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5 Leadership Lessons from 2015’s Business Headlines

Adam Hartung

2015 was not short on bad decisions, nor bad outcomes. But there are 5 major leadership themes from 2015 that can help companies be better in 2016: 1 – Cost cutting, restructurings and stock buybacks do not increase company value – Dow/DuPont. Because of McDonald’s size and legacy the media covered this story heavily in 2015.

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Change Management Alone Isn’t Enough for Digital Transformation

MSSBTI

It comes with large capital outlays, and it represents high risk for the organization and the leadership. The application of change management methods is on the increase ( 45,000 certified change managers in a 2017 study, up from 30,000 in 2015 ), and Change Management has become an expectation on major project.

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Recognizing Excellence in Innovation Management: ISPIM Grand Prize 2017

Innovation Excellence

ISPIM, the International Society for Professional Innovation Management, is delighted to announce the launch of the ISPIM Grand Prize 2017, for Excellence in Innovation Management. This will be the third competition, building on the highly successful 2015 and 2016 events, won by the US Department of Energy and Orange respectively.

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Getting Board Buy-In for Your Innovation Project

IdeaScale

Getting middle and upper management on board with innovation takes effort, but what about those at the very top? A 2015-2016 study by researchers at the Harvard Business School found that boards don’t prioritize innovation. A 2015-2016 study by researchers at the Harvard Business School found that boards don’t prioritize innovation.

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Dow and DuPont – Nobody wins when transactions replace leadership

Adam Hartung

But in a series of fast actions during 2015, DuPont as it has been known is going away. And it is too bad the leadership wasn’t in place to save it. Many felt leadership was over-spending on overhead costs like R&D,product development and headquarters personnel. But this victory was quite short-lived.

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Mastering the balance: Value networks and the drive for change in K-12 education

Christensen Institute

From “A Nation at Risk” in 1983 to the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 to the Obama administration’s Race to the Top competitions to the revision of the Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015, there’s been a fluctuating yet ever-present pressure to improve student achievement. If alignment exists, proceed with the leadership playbook.

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Confusion or Diffusion in Energy Transition?

Paul Hobcraft

Following on from my recent post, “ Managing Energy Transition through Innovation ,” let me build out the innovation argument further. Achieving a 2015 Paris Agreement on climate targets was an achievement that is still in some level of being undermined at Government level. Who can offer the leadership to catalyze this?