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The answer is: 10 years to change a culture

Jeffrey Phillips

Many of us who work in the consulting and strategy space often talk about the difficulties in understanding and more importantly, changing a corporate culture. That is, we want the culture to adapt to market needs and changes that everyone can see but inertia keeps the company from making.

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These companies failed because leaders did not want to hear bad news: The Ostrich Effect

Idea to Value

We had a target to hit, and I was responsible for producing the reporting for the rest of the leadership team (of which he was one), but as time went on it became clearer and clearer that it would be impossible to hit the target, which would have an impact on the overall team budget. Volkswagen.

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Workplace Culture: Productive People Make High-performing Teams That Produce Rapid Results

Innovation Excellence

How do you define the culture of your workplace? A positive, engaging workplace culture can attract and retain talented employees, increase productivity, and even improve financial performance. Workplace culture can change rapidly with world events, and play an important role in how employees respond to and operate in times of crisis.

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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. The culprit isn’t always bad leadership or poor accountability.

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Why Women are the Future (and Past) of Business Innovation

Leapfrogging

Mainstream business culture penalizes women for being women. 2015 has so far been monumental for women. Of course the world has changed since Ada Lovelace looked at a weaving loom and conceived of the early concept of the computer punch card. Yet, when it comes to business, women get screwed. We forget about Lovelace.

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Why Women are the Future (and Past) of Business Innovation

Leapfrogging

Mainstream business culture penalizes women for being women. 2015 has so far been monumental for women. Of course the world has changed since Ada Lovelace looked at a weaving loom and conceived of the early concept of the computer punch card. Yet, when it comes to business, women get screwed. We forget about Lovelace.

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Human Values are the hard stuff of innovation

Values Centered Innovation

Research is showing that human values – the positive qualities of good character found across cultures and across time – are now the hard issues for success. What used to be considered the “soft” issues of leadership are now bedrock-foundational. Let’s look at 2 examples…. Meaning of work: Having noble intentions, doing no harm.