“the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom”
R “Ray” Wang is the Principal Analyst and CEO of Silicon Valley- based Constellation Research. He’s also the author of the popular business strategy and technology blog, “A Software Insider’s Point of View”. The blog provides insight into how disruptive…
Read MoreIn this competitive marketplace, an organization’s ability to innovate by staying ahead of the competition and delivering products that command the market’s attention is more important than ever. As co-founder and chief operating officer of HGTV, Susan Packard was the…
Read MoreLead the Work: Navigating a World Beyond Employment John Boudreau, Ravin Jesuthasan, and David Creelman Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2015) “The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence – it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” Peter Drucker…
Read MoreRalph Young is a history professor at Temple University. He has done extensive research in the history of protest movements, terrorist organizations, and 17th-century Puritanism. He is the author of Dissent: The History of an American Idea, a narrative history…
Read MoreWorkplace Wellness that Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Being & Vitality into Any Organization Laura Putnam John Wiley & Sons (2015) To accelerate personal growth and professional development, no other single source offers more and better guidance. I agree with…
Read MoreI recently re-read Dan Kahneman‘s Thinking, Fast and Slow, and was amazed by how much that I noted in his narrative, this time, that I had either missed or misunderstood during previous readings. In Chapter 20, “The Illusion of Validity,”…
Read MorePeter J. Boni has advanced by taking on the tough assignments of repositioning organizations that had run aground. During his career, he added nearly $5 billion of value as a science and technology CEO (public, private, IPO), consultant, director, and…
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John Kotter on the Major Pitfalls of Organizational Transformation
In Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail (HBR OnPoint 2000), John Kotter identifies and discusses eight “pitfalls” to avoid when embarked upon organizational transformation. Here they are, accompanied by my brief comments: 1. Not establishing a great enough sense of…
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