The Role of Leadership in a Learning Organization
Many executives are now realizing that building the learning capability of their organizations is critical to achieving their business strategy. But this recognition raises some difficult questions. With all the demands on already-scarce company resources, where will the energy come from to create a learning organization? And if you do manage to find – or create – the necessary energy, how can you sustain that … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Bryan Smith, Joel Yanowitz | Source: Prism (Arthur D. Little) | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior
Creating Business Results Through Team Learning
“How can teams function optimally? And why do they become dysfunctional in the first place? In many cases, a team stagnates despite persistent and well intentioned attempts to address key issues. Or, interventions appear to help initially, but short-term progress quickly evaporates. To create long-term improvement, teams need a more systemic discipline of team learning – one that integrates existing approaches and tools while providing … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: David Kantor, Joel Yanowitz, Steven Ober | Source: Prism (Arthur D. Little) | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior
Strategic Alliances: Finding the Hidden Leverage for Success
This article takes a “big picture” look at how alliances work, discusess three principle hurdles cross-organizational relationships must overcome, and offers seven principles critical to alliance success.
Content: Article | Authors: Jennifer M. Kemeny, Joel Yanowitz | Source: Prism (Arthur D. Little) | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Strategy
Sustainable Innovation and Change: The Learning-Based Path to Growth
For companies that want to make sustainable development a reality, building organizational learning capabilities can be invaluable. Organizational learning has proven very effective in bringing about lasting change and fundamental innovation. In fact, every company interested in capturing growth through innovation and change has needed to develop critical organizational learning capabilities to meet its goals.
When these approaches take hold in an arena such as sustainable … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Bryan Smith, Joel Yanowitz | Source: Prism (Arthur D. Little) | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Social Responsibility (ESG)