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Accelerate
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Accelerate

by John P. Kotter
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced
224 pages
3h 27m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES WITH A DUAL OPERATING SYSTEM

It seems like new management tools are proposed every week for finding a competitive advantage or dealing with twenty-first-century demands. How is a dual operating system any different? The answer is twofold. First, a dual system is more about leading strategic initiatives to capitalize on big opportunities or dodge big threats than it is about management. Second, although the dual system is a new idea, it is a manner of operating that has been hiding in plain sight for years. All successful organizations operate more or less as I describe during the most dynamic growth period in their life cycle. They just don’t understand this while it is happening or sustain it as they mature.

A DUAL ...
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