Ideas & Research
Research helps leaders examine the organization behind the results.
Research helps leaders examine the organization behind the results.
These books, articles and conversations examine the demands leaders face when strategy requires organizational change. They explore how organizations adapt, how culture and incentives shape behavior, and how leaders develop the capacity to act. Each offers a perspective to consider in the circumstances of your own organization.
These books, articles and conversations examine the demands leaders face when strategy requires organizational change. They explore how organizations adapt, how culture and incentives shape behavior, and how leaders develop the capacity to act. Each offers a perspective to consider in the circumstances of your own organization.
Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator’s Dilemma
Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator’s Dilemma
Book · Charles A. O’Reilly III, Michael L. Tushman · Stanford University Press · 2021
Book · Charles A. O’Reilly III, Michael L. Tushman · Stanford University Press · 2021
O’Reilly and Tushman examine how organizations pursue new businesses while sustaining current operations. The book considers the leadership, organizational arrangements and cultures required to manage these different demands, and why finding a workable balance is difficult.
O’Reilly and Tushman examine how organizations pursue new businesses while sustaining current operations. The book considers the leadership, organizational arrangements and cultures required to manage these different demands, and why finding a workable balance is difficult.
Corporate Explorer: How Corporations Beat Startups at the Innovation Game
Corporate Explorer: How Corporations Beat Startups at the Innovation Game
Book · Andrew Binns, Charles O’Reilly, Michael Tushman · Wiley · 2022
Book · Andrew Binns, Charles O’Reilly, Michael Tushman · Wiley · 2022
Building a new business within a corporation requires customer evidence, access to resources and support from senior leaders. Binns, O’Reilly and Tushman examine the work of corporate entrepreneurs as they develop ideas, test business models and build the conditions for growth.
Building a new business within a corporation requires customer evidence, access to resources and support from senior leaders. Binns, O’Reilly and Tushman examine the work of corporate entrepreneurs as they develop ideas, test business models and build the conditions for growth.
What Kind of Leader Are You? How Three Action Orientations Can Help You Meet the Moment
What Kind of Leader Are You? How Three Action Orientations Can Help You Meet the Moment
Research conversation · Ben Rand · Harvard Business School Working Knowledge · 2023-07-05
Research conversation · Ben Rand · Harvard Business School Working Knowledge · 2023-07-05
Ryan Raffaelli discusses analytical, contextual and relational approaches to leadership. The article considers how a familiar approach can become a constraint, and why leaders need to adapt how they diagnose situations and organize action.
Ryan Raffaelli discusses analytical, contextual and relational approaches to leadership. The article considers how a familiar approach can become a constraint, and why leaders need to adapt how they diagnose situations and organize action.
Become a Value Creator
Become a Value Creator
Research conversation · Dina Gerdeman · Harvard Business School Working Knowledge · 2014-09-10
Research conversation · Dina Gerdeman · Harvard Business School Working Knowledge · 2014-09-10
Brian Hall explores the difference between creating value together and competing to claim it. The discussion connects familiar organizational behaviors, including withholding information and protecting departmental interests, to their consequences for cooperation and performance.
Brian Hall explores the difference between creating value together and competing to claim it. The discussion connects familiar organizational behaviors, including withholding information and protecting departmental interests, to their consequences for cooperation and performance.
Charles O’Reilly: How to Be a Chief Culture Officer
Charles O’Reilly: How to Be a Chief Culture Officer
Video and introduction · Steven Fyffe · Stanford Graduate School of Business · 2014-12-05
Video and introduction · Steven Fyffe · Stanford Graduate School of Business · 2014-12-05
Charles O’Reilly discusses the importance of adaptability in organizational culture and the role managers play in developing it. The conversation provides a starting point for examining whether shared expectations help an organization respond when conditions change.
Charles O’Reilly discusses the importance of adaptability in organizational culture and the role managers play in developing it. The conversation provides a starting point for examining whether shared expectations help an organization respond when conditions change.
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