Download or read book Stall Points written by Matthew S. Olson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this probing study of the growth experience of Fortune 100-sized firms across the past fifty years, authors Olson and van Bever find that great companies stop growing not because of market saturation, government regulation, or other external constraints but rather because of a finite set of common strategy mistakes that appear time after time, across industries, across geography, and across the economic cycle."--Jacket.
Download or read book STALL POINTS Most Companies Stop Growing Yours Doesn t Have To written by Matthew S Olson & Derek van Bever and published by . This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very few large companies manage to avoid stalls in revenue growth. These stalls are not attributable to the natural business cycle. Rather, careful analysis reveals that the vast majority of such stalls are the direct result of strategic choices made by corporate leaders. In short, stoppages in growth are almost always avoidable. This extensively researched book analyzes the growth experiences of more than six hundred Fortune 100 companies over the past fifty years to identify why growth stalls and to discover how to rectify a stall in progress or, even better, avoid one. Board members and executives in companies of all sizes will find this book a practical and essential resource. Matthew S. Olson and Derek van Bever investigate the incidence and consequences of growth stalls in major corporations, then probe the root causes. Examining hundreds of stall points, the authors conclude that the greatest threat to a company’s growth is posed by obsolete strategic assumptions that undermine market position, and by breakdowns in innovation and talent management. The study includes a selection of practices for articulating and monitoring strategic assumptions and concludes with a self-test built around fifty “Red Flag†warning signs of an impending growth stall.
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Download or read book Stall Points written by Matthew S. Olson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical business analysis investigates the incidence and consequences of growth stalls in major corporations, probes the root causes of the phenomenon, and discovers how to rectify a stall in progress or avoid one all together.
Download or read book The Physics of Business Growth written by Edward Hess and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Captures the basic laws of growth companies and creates a new formula for success.” —Richard A. D’Aveni, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College Organic business growth is governed by its own natural laws—underlying truths that set the stage for growth and innovation, much in the way that Einstein’s theory of relativity accounts for the movement of objects in the space-time continuum. The most fundamental law is that uncertainty is the only certainty. Dominating forces are ambiguity and change; the processes at work involve exploration, invention, and experimentation. Unfortunately, these truths run counter to the principles of stability, predictability, and linearity that have long informed the design of our firms. The Physics of Business Growth explains how to create growth in today’s business environment, providing a roadmap and a set of practical tools to navigate its challenges. The book lays out a three-step formula that will prove invaluable to professionals who have the opportunity to influence growth now, as well as to tomorrow’s growth leaders, guiding them in (1) creating the right employee and organizational mindsets to enable growth, (2) building an internal corporate growth system, and (3) putting in place processes that result in identifying opportunities, launching growth experiments, and managing a growth portfolio. “Avoids the trap of magical thinking, which glosses over the messiness and complexity involved in growing a business. Rather, they offer a robust toolkit that growth leaders can adapt to their own circumstances.” —J. M. Ryan, Senior Fellow, Wharton Executive Education
Download or read book Grow to Greatness written by Edward Hess and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-25 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simply put, most entrepreneurial start-ups fail. Those fortunate enough to succeed then face a second, major challenge: how to grow. This book focuses on the key questions an entrepreneur must answer in order to grow a business. Based on extensive research of more than fifty successful growth companies, Grow to Greatness discusses the top ten growth challenges and how to overcome them. Author Edward D. Hess dispels the myth that businesses must grow or die. Growth can create value. But, too much growth too fast outstrips effective processes, controls, or management capacity. Viewing growth as "recurring change," Grow to Greatness lays out a framework for how to approach business development—and how to manage its risks and pace. The book then takes readers through chapters that explore whether the time is right to grow, how to do it, and how to manage the vital reality that growth requires the right leadership, culture, and people. Uniquely, this book aims to prepare readers for the day-to-day reality of growth, offering up the lived experiences of eleven entrepreneurs. Six workshops to assess where readers stand now and a suite of templates that will prove to be useful over time help bring the book's teachings to life. After reading this book, entrepreneurs will have a real understanding of their readiness to grow and place in the growth cycle, as well as a concrete action plan for where to take their businesses next. Many books address how to start a business, but this is a unique, go-to resource for readers who want to learn how to thrive beyond the start-up phase.
