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Progress Comes Incrementally Then Suddenly

Scott Elbin

My first attempts were in yoga teacher training in the summer of 2013. Take large scale organizational change for example. Then, one night, all of the sudden, I’m doing wheel pose. Progress came incrementally, then suddenly. The handstand journey was different. The first time I tried, I was, frankly, pretty scared.

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Company Rigor: The Discipline Of Growth

Chief Executive

While effective in early-stage growth, initial underinvestment in other parts of the company pose risks as the company scales. The Salesforce management process (known as V2MOM ) was implemented early in the company’s lifecycle and is still used today in the vastly scaled enterprise to guide roles, goals, and projects for every employee.

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We Have Ignition: Fusion Breakthrough ‘Exciting’ but Viability a ‘Long Way Away’

UVA Darden

We’re still a long way away from this becoming commercially viable and producing electricity at scale,” Lenox said. Lenox notes that an S-curve framework can provide a helpful perspective on emerging technology: An innovation may evolve slowly and gradually before a stage of rapid growth as it scales.

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Reshoring Of Electronics Manufacturing Buoys Contract Player

Chief Executive

It operates the largest digital platform for electronics manufacturing, from prototype to high-scale production, with a network of more than 70 factories across North America. Govshteyn previously co-founded and built security-industry startup Alert Logic into a $140-million-plus company before its acquisition in 2013.

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How to Ensure Your Organization’s Digital Transformation Succeeds

Michael McKinney

In 2013, Nokia’s mobile phone business was sold to Microsoft. He has over 25 years of experience as a management consultant in the financial services industry, advising clients on technology, process, risk, and large-scale business and digital transformations. Nokia just couldn’t keep up.

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SAMRIDH: Using Blended Finance Toward Quality Health Care in India

UVA Darden

multiple challenges limit their ability to scale up, including lack of capital, market access, regulatory roadblocks and market inefficiencies. SAMRIDH is paving the way to create a conducive ecosystem for scaling-up market-based health care solutions targeted to improve health care services for vulnerable communities. READ FULL BIO.

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Future-Proof Your Strategy: Environmental Analysis

UVA Darden

Macroeconomic impacts: How are large-scale economic trends (such as inflation or exchange rates) likely to impact your industry over the next six to 12 months? In 2013, Lenox co-authored The Strategist’s Toolkit with Darden Professor Jared Harris. His latest book, Can Business Save the Earth?