by Art Petty | Nov 15, 2019 | Art of Managing, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leadership Caffeine Podcast, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy, Think Differently
This interview with best-selling author and digital transformation expert, Charlene Li, is a must-listen/watch for managers, executives, and board members worried about their organization’s futures. Based on the research and practice-based insights found in her...
by Art Petty | Nov 10, 2019 | Leadership, Leadership Caffeine, Leading Change, Strategy, Think Differently
There’s a lot of content out there on organizational transformation. It’s the hot topic for business books and articles, supplanting or at least building on the multi-year preoccupation with the speed of change. By now, if you haven’t noticed things...
by Art Petty | Oct 22, 2017 | Leadership, Leading Change, Management Innovation, Strategy
Most large-scale business transformations fail. It’s difficult but not impossible. I’m not talking about tactical and even minor strategic adjustments. I’m talking about wholesale transformations—the type where everything that used to work no longer does. “Honey, they...
by Art Petty | Dec 21, 2008 | Leadership, Leading Change, Marketing, Product Management
Note from Art: this distinctly non-holiday post couldn’t wait for a better time. There’s no time like the present for leaders and managers to be thinking deeply about their businesses and the road ahead. Dr. Deming once stated that he hoped one of his life’s...
by Art Petty | Nov 24, 2008 | Leadership
It genuinely bothers me when organizations spend years and untold dollars reinventing themselves and succeeding with a quality framework (i.e. Baldrige or Six Sigma) only to show up in the business press as an organization fighting for survival. It’s like the obese...
