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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

.orgSource

Even if your association is trapped in a sea of competition, you can change course and sail toward possibility. Sharon Rice ,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, is our expert for guiding associations through tough markets. Blue Ocean Strategy has the ring of a concept shaped by technology.

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Exploring #Humanize: A Collision Course

Jamie Notter

Exploring #Humanize: A Collision Course. That’s important work–strategy, people, and leadership–but the way we’re doing it isn’t serving us well, yet we keep doing it the same way. The rest of the book, of course, talks about how we can create more human organizations moving forward. July 2005 (4).

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Facilitation Friday #25: Five Keys to Strategy Discussions

Idea Architects

Facilitation Friday #25: Five Keys to Strategy Discussions. When was the last time you were in a session intended to produce good strategy that actually did so? Too often strategy conversations are anything but strategic. Participants bring their past experiences and present expectations to the strategy effort.

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Book Review: The Knowing-Doing Gap

Jamie Notter

There is no shortage of knowledge out there at our fingertips: knowledge about the best management practices, the best strategies, the best structures, the best cultures. They demonstrate clearly how organizations set themselves up for failure by doing everything but acting on what they know is the best course. December 2005 (5).

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Want Innovation? Look at Management

Jamie Notter

” He’s right, of course. Amaze people with a fundamentally new and more powerful way to do strategy. Strategy Means Change. Next post: Strategy Means Change. December 2005 (5). November 2005 (7). October 2005 (4). September 2005 (4). August 2005 (7). July 2005 (4).

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The Easiest Way to Start Humanizing

Jamie Notter

Of course, we’re also interested in collecting data over time, so even if you don’t want our advice on how to get started, please go over and complete the quick assessment. December 2005 (5). November 2005 (7). October 2005 (4). September 2005 (4). August 2005 (7). July 2005 (4).

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A Different Kind of Vision

Jamie Notter

in Leadership , Learning , Strategy. Then, of course, we need to have a shared vision with our colleagues, and that led to vision statements, and I think that’s where it went downhill a bit. Strategy Means Change. December 2005 (5). November 2005 (7). October 2005 (4). September 2005 (4).