Idea posted: May 2013
Institutions: INSEAD
Strategic embeddedness is a priority for companies; a strategy is much more likely to succeed if a critical mass of employees understands and accepts it. Despite this, articles on strategic…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #143Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: University of Cambridge Judge Business School
The industrial age bought with it bureaucratic principles of work organization. Things we now consider commonplace were considered major innovations, such as employing staff in an official capacity, building hierarchies…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #132Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: INSEAD
For big corporations, regardless of industry, making disruptive changes is not a question of money: many have substantial budgets. It is a question of mind set and how you position…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #117Idea posted: March 2013
Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Research shows that 50 to 75 per cent of all change initiatives fail. And yet, some companies are consistently better at successfully implementing change, and some leaders successfully lead a…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #113Idea posted: February 2013
Institutions: Harvard Business School
Flattening (or delayering) of hierarchies within an organization has been called for by much recent literature. In theory, flattening is supposed to help push decisions downwards to enhance customer and…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #083Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: IMD
In 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it attempted to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere. The disaster was found to have been caused by a piece of foam insulation that…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #068Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: Lancaster University Management School China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
It is a rare company that is able to anticipate a new set of requirements, mobilize resources to meet them, radically change their ways and reclaim leading positions in their…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #051Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management
Change is frequently experienced as a risky transition in today’s organizations. The impact of the failure of a change initiative can be high; as such, managers and leaders have to…
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