Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 25, 2019

So much is unknown, and the new is everywhere--new technology, new economic models, new politics, new cultural norms, and new products and services. To succeed, leaders must find new ways for their organizations to satisfy rapidly evolving market and organizational demands. In short, it’s cool not to be so cool.

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Real Estate Travel Short-term Resistance 180

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Too often, when innovation processes fall short, top managers make the impulsive diagnosis that it’s because their people are simply unwilling to change. Understanding individual’s resistance to change. Legislation can also serve to established industries by keeping new players out of the market and limiting innovation.

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System Innovation Restructuring Short-term 161

Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

To manage these challenges, executives are called on to adopt a long-term perspective on organizational strategy while staying in tune with the present-day needs of clients, customers and team members. This includes developing a vision for the future, communicating effectively with stakeholders, and managing resistance to change.

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Training Execution Leadership Emotional Intelligence 52

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Outrageous Fortunes is a book about what in economic terms, could be. Instead of focusing on moment–by-moment market predictions, author Daniel Altman, looks at deeper, underlying economic factors that we frequently overlook in the short-term view. It is a provocative guide to global trends.

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Globalization Altman Long-term Short-term 211

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

Talk about some of the ideas that kind of led you both to wanting to write this book, and then we’ll get into what this term big bang disruption means. You are also the author of a ton of different stuff around this idea of disruption, the most recent one being- I’m making sure I get this title right. I’ve really enjoyed that for this book.

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Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

R&D and marketing typically come at product development from different angles, and R&D’s “things” approach is often at odds with marketing’s “people” focus. In companies where R&D is very powerful, marketers can sometimes be heard complaining about products that are hard to understand and use.

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Marketing Power Short-term Long-term 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Business is fluid, dynamic and ever evolving, which means that static advice is at best short lived, but most times is simply incongruous with the very nature of business itself. Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market.

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2018

billion people, the Chinese consumer market is a tempting target for Western technology companies. The recent news that Google is considering a re-entry into China further highlights a troubling balancing act faced by technology companies looking to do business there. With over 1.3 ” Google’s bind is a common one.

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Ethics Technology Short-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

While it’s clear that CEOs need to consider AI’s business implications, the technology’s nascence in business settings makes it less clear how to profitably employ it. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging. Furthermore, early AI adopters are 3.5

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Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2013

For the past decade, emerging digital markets have operated under the assumption that, despite the obvious similarity between a music CD and an MP3 downloaded from iTunes, digital goods are different. Or, to use the legal term, you license their use. The short answer is through terms-of-service agreements and other click wrap.

Marketing 8

Marketing Licensing Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Twenty years ago, Louis Gerstner transformed IBM by emphasizing consulting and technology services — not just technology — to solve customer problems. How technology is changing the way we work. To address medium-term opportunities, IBM formed partnerships with hospitals (e.g., Can the elephant dance again?

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Venture Capitalist Short-term ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Simply improving short-term performance by cutting costs across the board isn’t the answer – activists can do that themselves, simply by taking out 10% from your company’s cost baseline. What advantage do we have — or can we create — in the market, and how do we maintain and extend this advantage?

Management 8

Management Short-term Constraint Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

They might focus on how incumbents cope with the rapid obsolescence of their old capabilities, say, or with internal resistance to inevitable change. We examined how each initiative impacted a company’s value through changes in its stock price, which we used as a proxy for determining the short-term costs of self-disruption.

Company 8

Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

These visionary CEOs aren't caving in to Wall Street's demands for short-term gains. Rather, they are boldly restructuring every function in their organizations to boost their firms' long-term ability to deliver affordable and sustainable solutions to increasingly cost-conscious and eco-aware consumers.

CEO 15

CEO Innovation Restructuring Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

And I couldn't resist following up with an email Q&A: Justin Fox: A lot of smart people have been saying for a while now that public-company executives should put less time and effort into dealing with Wall Street. Doesn't the focus on them distract executives and investors from companies' long-term prospects? Why's that?

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Short-term Long-term Parcell Incentives 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2015

That’s short-sighted. In this way, the start-up that initially served only small businesses can disrupt incumbents and come to dominate the large enterprise market, too. So look for industries where upfront costs are high and new technology could offer similar services with little or no upfront commitment.

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B2B Disruptive Innovation Short-term Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2013

Resistant forms continue to thrive, and increased travel makes the global threat very real. While currently crippled by inadequate infrastructure in many countries, low- and middle-income countries will be the fastest-growing markets for pharmaceuticals and medical devices over the next decade. We face a public health emergency.

Health Care 8

Health Care ROI NGO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Most of today's markets have all the competition they can handle. Companies looking for significant top-line growth need to find, and then focus their business on, something we have identified in our research as a " big-enough market insight ," or BEMI. This post is part of the HBR Insight Center Growing the Top Line. Embracing BEMIs.

