We’ve all heard, “Experience is the best teacher.” Yet relying on experience alone leaves us vulnerable to reinventing the wheel and repeating yesterday’s mistakes. As the pace of change quickens, we tend to react to problems. We may feel that we lack the luxury of time to formulate a more thoughtful response. We may feel […]
Leaders have long favored a “bias for action,” and yet many leadership teams are largely dysfunctional, precisely because they fail to function as an action learning team (ALT) to execute the strategy. ALTs develop specialized, strategic capability across functions, drawing together individuals with highly specialized knowledge in order to collaborate on developing and applying new […]
The parallels between high-tech battlefield and high-stakes business competition are striking. Combat units that rely on specific orders without the ability to improvise “on the run” rarely defeat their opponents. To cope, leaders need new strategic capabilities. Action Learning Teams (ALTs) are charged with generating new strategic capabilities that can’t be developed by other means, […]
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