Leadership

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Disruptive innovation is antithetical to good management 25
Results are produced by vital behaviors 16
Changing things requires directing the Rider and motivating the Elephant 15
Changing things happens in the opposite direction 14
Leading like a gardener creates shared consciousness 14
Shared consciousness maximizes availability of strategic information 14
Empowered execution enables effective adaptation to threats and opportunities 12
Influencing behavior engages six sources of influence 12
Smart autonomy is freedom to act according to strategic intent 12
Pressure to meet a target value changes the system or the data 11
Strategy identifies management systems needed for winning 11
Strategy narrows the competitive field 11
Leadership is intentional influence 10
Leaders cultivate an innovative environment 10
Strategy defines the choices for winning in a chosen field 10
Strategy identifies capabilities needed for winning in a chosen field 10
Strategy is focused on a winning aspiration 10
A catalyst starts and moves on from a decentralized organization 9
People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it 9
Building shared vision results in intrinsic motivation 9
Emerging markets are decreasingly attractive as organizations get larger 8
Influence focuses on results 8
Leadership becomes more important with increasing complexity 8
Inquiry into complex issues is seldom rewarded 8
Tribalism is human nature 7
Unchecked optimism leads to project failure 7
Change efforts are undermined by three measurement mistakes 6
Disruptive innovation requires plans for learning rather than implementation 6
Leadership is maintaining full engagement from your group 6
Complex problems can be solved at the periphery 5
In decentralized social systems leadership is by influence 5
Innovator’s dilemma is about first-mover advantage 5
Perseverance balances faith and honesty 5
Visionaries only succeed together with implementers 5
Effects of interventions in systems of dynamic complexity are not immediately obvious 5
Admitting uncertainty is not necessarily indicative of lack of expertise 4
Catalysts are fundamentally different from CEOs 4
Disruptive innovations tend to flourish in new organizations 4
Epistemic confidence pertains to truth 4
Impact of disruptive innovations cannot be predicted 4
Incumbents often invent what later destroys them 4
Need for distribution of authority is commensurate to an organization’s size. 4
Strategic capability is required for thinking your way out of difficult positions 4
Strategy formulation is an iterative process 4
Good decision-making does not mix values with facts 3
Innovation requires an organizational culture that values it 3
Leadership requires a vision and ability to communicate it 3
Organizations focused on competitors become entrenched 3
Spiral of Silence means the price of speaking out rises over time 2