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Cascades: How to Create a Movement That Drives Transformational Change

Cascades: How to Create a Movement That Drives Transformational Change

In this groundbreaking book, one of today's top innovation experts delivers a guide for driving transformational change.

2019

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1d ago

Why The Hardest Part of Building The Future Is Letting Go Of The Past

It’s interesting to think about what the world looked like for America’s Founding Fathers. 1776 wasn’t a revolutionary year just for giving…

Why The Hardest Part of Building The Future Is Letting Go Of The Past

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Jul 11

Change Is Not Persuasion: These 3 Key Elements Are What Every Transformation Strategy Needs

Experts have a lot of ideas about persuasion. Some suggest leveraging social proof to show that people have adopted the idea and had a…

Change Is Not Persuasion: These 3 Key Elements Are What Every Transformation Strategy Needs

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Jul 4

The Cobra Effect: Why Managing by Metrics Backfires

With the growing momentum of the “No Kings” protests, activists have increasingly touted the 3.5% rule — Erica Chenoweth’s observation…

The Cobra Effect: Why Managing by Metrics Backfires

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Jun 27

Can Artificial Intelligence Be Governed — Or Will It Govern Us?

On July 16th, 1945, when the world’s first nuclear explosion shook the plains of New Mexico, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who led the project…

Can Artificial Intelligence Be Governed — Or Will It Govern Us?

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Jun 20

Stop Trying to “Educate” People Into Changing, Science Proves It Doesn’t Work

Mark Twain once quipped, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” The…

Stop Trying to “Educate” People Into Changing, Science Proves It Doesn’t Work

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Jun 13

The Humiliation Cycle: How Leaders Accidentally Weaponize Their Competition Against Them

Back in the 1980s, stack ranking employees was seen as a state-of-the-art management practice. CEOs like Jack Welch at GE divided employees…

The Humiliation Cycle: How Leaders Accidentally Weaponize Their Competition Against Them

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Jun 6

Why You Should NOT Become An AI Expert

I still remember the thrill I felt in 2013 when I got the chance to interview IBM’s Watson team. Two years earlier, the system had competed…

Why You Should NOT Become An AI Expert

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May 30

3 Questions To Ask You Before You Begin A Major Transformation

My friend Jessica Kriegel often warns her clients about the action trap, the urge to do something — anything — when things aren’t going…

3 Questions To Ask You Before You Begin A Major Transformation

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May 23

Why Breakthrough Innovation Often Needs To Start With Rebellion

In the late 1920’s, Einstein and Bohr were engaged in a series of famous debates about the future of physics, in which Einstein insisted…

Why Breakthrough Innovation Often Needs To Start With Rebellion

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May 16

In The Era Of Trump, Corporate Leaders Need To Act To Protect Their Business

Corporate leaders today are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Nobody can see events play out in the streets in Minnesota and elsewhere…

In The Era Of Trump, Corporate Leaders Need To Act To Protect Their Business

Greg Satell

Greg Satell

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Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, Wharton Lecturer, HBR Contributor | Hire me: www.GregSatell.com | Support my work: https://buymeacoffee.com/gregsatell

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