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P&G and GE are the only 2

Why, long-term success requires operational excellence plus not being obsoleted plus creating new businesses. These 2 companies did all three.

If their sinking bottom line doesn't motivate them to change, nothing will!

A6: saw great quote the other day: "even if you're on right path, you'll get run over if you stand still"

The companies that most clearly get the need to embrace disruption that those whose survival is being threatened.

You motivate companies to become disruptors incrementally. Every company has a threshold for change. You have to measure that pain point and get them to disrupt at their comfort level.

85% of effort is on the core, 10% needs to address disruption, 5% to create new industries.

Change doesn't always have to be random... taking small strategic steps that are data backed will help limit risk.... key is teaching them how to evaluate RISK vs REWARD!

disrupt or be disrupted. #innovate

The balance of innovation is critical. Keep the goals separate.

A6. IBM has thrived because it has a more robust innovation approach. Hardware, software, service became software, service, and now the smarter planet/twitter/Apple/Watson experiments.

disruption is a state of mind; do you play defense or offense? key is every company needs a disruptive enabler or "lever" to move the status quo

Disruption isn't in every business model. Following can actually be a strategy (though not for this bunch!)

A6: lots of examples of those unwilling to adapt, i.e., Blockbuster

The prospect of obsolescence will be the motivation. What they'll need is to be shown the way forward, to be given a road map to intelligent, strategic change.

Being a disruptor doesn't happen over night. Not everything becomes viral. Show them a long term strategy plan with measures of success, and how it will filter in to current efforts.

@kpronn I would argue that IBM is being disrupted like all the big companies but they are strong enough to handle the "waves" it's all happening faster now than ever before in the industry

Companies who are more willing to recognize their discomfort with disruption and move beyond it to innovation will ultimately win.

Focus must be on creating NEW experiences rather than disrupting just cause... New experiences start when by brands embracing social, mobile, analytics and cloud (S.M.A.C.)to be more productive and increase the quality of life.

IF something causes revenue to improve or costs go down..businesses will eventually act, some are slow to notice the opposite, ie. video stores @pulvereyes

Disrupters are experts in agility Kelli

@kellcesarz The message shouldn't be hurry up and disrupt, but disrupt as suits your business. Love it!

.@IBMSocialBiz Technology is becoming more prevalent in the biz space. Companies who don't or won't embrace it will fall behind and have to be reactive instead of proactive in new technology initiatives.

@czarinaofhr @kellcesarz disruption requires a "payload" & that is innovation or some enabler; it isn't some magic dust that makes it just happen; plus people have to drive it

support them to identify how they are unique, who they are in business for then authentically feature their mission/purpose, to their audience, through exceptional multi media communication.

Show clear examples where disruptive thinking broke the status quo and helped create a "new normal" by innovating business models. See: @WarbyParker @airbnb @uber and others

A5. The best teams are made of individuals with complementary skills. Read patents – there are very few individual inventors – it's a myth.

Even if it happens it takes someone else to scale it. Respect the individual but form teams and divide up the work.

Individual accomplishments are reliant upon the groundwork laid down by others (be they the "team" or "department" or other).

Too often people report from when they arrived.

Looking ten years ahead, the big news is that anyone can partner with anyone, to do things you could not do alone.

I need my quiet time, but I'd be fooling myself to think I could do my job -- or any job -- in a vacuum, without peer input or support.

They will have capabilities that were once elite and are now democratized.

Sharing socially aka "Working in Public" doesn't always mean you have to work with others but sharing your knowledge and insights in a public space or on a social business tools can help educate others and eliminate duplication of work & interruptions!

You have to champion individuality before you can assemble a team. The cohesiveness of work behaviors, goals and approaches determine how well they will collaborate.

Per the previous question, today's tech expands the concept of "team" as we can more easily collaborate with more and more people.

Innovation, a lot of times, is based on tweaking/adding something to an old idea. We build upon others ideas, that's the benefit of collective intelligence.

A5. We have a partnership worksheet. Each partner must answer the same question: There is something I want to do, but I can’t do it without you – not just anybody – specifically you.

A5: will always be some level of elasticity in getting things done, but collab brings most value

If both can say this to the need for each other , you have a partnership. These will be rare.

group work is more productive but having more alignment is very important in my experience bc more people the better the work but longer it takes so it's a balance

The best teams are like a cabinet. The Sec of Defense, Sec of Treasury, etc. Each is an expert.

A5: really depends on task; innovation certainly won't happen at individual level

Nobody likes being interrupted or micro-managed... by sharing what you're working on openly you eliminate those questions while also making sure you're not out of sight out of mind!

Technology/Social media is all about being social. Even if you're posting as an individual, you're usually communicating within a team, or engaging with others to build your knowledge. Technology is always changing so more insight the better.

New business is partnerships and learning oriented. Existing business is customer supplier and performance based.

using #bigdata moves you from not just predictive analytics but to be fully prescriptive in the form of recommendations hence great outcomes

You can't change individual approaches to work, but you can put people in a position to do their best work with people that compliment their ability and/or inability.

Social media makes us transparent. Google docs versus word/emails.

Sometimes you just need to have 4 people to lift the refrigerator. Then just do it together.

Startups have an advantage that they hire the people to do a specific task. There is a flow of skills in and out.

@CzarinaofHR Yes, and #data and #analytics make it easier to put people in a position to do their best work!

everyone should have a #leadership role and then collaborate across leaders

@furrier Your statement John just reiterates why I'm so excited about the future of #bigdata + #IBMWatson (cognitive computing) + #cloud & mobile tech, imagine the incredible capabilities of future apps/social, Great change is upon us!

see: mythical man month

sometimes working alone is more productive. teams could investigate asynchronous times and ways to 'sync' that doesn't interrupt individual progress