Trends 12

Trends Short-term Resistance Marketing 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

We’re also facing a new and perilous generation of drug-resistant pathogens. Because the long-term horizon and trade-offs required to develop scalable responses to pandemic threats are exactly the type of problem too big to be solved by any one sector. Science/technology community.

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Project Disaggregation Globalization Comparison 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2011

Protected from short term demands, these teams can focus on opportunities beyond the core. military namesake, Nike's team responded to specific issues: tackling new categories, entering new markets, fending off competitors, and capturing new consumers. Change is often met with resistance. Like their U.S.

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Innovation Short-term Long-term Project 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

Widespread use of antivirus, intrusion detection technologies, improved cryptography algorithms, and methods for blacklisting infected web sites are just a few examples of how technical advances have improved cyber defense. This effect is similar to the overuse of antibiotics promoting antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

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Game Theory Incentives Diversity System 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This has been a remarkable year for the markets. Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. MirageC/Getty Images. The S&P and the Dow indexes are up 18% and 19%, respectively.

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Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Noting the erosion of market share in 41 of 60 countries around the world and lackluster earnings growth compared with peers, Peltz asked for a seat on the board, arguing that he could help address the underlying problems. Those early discussions should reveal whether he or she is resisting change or relishing it. billion stake.

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CEO Price Incubator Resistance 9

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

​ For example, the job function I have now, digital marketing , didn’t exist when I left college, and had I focused on other areas without adapting as my career progressed, I might’ve missed my calling in digital marketing. Always keep up with emerging trends and technologies in your specific sector.

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Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

Whereas in the realm of dating, technology has made it easier for people to meet someone and begin a new relationship, in the world of work people seemed resigned to their bleak state of affairs. In short, when resilience is driven by self-enhancement, success comes at a high price: denial.

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Stress Self-aware Leadership Pipeline Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

These visionary CEOs aren't caving in to Wall Street's demands for short-term gains. Rather, they are boldly restructuring every function in their organizations to boost their firms' long-term ability to deliver affordable and sustainable solutions to increasingly cost-conscious and eco-aware consumers.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Restructuring Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2013

Saying upfront that you expect a 10% uptick in revenue can cause people to find a short-term 10% growth that''s not there for the long-term, to be so busy looking for the 10% that they''ll miss a potential 100% gain, or miss negative correlations entirely. IT management Information & technology Managing people'

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Information Technology Uncertainty Short-term GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2013

We argue that leaders should stop thinking of IT as Enabling and start thinking in terms of fully Exploiting IT to strategic advantage. If that''s the case, why would any company allow a business change initiative to fall short of its promised business benefits? IT management Information & technology Strategy'

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CIO Stage-Gate Project Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

But they don’t think nearly enough about operational meltdowns – technological glitches and other problems that can put them out of business. Unlike much larger companies, midsized firms usually lack deep operational and technological talent who can quickly recognize, understand, and resolve huge systems glitches.

Operations 8

Operations Company Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

The newspaper industry is a good example of just how difficult it can be to thrive when business goes digital, especially if that business is chronically resistant to change. We see this in marketing with product development and advertising, mostly. The technology is there. But what about monetization? Reputation.

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Price Content Reputation Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Just under 1,000 companies account for half of the world's market capitalization, Eccles notes. The first is breakdown , where early experiments fade in the face of resistance. In short, change would happen, but at a dangerously slow pace. If they decided to act, the impact could be immense. Breakthrough Institutions.

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EPS Innovation CEO Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2013

As I''ve written in my previous two blog posts, our first inclination is usually to play down the potential impact of a new technology. Let''s be really optimistic and suppose that $100 billion survives, at least in the short term, out of inertia, and because there will always be moments when McKinsey must meet with clients face to face.

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Disintermediation Hotels Airlines Travel 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

The greatest leaders throughout history have been nothing short of relentless in their pursuit of knowledge. With the plethora of reading material on the market today it is not a simple thing to make sure that you’re covering all the bases in a time efficient fashion. Social Media Marketing an hour a day – Dave Evens 7.

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Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

Hiring my trainer made all the difference, and pretty soon I was reaping the rewards of resistance training again. Even if it’s walking to the local market for lunch, or parking further away in a parking lot. He could have attributed their success to more advanced technology, better marketing, or thinking differently.

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

Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

Push paper, systems, technology. They resist change and surround themselves with like minds. Mid-Level Sellers (consumer services, multi-level marketing, retailers, vendors). Science-Technology Provider. Look forward in the short-term to the next paid vacation, in the long-term toward retirement.

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Business Development Development Learning-by-Doing Ethics 51

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In this context, their efforts to improve care have focused largely on raising the volume of the discrete services they provide, with “efficiency” gauged in terms of “throughput.”. Such joint ventures often fall short of true partnership, and prove fruitless.

Health Care 8

Health Care How To Cost System 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

India’s digital infrastructure is coming to life, with a combination of policy and technological innovation having played an important role. One of us, Arvind Gupta, is head of technology for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP party, and has been for the past seven years. Aadhaar: The Base of the India Stack.

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Banking Long-term Short-term System 12