where consumption was historically difficult if not impossible.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Christensen Levitt Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

But a study for the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors finds the same need for business-acumen and analytical selling skills in this sector — in part because transactional sales can migrate to the web. ”In other words, why serve hamburger when you can teach people to cook steak?

Education 8

Education Levitt Retail Training 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 30, 2011

This book strikes an appropriate balance between quantitative skill sets and the qualitative concepts necessary for business growth. The marketing orientation focuses the purpose of the firm towards serving customer needs profitably – an orientation supported by the late greats Peter Drucker and Theodore Levitt.

Price 50

Price Strategy Discount Levitt 50