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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Here are a few examples from decades of change management consulting projects of now-defunct organizations that, in order to avoid disaster did not. Borders began as a standard bricks-and-mortar bookstore in Michigan in 1971 and grew to employ almost 20,000 workers before it ceased operations in 2011. Autopsy #2 – Hummer.

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Tired of the Bears? Get Bearcrow!

MishTalk

Best Played Full Screen - Control in Bottom Right of Video Link if video does not play : Meet BearCrow. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. In the video below, I take a big swing at the Chicago Bears football team and secondarily Obamacare.

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More Robots: Google's "Atlas" Robot Mimics "Karate Kid"; Flying Defibrillator "Ambulance Drone" Unveiled; Fed Has No Answer

MishTalk

The creator, Alec Momont of TU Delft’s Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, said that 20% of people can operate a defibrillator without instruction and the number rises when they have prompts from trained personnel. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

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A Simple Way to Test Your Company’s Strategic Alignment

Harvard Business

For example, as it grew, Facebook found that its early “move fast and break things” culture had to be funneled into focused technical teams and product groups to make its product development process faster and less erratic, and for it to have a chance of meeting the demands of its new public shareholders following its IPO.

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How to Hand Off an Innovation Project from One Team to Another

Harvard Business

Nearly every business leader I meet fears being overcome by tech-savvy upstarts. Optimizers make up the core of most established businesses — they’re skilled at enhancing and perfecting the existing business to drive growth or improve operations. D-BASE/Getty Images. But a sickening number of those investments fail.

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The Humans Working Behind the AI Curtain

Harvard Business

Cut to Bangalore, India, and meet Kala, a middle-aged mother of two sitting in front of her computer in the makeshift home office that she shares with her husband. Many are like Kala: everyday people, typically paid a low, flat rate, working independently or through temp agencies, many operating outside the United States.

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How to Pull Your Company Out of a Tailspin

Harvard Business

Think of Kodak, which in the 1990s was the apparently unassailable leader in its market, with 80% market share in its core film business. When a company is in free fall, it makes sense to replace the management team, for all sorts of reasons. Thiry immediately replaced most of the management team. Build a Re-Founding Team.

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