Different industries operate at different levels of change and thus need to
use different approaches to succeed. Read through the 5 degrees of change listed below, then continue on to see how the degrees of change relate to different types of
leadership and winning in the new economy.
| 1. |
Little change
Making goods and services with long product life cycles. |
| 2. |
Continuous improvement
Constant incremental changes in products and ways of operating. |
| 3. |
Non-incremental change within businesses
In addition to degree 2, regularly introducing new product lines and significant improvements in how to run the business. |
| 4. |
Whole new businesses
In addition to degrees 2 and 3, inventing not just new product lines but new businesses. |
| 5. |
Whole new business models
In addition to degrees 2, 3, and 4, inventing not just new businesses but new economic and organizational models. |
|
by John Kotter
A New Way of Exchanging Ideas
| In this fast paced era of knowledge, a new means of exchanging ideas is necessary in order for us all to have access to the newest concepts and to have a timely dialogue about them. Promising ideas need to be disseminated, discussed and integrated rapidly. In "Leading in the 21st Century," John Kotter attempts to do just this. He presents you with new thoughts and ideas on leadership in a new era—ideas normally not available until they appear in book or article form. Here they are presented in raw form. |
|
| A New 21st
Century driven by the shift from industrialism to the knowledge era,
by resulting speed and turbulence,
with large differences from the 20th century...
A New Form of Organization
much less bureaucratic than today,
much more innovative and flexible,
able to jump to the frontiers of an activity...
Which, In Turn, Will Require
A New Form of Leadership
that finds and unleashes
the tremendous energy and talent needed
to make the new organizational form a reality. |
|
|
|
