“The only way organizations move forward is through change; begotten from fresh perspectives and new ideas.” Nathan Ives Principal Contributor and Host, StrategyDriven Podcast
Beyond Performance: How Great Organizations Build Ultimate Competitive Advantage by Scott Keller and Colin Price About the Reference In Beyond Performance, Scott Keller and Colin Price reveal that achieving organizational excellence is a combination of performance – the delivery of financial results – and health – the ability to perform year after year. Both are […]
Excerpt from The Happiness Advantage… The graph below (see Figure 1) may seem boring, but it is the very reason I wake up excited every morning. (Clearly, I live a very exciting life.) It is also the basis of the research underlying this book. This is a scatter-plot diagram. Each dot represents an individual, and […]
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Change is hard. Changing your organization is even harder – sometimes, nearly impossible. In doing the research for my new book, I discovered that a study at livescience.com revealed that nearly half of all smokers who have had surgery for early stage lung cancer go back to smoking in just a year! So even the […]
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A Republican controlled House of Representatives, a Democrat controlled Senate and White House – a divided government. And if to make matters more complicated, the Republican Party itself is dominated by two very different groups; the first and larger being the Traditional Republicans and the second being the fiscally conservative Tea Party Republicans. Could ‘getting […]
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Imagine a world, company or life committed to nourishing every glimmer of wisdom from the cradle to the grave. How would a world whose first priority was seeking and manifesting wisdom feel? Can you see how wisdom would flourish into genius with waves of innovations that naturally lead to abundance and wealth beyond our imagination […]
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Excerpt from The Happiness Advantage… For me, Harvard remains a magical place, even after twelve years. When I invite friends from Texas to visit, they claim that eating in the freshmen dining hall is like being at Hogwarts, Harry Potter’s fantastical school of magic. Add in the other beautiful buildings, the university’s abundant resources, and […]
I am a big proponent of continuous improvement and the need to always improve. Unfortunately, it has brought with it a real negative. It took me 8 years of watching my two sons wrestle until I realized I had fell victim to that negative consequence. My youngest son won a tournament by beating the prior […]
Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure by Tim Harford About the Reference Adapt reveals the power of adaptive trial and error in solving the most difficult organizational challenges. Tim Harford illustrates the benefits of performing small, non-threatening trial projects to determine optimal product features, service options, or process performance. Further, he shows how such […]
Excerpt from The Happiness Advantage… Around the time that Harvard was founded, John Milton wrote in Paradise Lost, “The Mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” Three hundred years later, I observed this principle come to life. Many of my students saw Harvard as […]
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Leadership Inspirations – Moving Forward
/in Leadership Inspirations/by StrategyDriven“The only way organizations move forward is through change; begotten from fresh perspectives and new ideas.” Nathan Ives Principal Contributor and Host, StrategyDriven Podcast
Recommended Resource – Beyond Performance: How Great Organizations Build Ultimate Competitive Advantage
/in Recommended Resources, Tactical Execution/by StrategyDrivenBeyond Performance: How Great Organizations Build Ultimate Competitive Advantage by Scott Keller and Colin Price About the Reference In Beyond Performance, Scott Keller and Colin Price reveal that achieving organizational excellence is a combination of performance – the delivery of financial results – and health – the ability to perform year after year. Both are […]
The Happiness Advantage: Escaping the Cult of the Average
/in Practices for Professionals/by Shawn AchorExcerpt from The Happiness Advantage… The graph below (see Figure 1) may seem boring, but it is the very reason I wake up excited every morning. (Clearly, I live a very exciting life.) It is also the basis of the research underlying this book. This is a scatter-plot diagram. Each dot represents an individual, and […]
Before You Try to Change Your Organization, Understand Why People Fight it So Fiercely
/in Practices for Professionals/by Phil CookeChange is hard. Changing your organization is even harder – sometimes, nearly impossible. In doing the research for my new book, I discovered that a study at livescience.com revealed that nearly half of all smokers who have had surgery for early stage lung cancer go back to smoking in just a year! So even the […]
StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Negotiations and the Divided Government
/in StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective/by StrategyDrivenA Republican controlled House of Representatives, a Democrat controlled Senate and White House – a divided government. And if to make matters more complicated, the Republican Party itself is dominated by two very different groups; the first and larger being the Traditional Republicans and the second being the fiscally conservative Tea Party Republicans. Could ‘getting […]
Unleashing Genius: Is Wisdom Your First Priority?
/in Practices for Professionals/by Paul David WalkerImagine a world, company or life committed to nourishing every glimmer of wisdom from the cradle to the grave. How would a world whose first priority was seeking and manifesting wisdom feel? Can you see how wisdom would flourish into genius with waves of innovations that naturally lead to abundance and wealth beyond our imagination […]
The Happiness Advantage: Researching Happiness at Hogwarts
/in Practices for Professionals/by Shawn AchorExcerpt from The Happiness Advantage… For me, Harvard remains a magical place, even after twelve years. When I invite friends from Texas to visit, they claim that eating in the freshmen dining hall is like being at Hogwarts, Harry Potter’s fantastical school of magic. Add in the other beautiful buildings, the university’s abundant resources, and […]
The Great Eraser
/in Management & Leadership/by Jeff KortesI am a big proponent of continuous improvement and the need to always improve. Unfortunately, it has brought with it a real negative. It took me 8 years of watching my two sons wrestle until I realized I had fell victim to that negative consequence. My youngest son won a tournament by beating the prior […]
Recommended Resource – Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure
/in Recommended Resources/by StrategyDrivenAdapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure by Tim Harford About the Reference Adapt reveals the power of adaptive trial and error in solving the most difficult organizational challenges. Tim Harford illustrates the benefits of performing small, non-threatening trial projects to determine optimal product features, service options, or process performance. Further, he shows how such […]
The Happiness Advantage: Paradise Lost and Found
/in Practices for Professionals/by Shawn AchorExcerpt from The Happiness Advantage… Around the time that Harvard was founded, John Milton wrote in Paradise Lost, “The Mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” Three hundred years later, I observed this principle come to life. Many of my students saw Harvard as […]