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Great to Good

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. The title of this piece is ‘Great to Good’. The question is “Why?”

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. The management consultant giant McKinsey and Co.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. The title of this piece is ‘Great to Good’. Now, how about these?

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Avoid the Improvement Hype Cycle

Harvard Business Review

But the bad news is that they have to learn a new improvement approach — one that can conflict with others that have worked in the past. In 2009, Grainger's senior management team decided to reflect on their history with improvement initiatives before deploying a Lean-based continuous improvement system.

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What We Talk About When We Talk About "Social"

Harvard Business Review

Which doesn't sound so bad, but the risk is misunderstanding, or quite possibly sounding stupid. It's like using poor grammar ; if you use "you're" when you really mean "your," some people are going to notice. about six years ago, and the emphasis was on the on software tools and platforms that increase information flow.