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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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Listen to Employees When Evaluating Leadership

Adam Hartung

Office Max appeared on the list (#5) in 2012, and was acquired by Office Depot 8 months later. And, of course, Radio Shack made the list in 2012 (#3,) 2013 (#5) and 2014 (#11) only to file bankruptcy in 2015. Employees have consistently expressed their dismay with CEO Ed Lampert, and 80% actively dislike his leadership.

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Disrupting Markets – Why PayPal Is Worth More Than Ebay

Adam Hartung

eBay has run into stiff competition, as CraigsList has grown to take over the “garage sale” and small local business ecommerce. Because once in a growth stall the company has already missed the market shift, and competition is taking customers quickly in new directions. So eBay bought fledgling PayPal for $1.5B

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5 Leadership Lessons from 2015’s Business Headlines

Adam Hartung

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. There is no intent of introducing new products or entering new markets via this merger. 2015 was not short on bad decisions, nor bad outcomes.

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Retaining the innovative spark

Jeffrey Phillips

They were in a desperate fight with Fuji to retain market share in film, as the digital camera sales were ramping up. Competition is accelerating, of course, and so is innovation. Products As the company grows and develops products, part of its flexibility is lost, because it must sustain the products and protect market share.

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Agile Strategy – 16 Strategic Thinking Questions to Explore Disruptive Innovation

BrainZooming

The folks at Armada Corporate Intelligence profiled a Bloomberg Businessweek story on Fanatics , the sports apparel manufacturer and marketer, in its Inside the Executive Suite. It also uses its agile strategy to market apparel for niche opportunities where it might sell as few as ten t-shirts.

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Adapt or die: lessons from 5 companies that failed to innovate

Idea Drop

They filed for bankruptcy in 2012. Each CEO was so ignorant of history that they presented the same business plan over and over again, until Netflix was ready to take their market share with a bulletproof online offering. Lesson: If you don’t do it, someone else will. Lesson: Experience is only one element of your customer journey.

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