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Clearing the Path to Innovation
Miller, Paddy; Wedell-Wedellsborg, ThomasArticle ART-2316-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementFostering innovation is not just about getting people to think differently. If you want to make innovation happen, you need to change the way people act or behave in their daily work. And the best way to do that is to change the environment they work in. This article will help managers take a new approach to the leadership role and think differently about how to foster innovation in their companies. The authors present five key behaviors, which t...Starting at €8.20
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Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at the Lima Plant (Spanish version)
Skinner, C. Wickham; Beckham, HeatherCase HBS-211S05Leadership and People ManagementWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. Treadway Tire's plant in Lima, Ohio must confront strong job dissatisfaction and high turnover among its line foremen. The foremen are caught in the middle of an adversarial relationship between the union and management, and they must cope with the needs and interests of both. They also perceive limited oppo...Starting at €8.20
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Elizabeth Parker (B) (Spanish version)
Skinner, C. Wickham; Casciaro, Tiziana; Krackhardt, DavidCase HBS-412S35Leadership and People ManagementSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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Treadway Tire Company: Trouble at the Lima Tire Plant, Teaching Note
Skinner, C. Wickham; Beckham, HeatherTeaching Note HBS-2190-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for (2189)Starting at €0.00
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Startup Cisco: Deploying Start-up Methods in a Giant Tech Company
Wedell-Wedellsborg, Thomas; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-426-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementThis case outlines how a small team of people apply lean startup methods within Cisco, creating successful internal innovation over a period of a year. The case details how the team launched their idea and got traction for it, with very little formal support. The main features are building a team around an identified problem, attracting customers, building a "product" and anchoring the initiative in the organization.Starting at €8.20
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Elizabeth Parker (A) (Spanish version)
Skinner, C. Wickham; Casciaro, Tiziana; Krackhardt, DavidCase HBS-412S34Leadership and People ManagementA new political appointee with years of volunteer experience takes over a highly responsible job in the state government and is met with bureaucratic inertia. Describes a successful strategy to overcome organizational resistance to change.Starting at €8.20
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Treadway Tire Company: Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at the Lima Plant
Skinner, C. Wickham; Beckham, HeatherCase HBS-2189-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. Treadway Tire's plant in Lima, Ohio must confront strong job dissatisfaction and high turnover among its line foreStarting at €8.20
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The Case for Stealth Innovation (Spanish version)
Miller, Paddy; Wedell-Wedellsborg, ThomasArticle HBS-R1303GLeadership and People Managementfinding allies who can support you on the sly; building a proof of concept; accessing funds on the quiet; and developing a good cover story to deflect unwanted early attention from your idea.Starting at €8.20
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Elizabeth Parker (C) (Spanish version)
Skinner, C. Wickham; Casciaro, Tiziana; Krackhardt, DavidCase HBS-412S36Leadership and People ManagementSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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The Case for Stealth Innovation
Miller, Paddy; Wedell-Wedellsborg, ThomasArticle HBS-R1303G-ELeadership and People ManagementYou have an idea for an innovative project that could have a significant impact on your business. But you also suspect that your idea will meet internal resistance: If realized, it would upend the status quo, and if you were to send it through the regular process for creating new projects, other parts of the organization would probably try to kill it along the way. So what's your next step? The conventional answer is to get a mandate from the top...Starting at €8.20