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TBM 226: Stuck In The Valley of "Doing OK"

The Beautiful Mess • 993 implied HN points • 15 Jun 23
💼 Business Company performance Organizational dynamics Change Management Innovation Leadership
  1. Being stuck in a state of 'doing ok' is dangerous for a company.
  2. Companies can be in a 'doing ok' basin where they neither thrive nor fail, leading to eventual decline.
  3. To disrupt the 'doing ok' situation in a company, try seeding new behaviors, increasing connectivity, and introducing disturbances.
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Jack Welch's Theory of Leadership: A Model for Failure in the 21st Century

The Geek Way • 1 HN point • 01 Apr 24
💼 Business Leadership Corporate culture Management Success Change Management
  1. Encouraging vulnerability in the workplace can lead to malingering, which can harm cooperation within a team.
  2. Model 1 leadership norms, like taking charge and minimizing losing, may not be suitable for running a modern company that requires adaptation to change.
  3. Defensiveness in Model 1 leadership can hinder innovation and prevent companies from thriving in a rapidly changing business landscape.

How to Drive Meaningful Change - Handling objections to your proposal

Joseph Gefroh • 2 HN points • 04 Mar 24
💼 Business Leadership Strategy Change Management Communication
  1. Be prepared to handle objections and various responses when proposing a change - it's unlikely to always be met with full acceptance and applause.
  2. Understand the categorization of responses to objections: disagreement on outcome, disagreement on mechanism, and agreement and alignment, each requiring a different approach to address.
  3. Dealing with objections involves strategies like asking for specific reasons, painting a clear picture, comparing with other problems addressed, and being aware of personal relationship issues or power dynamics.

LL #39 | Thriving in Complexity

The Leadership Lab • 59 implied HN points • 02 Oct 22
💼 Business Leadership Complexity Decision-making Change Management Entrepreneurship
  1. Navigating complexity requires a multivariate approach, as simple stories and the need to be right can be traps. Success in complex situations demands attention to various key variables simultaneously.
  2. The Cynefin framework helps in understanding different environments and guides appropriate actions based on the level of predictability in each environment. It is crucial to align strategies with the complexity of the situation at hand.
  3. Effective leadership involves asking different questions, considering multiple perspectives, and seeing in systems. These habits aid in better addressing complexity and making informed decisions.

The Pivotal Thing

CTOrly • 19 implied HN points • 25 Aug 22
💼 Business Product Management Leadership Planning Problem Solving Change Management
  1. Guard against unnecessary, preventable volatility in planning and focus on the quality of the problem rather than constantly changing solutions.
  2. Detangle desired outcomes from specific features in planning to enable pivoting on how to achieve goals while maintaining the constancy of overall objectives.
  3. Leaders should balance adapting to changes when necessary without causing unnecessary chaos by crying wolf with constant changes.

How to Drive Meaningful Change - Crafting your proposal

Joseph Gefroh • 0 implied HN points • 03 Mar 24
💼 Business Leadership Strategy Change Management Organizational Culture Communication
  1. When driving meaningful change, it's crucial to formulate your idea and gain approval from various stakeholders within an organization.
  2. Thorough research is essential before proposing any idea to ensure credibility and avoid unknown unknowns that might lead to rejection.
  3. Crafting a compelling narrative is just as important as presenting facts; having a structured story helps decision-makers understand the problem, solution, and value of the proposal.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Certo Modo • 0 implied HN points • 16 Jun 23
💼 Business Collaboration Leadership Communication Change Management
  1. Valuable work in tech is often a collaborative effort involving different teams and perspectives.
  2. To foster cross-functional collaboration, communicate the big picture clearly through mechanisms like RFCs and understand and align with the incentives of others.
  3. Breaking down silos, enabling effective communication, and celebrating contributions are key to successful collaboration between diverse teams.

Essential steps for optimizing a product catalog database

Database Engineering by Sort • 0 implied HN points • 14 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Database Management Data Analysis Collaboration Change Management
  1. Managing a product catalog database is challenging due to constantly changing data and unique attributes for each product
  2. Description tools like Sort enable database teams to provide important details like table names, hints for querying, and change logs
  3. Collaborate effectively on database improvements using features like inviting contributors, using data explorer to pinpoint errors, creating issues for fixes, and utilizing change requests in Sort