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Leading Innovation
In chapter 5, we looked at creating a Three-Box Solution through the lens of process, illustrated by the purposefully designed systems and recurrent activities of Willow Creek Community Church. In this concluding chapter, we look at a half-dozen types of leadership behavior that contribute to achieving balance. These leadership behaviors are (1) avoiding the traps of the past, (2) being alert to weak signals, (3) building the future every day, (4) experimenting and learning, (5) practicing planned opportunism, and (6) investing in “the horse you can control” (see table 6-1).
I have chosen a fascinating organization as my laboratory for Three-Box Solution leadership conduct: the Mahindra Group, headquartered in India, which ...
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