When the pandemic hit, few companies were prepared for the unpredictability of the threats and related challenges that it brought. The completely unexpected need to switch the internal operating system to fully digital within days ruthlessly exposed the flaws and booby traps hidden in many organizations.erforum.org/blog/?p=3503″>[…]
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Serving People – #6 Revolutionizing Leadership Development
Report on Workshop “Navigating Exponential Growth: Leadership and Decision-Making in Times of Nonlinear Change”
by David Hurst
Acknowledging the pandemic and its exponential features, he then told the story of Hungarian biochemist, Dr. Katalina Kariko and her 30 year-long quest to make RNA molecules in the laboratory and get mRNA into the cells of the body. Her work would form the basis for the successful mRNA vaccines that have been so instrumental in slowing the spread of COVID-19. Drucker would have called her a “monomaniac on a mission”.[…]
Continue readingNot for romantics – #15 Turning Large Enterprises into Hotbeds of Innovation
by Hans Stoisser
“It is an ongoing challenge that never ends”, Donald Allan, CFO of Stanley Black & Decker, replied to Rosanna Sibora’s question about what the biggest challenges are for large companies on the road to harnessing innovation.[…]
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