Download or read book Why Startups Fail written by Tom Eisenmann and published by Currency. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want your startup to succeed, you need to understand why startups fail. “Whether you’re a first-time founder or looking to bring innovation into a corporate environment, Why Startups Fail is essential reading.”—Eric Ries, founder and CEO, LTSE, and New York Times bestselling author of The Lean Startup and The Startup Way Why do startups fail? That question caught Harvard Business School professor Tom Eisenmann by surprise when he realized he couldn’t answer it. So he launched a multiyear research project to find out. In Why Startups Fail, Eisenmann reveals his findings: six distinct patterns that account for the vast majority of startup failures. • Bad Bedfellows. Startup success is thought to rest largely on the founder’s talents and instincts. But the wrong team, investors, or partners can sink a venture just as quickly. • False Starts. In following the oft-cited advice to “fail fast” and to “launch before you’re ready,” founders risk wasting time and capital on the wrong solutions. • False Promises. Success with early adopters can be misleading and give founders unwarranted confidence to expand. • Speed Traps. Despite the pressure to “get big fast,” hypergrowth can spell disaster for even the most promising ventures. • Help Wanted. Rapidly scaling startups need lots of capital and talent, but they can make mistakes that leave them suddenly in short supply of both. • Cascading Miracles. Silicon Valley exhorts entrepreneurs to dream big. But the bigger the vision, the more things that can go wrong. Drawing on fascinating stories of ventures that failed to fulfill their early promise—from a home-furnishings retailer to a concierge dog-walking service, from a dating app to the inventor of a sophisticated social robot, from a fashion brand to a startup deploying a vast network of charging stations for electric vehicles—Eisenmann offers frameworks for detecting when a venture is vulnerable to these patterns, along with a wealth of strategies and tactics for avoiding them. A must-read for founders at any stage of their entrepreneurial journey, Why Startups Fail is not merely a guide to preventing failure but also a roadmap charting the path to startup success.
Download or read book The Founder s Mentality written by Chris Zook and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Washington Post Bestseller Three Principles for Managing—and Avoiding—the Problems of Growth Why is profitable growth so hard to achieve and sustain? Most executives manage their companies as if the solution to that problem lies in the external environment: find an attractive market, formulate the right strategy, win new customers. But when Bain & Company’s Chris Zook and James Allen, authors of the bestselling Profit from the Core, researched this question, they found that when companies fail to achieve their growth targets, 90 percent of the time the root causes are internal, not external—increasing distance from the front lines, loss of accountability, proliferating processes and bureaucracy, to name only a few. What’s more, companies experience a set of predictable internal crises, at predictable stages, as they grow. Even for healthy companies, these crises, if not managed properly, stifle the ability to grow further—and can actively lead to decline. The key insight from Zook and Allen’s research is that managing these choke points requires a “founder’s mentality”—behaviors typically embodied by a bold, ambitious founder—to restore speed, focus, and connection to customers: • An insurgent’s clear mission and purpose • An unambiguous owner mindset • A relentless obsession with the front line Based on the authors’ decade-long study of companies in more than forty countries, The Founder’s Mentality demonstrates the strong relationship between these three traits in companies of all kinds—not just start-ups—and their ability to sustain performance. Through rich analysis and inspiring examples, this book shows how any leader—not only a founder—can instill and leverage a founder’s mentality throughout their organization and find lasting, profitable growth.
Download or read book Achieving Longevity written by Jim Dewald and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Achieving Longevity provides a framework for introducing the tools and culture necessary to foster entrepreneurial thinking within an organization, as well as advice on how to overcome common obstacles to corporate entrepreneurship.
Download or read book Growth IQ written by Tiffani Bova and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Do you know the best way to drive your company's growth? If not, it's time to boost your Growth IQ. Trying to find the one right move that will improve your business's performance can feel overwhelming. But, as you'll discover in Growth IQ, there are just ten simple--but easily misunderstood--paths to growth, and every successful growth strategy can be boiled down to picking the right combination and sequence of these paths for your current context. Tiffani Bova travels around the world helping companies solve their most vexing problem: how to keep growing in the face of stiff competition and a fast-changing business environment. Whether she's presenting to a Fortune 500 board of directors or brainstorming over coffee with a startup founder, Bova cuts through the clutter and confusion that surround growth. Now, she draws on her decades of experience and more than thirty fascinating, in-depth business stories to demonstrate the opportunities--and pitfalls--of each of the ten growth paths, how they work together, and how they apply to business today. You'll see how, for instance: * Red Bull broke Coca-Cola and PepsiCo's stranglehold on the soft drink market by taking the Customer Base Penetration path to establish a foothold with adventure sports junkies and expand into the mainstream. * Marvel transformed itself from a struggling comic book publisher into a global entertainment behemoth by using a Customer and Product Diversification strategy and shifting their focus from comic books to comic book characters in movies. * Starbucks suffered a brand crisis when they overwhelmed their customers with a Product Expansion strategy, and brought back CEO Howard Schultz to course-correct by returning to the Customer Experience path. Through Bova's insightful analyses of these and many other case studies, you'll see why it can be a mistake to imitate strategies that worked for your competitors, or rely on strategies that worked for you in the past. To grow your company with confidence, you first need to grow your Growth IQ.
