Showing results for "The Kill" in Organisational Behavior

In the ever-changing world of business, we've arrived at a point where process has trumped culture, where the race toward efficiency has made us complacent and unable to reach our potential. Stuck in the land of status quo, we've forgotten how to think. And the very structures put in place to help businesses grow are now holding them back. It's time to Kill the Company. What this audiobook suggests is simple: to SIMPLIFY by getting rid of things first rather than continually building on what doesn't work; a form of spring cleaning for your organization.

For more than twenty years, major innovations—the kind that transform industries and even societies—seem to have come almost exclusively from startups. Established companies still dominate most markets, but despite massive efforts and millions of dollars, they can't seem to achieve the same kinds of foundational breakthroughs. The problem, say Tony Davila and Marc Epstein, is that the very processes and structures responsible for established companies' enduring success prevent them from developing breakthroughs. This is the innovation paradox.

Im Laufe meiner Karriere hatte ich das große Glück, unter einem breiten Spektrum von Chefs zu arbeiten. Ich hatte Vorgesetzte, die mich inspirierten, die mich zu Höchstleistungen anspornten und die ein Umfeld schufen, in dem ich mich wirklich wertgeschätzt fühlte. Ich hatte auch Vorgesetzte, die neutral waren - weder förderlich noch hinderlich für meine Arbeitserfahrung. Und dann gab es da noch die anderen: die schlechten, die schrecklichen und die geradezu bösen Chefs, deren Führungsstil von leicht nervig bis hin zu herzzerreißend reichte.