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Visionary Thinking: How Leaders Shape the Future

Phil McKinney

Examples of Visionary Leaders These individuals have leveraged their foresight, passion, and strategic thinking to imagine a new future for their organizations and inspire others to help bring these visions to life. Their stories provide valuable insights into the practical application of visionary leadership.

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PESTLED360: Iron Out Key Driving Forces in Your Current Environment and Anticipate Future Ones

Innovation 360 Group

Are you confident in your strategic thinking, and your organization’s internal innovation competencies and skills? This could for instance be future competitors or collaborators and the force could be competition from new entrants. Have you identified what is coming in your business environment and have you prepared for it?

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Why the TSA Screening Revolt is Like Poison Ivy

Harvard Business Review

A passenger jet belonging to a cut-rate airline had recently crashed into the Florida Everglades, and Kinsley argued in Slate that it was appropriate for discount airlines to be more dangerous than the major carriers. The chance of getting killed in a crash on a given flight on a major airline is roughly 1 in 10 million.

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

As I think about companies that compete on consistent, low cost, reliable operations, most have or had leaders who were process innovators, such as Herb Kelleher at Southwest Airlines, Sam Walton at Wal-Mart, Ray Kroc at McDonalds, Jeff Bezos at Amazon.com, and Fred Smith at FedEx.

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Games Can Make You a Better Strategist

Harvard Business Review

And now we hear often about the “gamification” of work—using elements of competition, feedback and point scoring to better engage employees and even track performance. People Express, for example, is a business simulator that provides players with a rich inside perspective on starting and managing an airline.