Download or read book Smart Growth written by Edward D. Hess and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wall Street believes that all public companies should grow smoothly and continuously, as evidenced by ever-increasing quarterly earnings, and that all companies either "grow or die." Introducing a research-based growth model called "Smart Growth," Edward D. Hess challenges this ethos and its dangerous mentality, which often deters real growth and pressures businesses to create, manufacture, and purchase noncore earnings just to appease Wall Street. Smart Growth accounts for the complexity of growth from the perspective of organization, process, change, leadership, cognition, risk management, employee engagement, and human dynamics. Authentic growth is much more than a strategy or a desired result. It is a process characterized by complex change, entrepreneurial action, experimental learning, and the management of risk. Hess draws on extensive public and private company research, incorporating case studies of Best Buy, Sysco, UPS, Costco, Starbucks, McDonalds, Coca Cola, Room & Board, Home Depot, Tiffany & Company, P&G, and Jet Blue. With conceptual innovations such as an Authentic Earnings and Growth System framework, a seven-step growth funnel pipeline, a Growth Decision Template, and a Growth Risks Audit, Hess provides a blueprint for an enduring business that strives to be better, rather than simply bigger.
Download or read book The Business of Building a Better World written by David Cooperrider and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-nine leading scholars and executives provide a visionary look at the future of business, propelling past damaging industrial-age values to uncover the key ingredients of humanistic, ecologically sustainable, and intergenerational prosperity. Through the exploration of robust cases and stories packed with deep insight and vital science, this extraordinary collection explores how we can adapt our notions of value, markets, and models of cooperation and collective action to create a world where economies and businesses excel, all people thrive, and nature flourishes. In part I, The Business of Business Is Betterment, the contributors show how enterprises today are further developing-and even taking a quantum leap beyond-the multistakeholder logic of shared value creation. Part II, Net Positive = Innovation's New Frontier, is focused on what companies can and are doing to move away from doing no harm to playing an active role in solving environmental, social, and economic problems. The final section, Ultimate Advantage: A Leadership Revolution That Is Changing Everything, looks at new leadership paradigms-characterized by unexpected qualities like virtue, love, compassion, and connection-that are crucial to creating engaged, empowered, innovative, and out-performing enterprises. This book is designed to galvanize change and unite a global community of inquiry and action. It establishes the conceptual cornerstones for a new kind of business practice that will lead the way to an equitable, sustainable, and flourishing future.
Download or read book Innovative State written by Aneesh Chopra and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “As the . . . first Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra did groundbreaking work to bring our government into the 21st century.” —President Barack Obama Over the last twenty years, our economy and our society, from how we shop and pay our bills to how we communicate, have been completely revolutionized by technology. As Aneesh Chopra shows in Innovative State, once it became clear how much this would change America, a movement arose around the idea that these same technologies could reshape and improve government. But the idea languished, and while the private sector innovated, our government stalled, trapped in a model designed for the America of the 1930s and 1960s. The election of Barack Obama offered a new opportunity. In 2009, Aneesh Chopra was named the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States federal government. Previously the Secretary of Technology for Virginia and managing director for a health care think tank, Chopra was tasked with leading the administration’s initiatives for a more open, tech-savvy government. In Innovative State, Chopra offers an absorbing look at how open government can establish a new paradigm for the Internet era and allow us to tackle our most challenging problems, from economic development to affordable health care. “With inspiring stories and clear insights, [Chopra] provides a playbook for open innovations that work both in the public and the private sector.” —Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Steve Jobs
Download or read book Leading in Times of Crisis written by David L. Dotlich and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LEADERS TODAY ARE GRAPPLING with complex choices, diverse customers and employees, and unprecedented uncertainty in the economic environment. Business models are becoming obsolete, cost and performance pressures are growing, regulatory requirements are changing, and trust in institutions is declining. Tackling these and other growing demands requires every leader to radically rethink what constitutes effective leadership. Leading in Times of Crisis presents a new approach and concrete steps to compete in this complex, diverse, and uncertain marketplace. Drawing on compelling research and more than twenty interviews with CEOs and top-level executives, former executives and professors David Dotlich, Peter Cairo, and Stephen Rhinesmith highlight the growing urgency to evolve from a traditional, one-dimensional leadership model to what they term "whole leadership." Whole leadership allows leaders to act in three ways that are important now but absolutely essential to their business in the future: RETHINK YOUR BUSINESS CONNECT WITH STAKEHOLDERS LIVE YOUR VALUES In an accessible, no-nonsense style, the authors provide new and experienced leaders with specific action steps for facing difficult choices, engaging diverse customers and employees, and acting in the face of uncertainty to deliver results and move companies forward in a turbulent, demanding, and resource-constrained world. Leading in Times of Crisis will help you become a "whole leader" by aligning your purpose, skills, and decisions with the outcomes your business requires. Read it and find out how every leader has the potential to make a difference in this new world.
