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3 Ways To Harness The Power Of Differences

Lead Change Blog

Professor Donald Sull calls it active inertia, an organization’s tendency to follow established patterns of behavior. He abhorred dissent, uncertainty, and pens with red ink. All great experiences that engage us have an element of uncertainty at their core. People do the same thing. Alternate points of view, not so much.

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Stop Distinguishing Between Execution and Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Consider the recent article, “ Why Strategy Execution Unravels — and What to Do About It “ by Donald Sull, Rebecca Homkes, and Charles Sull, in the March 2015 issue of HBR. That’s because execution actually is strategy – trying to separate the two only leads to confusion.