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The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking

Tullio Siragusa

The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking In the competitive landscape of modern business, the approach we take to leadership can make or break an organization. Result: Kodak’s failure to innovate and adapt to digital technology ultimately led to bankruptcy in 2012.

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4 Things You Need To Build An Innovative Culture

IdeaSpies

In effect, the work that was squelched in one culture, thrived in another and saved the company. Here’s how you create an innovative culture. Create Safe Spaces In 2012, Google embarked on an enormous research project. Code-named “Project Aristotle,” the aim was to see what made successful teams tick.

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Workplace Conflict: Statistics That Reveal Its Cost

CMOE

Once you know why and when workplace conflict occurs, its effects, and other vital information, you can learn how to help your teams go through it and find the rewards beyond it. Unethical or unfair behavior that disrupts the work of an individual, team, or company. Figuring out which team members should take which tasks.

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Brands In Memoriam 2012

CorporateIntel

Can you imagine a good reason to continue two separate editorial teams? Can you imagine the same editorial team producing two presumably different publications? Try a balance sheet too weak to support internal investment after emerging from a prior bankruptcy with private equity imposed debt and mounting unfunded pension obligations.

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The Importance of Casting a Wide Net While Innovating

Qmarkets

His Doctorate degree (2012) in Management focused learning in the areas of organizational change, leadership theory, and strategy. Booz & Company (now part of PwC) reported that companies with “robust open innovation capabilities” were seven times more effective than firms with weak capabilities based on its survey population. .

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The Importance of Casting a Wide Net While Innovating

Qmarkets

His Doctorate degree (2012) in Management focused learning in the areas of organizational change, leadership theory, and strategy. Booz & Company (now part of PwC) reported that companies with “robust open innovation capabilities” were seven times more effective than firms with weak capabilities based on its survey population.

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The Nuclear Way: Submarine Leadership Challenges

MSSBTI

While learning to implement submarine tactics as OOD is challenging, learning to consistently lead a team of 30 sailors and keep them engaged and proficient was far more difficult. Extensive investigations revealed cultural problems, among other issues, as leading contributors for these mishaps. CHANGE CAUSE. COMMAND-AND-CONTROL STYLE.