Download or read book Undisruptable written by Aidan McCullen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-03-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand the barriers to change and cultivate a reinvention mindset that will make you impervious to disruption In our world of incessant change, we are all threatened by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity—at the individual and organizational levels. Undisruptable will give you a new lens through which to consider change as an opportunity rather than an obstacle. You’ll be inspired to consider the big questions of today: What does the future hold? What does the exponential growth of technology mean for the world of work? What does a changing job market mean for future generations? What do waves of disruption mean for business leaders? Society is evolving at breakneck speed. What does this mean for all of us? Read Undisruptable to bridge the chaos and build the resilience you need to move forward. While we cannot see into the future, there are repeatable patterns that we can understand. Undisruptable demystifies the principles of change through a blend of analogies, innovation frameworks and exemplars of change such as Fujifilm and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The first step to becoming undisputable is to realize that evolution is a natural part of life, and nature provides many examples. Undisruptable will help you to: Understand the principles of change Overcome the barriers to change See change as an opportunity and not an obstacle Utilize simple frameworks and examples to guide you on your transformation By the end of this book, you will have the essential tools and techniques to foster a reinvention mindset that will help you and your organization to become Undisruptable. This book is part of a 3-part series. Part 2 looks at the biases and mental obstacles that prevent change. Part 3 examines the best ways to communicate change within an organization. PRAISE FOR UNDISRUPTABLE “Aidan McCullen has lived a fascinating life of major change. In his book, ‘Undisruptable’; he brings us a method for making sense of the external world, and an accessible and visual approach to letting go of the past, and welcoming the future with a mindset of permanent reinvention. It is a timely, thoughtful book, well worth reading.” – Dee Hock, founder and CEO Emeritus of VISA and author of One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization “As the poet Paul Valery said, 'the future is not what is used to be'. Organizations across the board must come to grips with permanent reinvention as their needed way of being. Aidan McCullen's gifted storytelling will inspire you and get you on your way to permanent reinvention.” – Mark Johnson, co-founder Innosight and author Lead from the Future “This book teaches the mindset—the lens of clarity—that we all must develop in order to be undisruptable in a future of chilling disruption.” – Bob Johansen author Full-Spectrum Thinking, Distinguished Fellow, Institute for the Future “The snake may slough off its tail, but there's nothing to be sloughed off with this book. Former professional rugby player Aidan McCullen knows how not to be defeated by victory. He knows how to disrupt himself. He knows what it means to be Undisruptable.” – Whitney Johnson, author of Disrupt Yourself “Aidan McCullen shows us how to embrace a mindset of permanent reinvention. By reading this book, you will learn how to shed outdated assumptions and mental models before it's too late. Moreover, you will learn how to remain perpetually curious no matter your past success. McCullen encourages us to embrace a constructive form of restlessness that can be personally rewarding as well as effective for our organizations.” – Michael A. Roberto, author of Unlocking Creativity, Trustee Professor of Management, Bryant University “A masterpiece! Aidan McCullen’s been through the gristmill of change, and come through with great wisdom and guidance for all of us. This is a book to treasure and reread.” – Barbara Oakley, author of A Mind for Numbers and Learning How to Learn “Come for the evocative metaphors and stories. Stay for the powerful frameworks and practical guidance. Undisruptable is a useful guide to thriving in today's era of constant change. Highly recommended.” – Scott D. Anthony, senior partner, Innosight, author of Eat, Sleep, Innovate and Dual Transformation “In Undisruptable, Aidan McCullen provides the missing manual to thrive in the Age of Disruption. This is the right book for right now.” – Ozan Varol, author of Think Like a Rocket Scientist “Strategic frameworks often feel both academic and stale. Aidan McCullen has built a series of lenses on transformation that are based in real world practice—they are alive and fresh through research and compelling storytelling. It is so much fun to read, and incredibly important for people who work in strategy, innovation and the management of change (which we all do now!)” – Charles Conn, Board member of Patagonia and author of Bulletproof Problem Solving “If the 1920s was the time of the Great