Chapter 10 - The Fire You Beat Today Is Not The One You'll Face Tomorrow Flashcards

1
Q

You need to innovate to help your organization ___

A

Survive change.

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2
Q

Every good leader is part ___ and ____

A

Entrepreneur and bellwether.

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3
Q

What is usually response to something that’s happening in your environment

A

Change

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4
Q

Something you choose to do

A

Innovation.

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5
Q

The basis of most innovation is what

A

A change of one kind or another.

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6
Q

Innovation is really about

A

Value.

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7
Q

Real innovation consists mainly of ___ and ___

A

Hard work and discipline.

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8
Q

Innovation happens only because of some kind of ___

A

Shortcoming in our existing ways of creating value.

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9
Q

Two places that innovation starts in

A

Change and Value

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10
Q

What is the opposite of change

A

Stability.

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11
Q

How do you uncover areas where you can provide a new value to your customers?

A

Stay as close to them as possible.

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12
Q

Whether you innovate based on value or change the most important thing is that you be

A

Disciplined and consistent.

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13
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What are the three things innovations should be

A
  1. Useful now
  2. Provide a specific value to a specific customer.
  3. Cheap
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14
Q

By teaching your people to be entrepreneurial you improve your organizations what

A

Prospects for growth

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15
Q

An organization structure and processes are there to add ___ and ___

A

Stability and predictability

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16
Q

The key to managing change is making it seem not like work they ___ to do but like work they ___ to do

A

Have

Need

17
Q

Change is just a particular type of

A

Decision.

18
Q

Your biggest obstacle when executing for change is

A

Time.

19
Q

If a change takes longer to implement then ___ months it becomes absorbed into the normal routine of the organization

A

6

20
Q

Both innovation and change begin with what

A

Following the smoke

21
Q

Innovation is not what

A

Invention