Leading - Publications - Faculty & Research

According to the World Economic Forum, climate change and insufficient investing are two of the top ten global challenges we currently face. Although there have been many recent technological advances in the energy sector, energy-related CO2 emissions increased... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Technology

News

Arianna Huffington Leads Crusade to Deal With Uber’s Scandals

05 Apr 2017
News

Arianna Huffington Leads Crusade to Deal With Uber's Scandals

2010
Chapter

Unlocking the Slices of Genius in Your Organization: Leading for Innovation

By: Linda A. Hill, Maurizio Travaglini, Greg Brandeau and Emily Stecker

There is a widespread consensus that innovation is fast becoming the principal source of differentiation and competitive advantage in today's knowledge-intensive economy. But until we reframe our understanding of what innovation and leadership are all about, we fear... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Practice; Competitive Advantage

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18 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing

likes on Facebook, yet Gupta says those likes haven’t amounted to much—certainly not a whole lot of purchases. “Do likes lead to loyal consumers or do loyal consumers tend to like a brand on Facebook? Do these likes View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Technology

Web

Leading in the Classroom - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Leading in the Classroom Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding... View Details

2021
Book

Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator's Dilemma

By: Charles A. O'Reilly III and Michael Tushman

Why do successful firms find it so difficult to adapt in the face of change—to innovate? In the past ten years, the importance of this question has increased as more industries and firms confront disruptive change. The pandemic has accelerated this crisis, collapsing... View Details

Keywords: Organization Change And Adaptation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Leading Change

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22 Feb 2010
Op-Ed

Tragedy at Toyota: How Not to Lead in Crisis

Toyota's ever-widening problems are a tragic case study in how not to lead in crisis. Under the media spotlight, Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda, grandson of the founder, went into hiding and sent American CEO Jim Lentz to make apologies.... View Details

Keywords: by William George; Auto

September 2007
Case

Still Leading (B3): Gerry House—Impact of a Different Scale

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce

Describes how Gerry House made the transition from head of a large school district to leader of a small nonprofit. View Details

Keywords: Transition; Teaching; Secondary Education; Leading Change; Nonprofit Organizations; Transformation; Personal Development and Career; Education Industry

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October 2023
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Ball: EVA Driving the World’s Leading Can Manufacturer (C)

By: Jonas Heese and Susan Pinckney

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October 2023
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Ball: EVA Driving the World’s Leading Can Manufacturer (B)

By: Jonas Heese and Susan Pinckney

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August 2019 (Revised December 2020)
Module Note

The Role of Senior Executives In Leading New Growth

By: Clayton M. Christensen

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June 2019 (Revised February 2020)
Case

Eric Hawkins Leading Agile Teams @ Digitally-Born AppFolio (A)

By: Tsedal Neeley, Paul Leonardi and Michael Norris

Eric Hawkins, director of engineering at AppFolio—a digital technology firm that offered cloud-based business software to small and medium sized companies—was shocked by an unusual request from his senior leadership team. Could Hawkins and one of his agile teams build... View Details