Depression and the 2008-2011 the era of the Great Recession, the COVID-19 has opened the doors to the age of the Great Reinvention. Now is the time to shed the old believes about change - and transform it from a threat into an opportunity. And that's exactly what Aidan McCullen with the "Undisruptable" - a sharp, deep, focused, pragmatic, and incredibly compassionate work we all need during these volatile and uncertain times.” – Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva, founder of Reinvention Academy and author of The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook: How to Thrive in Chaos “Much of what makes us successful today, can limit our success in the future—therefore we must continuously learn, unlearn and relearn to be truly undisruptable. Aidan McCullen has packed this book with examples, powerful questions and actionable steps to put your journey to this state into practice. This book will make you better prepared for our uncertain future ahead, and help you find your own unique path to succeed in it.” – Barry O'Reilly, author of Unlearn “Undisruptable combines analogies from the natural world with stories from the business world, and in doing so changes your perspective on business and life. It's a joy to read.” – Anne Janzer, author of Writing to Be Understood “Aidan McCullen is an amiable companion in this exploration of the kind of mindset that will help you thrive in an uncertain world and become undisruptable no matter how big the gray rhinos charging at you may be. This book is full of thought-provoking questions, useful mental models, and real-world examples to help you approach business and life by embracing permanent reinvention. I highly recommend it!” – Michele Wucker, author of The Gray Rhino “This book can help people and organisations answer perhaps their toughest strategic question: ‘How can we stay externally relevant to our fast-changing world when we’re internally encumbered by slow moving systems and motivations?’ Filled with a great blend of stories, practical tools and imaginative illustrations, I read it cover-to-cover in one sitting. Highly recommended for leaders, managers or anyone interested in change and innovation.” – Elvin Turner, author of Be Less Zombie "A wonderful combination of philosophy, metaphors and business concepts. A truly inspirational book on transformation and innovation." – Dan Toma, author of The Corporate Startup “I have three pieces of news for you; two good and one bad. First, the good news: we all understand the idea and the need of constant learning and permanent reinvention. Now, the bad news. Very few people really know how we can actually make it happen. The final good news. Aidan McCullen’s book: Undisruptable will guide you with a beautifully crafted narrative, compelling evidence, storytelling and amazing creativity. It is a deep book and yet so much fun to read: learning - the sex of the mind - at this best.” – Paolo Gallo, Former CHRO, World Economic Forum and author of The Compass and the Radar “Becoming undisruptable is not an event, it is a never-ending odyssey. In an age of incessant change, we must all learn to reinvent ourselves and our organisations big and small. This book provides a mental model to enable permanent reinvention.” – David C. McCourt, Executive Chairman Granahan McCourt Capital and National Broadband Ireland and author of Total Rethink “Undisruptable inspires the mindset, provides the techniques, and stimulates the motivation to embrace constant change as a unique opportunity for yourself and for your organization. In an age of unprecedented change, this is not only useful. It is essential." – Alessandro Lanteri, PhD, Professor of Management ESCP Business School and author of Clever “A must read. Get it now! Aidan McCullen’s work is itself an undisputable contribution to the power of focus and imagination when applied to all facets of our society. Undisruptable brings a fresh, vibrant and packed perspective on innovation and reinvention. The recurrence of reinvention is so powerful that it become the underlying current of the entire work and it does its magic! It primes us to think positively about the infinite possibilities that individual and collective thinking can achieve. It is a book for all ages and all flavours. No matter whether you read it for fun and personal leisure, or whether you read it to inspire yourself at work, or if you have just received it as a gift, Undisruptable will endow you with the greatest gift of all: the gift that human ingenuity can makes us Undisruptable!