Posts by George Veth
Forces of nature
Understanding how ecosystems grow, thrive, and regenerate can help leaders steer their organization in the future.
Read MoreEliminate Strategic Overload
I believe that strategic management faces an attractive, back-to-basics opportunity. By simplifying strategy—by selecting fewer initiatives with greater impact—we can make it more powerful. In this article, I describe an easy-to-use framework called value-based strategy, which gives executives a common language for evaluating strategic initiatives and developing a holistic view of the many activities taking…
Read MoreThe elusive formula for great hiring, w/Workday’s Aneel Bhusri
Your first hires are your cultural cofounders. And it’s worth your time to get every one right. That’s why Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri personally interviewed his first 500 employees. Today, with 12,500 employees and over $4b in annual revenue, Workday is consistently rated one of the best places to work.
Read MoreGetting AI to Scale
Don’t try to change everything at once, but do begin with something important.
Read MoreLeading through the fog of disruption
The strength of purpose, values, and mission
Read MoreGrowth Strategy: Identifying Your Parenting Advantages
The traits that nurtured your main growth engine can bring new success beyond the core.
Read MoreHow Leaders Get in the Way of Organizational Change
Despite the vast body of knowledge available to leaders on how to effect lasting, positive organizational change, too many executives continue reaching for the same comfortable levers that consistently miss the mark. Thus, the oft-cited failure rate of organization transformations continues hovering around 70%. If you’ve got a major change on the horizon, here’s how…
Read MoreBreak Down Change Management into Small Steps
New research from leaders at Infosys indicates that across a variety of industries, lasting, long-term change is most effective when it occurs over a series of smaller microchanges. The authors identify three strategies for successful microchange management: Deconstruct big change into small steps, change behavior through small modifications to habits and routines, and continuously measure,…
Read MoreTop Articles on Strategy Execution – April 2021
This is adaptable’s Top Ten list on Strategy Execution for April 2021. Enjoy!
Read More“Weekly Picks” (April 29th)
These are adaptable’s favorite couple of articles on Strategy Execution for the week ending April 29th. Enjoy!
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