Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2014

First, Phil’s workforce had successfully repelled every attempt at culture change in previous decades. Well-intended change efforts had continually failed. He reasoned that the behavior he was trying to encourage was so counter-cultural that any rational person would be terrified to try it. And why should they?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2017

Rather than placing an emphasis on disruptive forces, boards are increasingly seeking directors who bring operational capabilities and who could guide the re-engineering of the entire organization. Nearly three decades into the internet revolution, executives across all industries are now digitally literate, if not fluent.

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Digital Transformation Reorganization Operations Culture Change 8

Kotter Inc.

JANUARY 2, 2025

Rather than following the usual model of keeping all information within a small decision-making team, the leader of the reorganization openly shared the rationale for making changes, the criteria by which decisions were made, and the broad timeline for execution. The deal was eventually undone.

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