“ – Mark Esposito, Ph.D, Professor, government adviser and author of Understanding How the Future Unfolds. “Brilliant book. As a game plan for continued success throughout life, this book is a game changer. Regardless of your goals as an individual or a group, Undisruptable opens up a panacea of tactics and opportunities that are life altering. Aidan McCullen has crafted a pragmatic toolbox for life based on his own diverse experiences. As a young rugby player, when people saw Aidan for what he was, Aidan always envisioned what he could become and that makes all the difference.” – Eddie O’Sullivan, former Head Coach to the Ireland and USA Rugby teams and author of Never Die Wondering “ A magnificent book! How do you continuously learn, adapt and evolve so that you have the ability to continuously have meaningful work and a meaningful life in the Smart Machine Age? This book provides you a pathway to being on that Journey. This is a book that you will want to use for the rest of your life. Its practical “how -to” stories will capture your heart and your mind. I invite you to savour each chapter. It is a great read!” – Edward D. Hess, author of Hyper-Learning, Learn or Die and Humility is the New Smart, Professor at the Darden Business School “I absolutely love it! This book will change your life.” – Friederike Fabritius, author of The Leading Brain “In an age of disruption, the only viable strategy is to adapt. In this gripping book, Aidan McCullen brings us along on his personal journey in which he unlocks the secrets of reinvention. The result is an excellent guide to navigating today's complex environment.” – Greg Satell, author of Cascades and Mapping Innovation “A book we all need to read right now! If this past year has taught us anything, it's that nothing is guaranteed. Instead of that being a message of doom and gloom, "Undisruptable," shows us just how much we actually control. It reminds us that our imagination and ability to create is paramount. It's a straight to the point guide to navigating and creating the change we need to see to continuously evolve. At a time where leaders and employees everywhere are feverishly trying to figure out what happens next, this book ensures everyone can get on the same page about how to use their unique talents, insights and resourcefulness to jump onto the “Infinity curve” and create the future they want to see.” – Heather MacArthur, author of Low Man on the Totem Pole “A relatable and educational book with penetrating insight into the rise and fall of organizations. This is a must-read for business leaders with ambition to reach, and maintain, excellence.” – John D. Wood, Esq. author of The Humachine: Humankind, Machines, and the Future of Enterprise “The germination of this book predates this current wave of disruption and so it’s timing may seem remarkable; but that’s how Aidan McCullen, and people who live undisruptable lives, have always seen things. In this book you see, hear and feel the personal and organisational mindset that thrives in disruption. More than anything it shows us the way to live happy and fulfilling lives in our ever-changing world.” – Phillip Matthews, Former Captain Ireland Rugby Team and former CEO National College of Ireland
Download or read book Simple written by Barry L. Cross and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-05-12 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The parameters of competition in business today are changing -- big does not necessarily beat small anymore; fast is beating slow. Agility, speed, and flexibility are the key elements of a successful strategy and execution in the corporate world as wells as in government agencies, health care, and education.. How well will your firm execute its strategy? What barriers exist that inhibit your execution? Are you keeping one eye on tomorrow’s customers, while you manage those of today? These are all key questions as we strive to deliver value on an ongoing basis. Simple: Killing Complexity for a Lean and Agile Organization is about agility and simplicity, in which achieving simplicity comes from a focus on the customer. Agility begins with planning, and leadership teams must develop decent vision. Generally, leaders know what they want to do, but many organizations break down, however, I when trying to implement the action plan. With over 25 years of industry, teaching, and consulting experience, the author illustrates how organizations can: Recognize who their true customers are, and appreciate what those customers want Begin to eliminate the products, services, processes and ‘work’ that gets in the way of delivering value to those customers Focus people and processes towards value creation, even in what are perceived as non-customer centric operations Avoid brand confusion and the ‘all things to all people’ mentality The complexities of managing in today’s world both obscures decision making and layers on challenges that bog an organization down, preventing leadership from understanding what their customers want. By understanding who those customers are, and what they want, leaders can focus innovation strategy and projects in ways that deliver sustainable value. Even in not-for-profit and government agencies, executing in an aligned organization can become the profitable standard business process.
Download or read book Market led Strategic Change written by Nigel Piercy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the use of case studies this book will help the reader go back to basics by confronting critical questions in the organisation of marketing and how the critical processes of marketing, planning and budgeting are managed.
