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Data Can Do for Change Management What It Did for Marketing

Harvard Business

Take the MIT Media Lab’s experiment to see whether it could estimate retail sales performance on “Black Friday,” the day following the US Thanksgiving holiday. Combining this with data on average spend per shopper enabled them to estimate a retailer’s sales , even before the company had recorded it themselves.

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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. The companies best positioned to change in the next decade will be the ones that set themselves up well now, by collecting the right kind of data and investing in their analytics capacity.

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The Leadership Change Mindsets Required for Lasting Change

LSA Global

Change management consulting experts know that the key to business longevity is to proactively lead and manage change before it manages you. Managing change successfully is all about leadership change mindsets. But few sales reps actually changed their behavior.

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Future Marketing Suggestions

Alan Weiss

Get into the “public square” with your analysis based upon your expertise (supply chain, talent retention, IT, change management, etc.). Consider whether you can convert your appeal to the retail market (consumers) and not remain solely in wholesale (businesses). Err on the side of informing too many people.

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Do Not Underestimate Work Environment’s Impact on Change

LSA Global

Very simply, priming can change what things mean to us and how much attention we pay to them. Examples of Different Environments Impacting Behavior. For example: Inviting spaces with comfortable chairs encourage consumers to stay longer; cramped and uncomfortable spaces push people to move on.

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2 Attributes of Great Change Leaders

Organizational Talent Consulting

In an environment of perpetual change, the enemy of great change leadership is good change management. Good change management involves minimizing disruptions, avoiding costly mistakes, and control. In contrast, great change leadership maximizes business speed, efficiency, and innovation.

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Part 3: Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile with Skills, Endorsements & Accomplishments

Successful Independent Consulting

For example, I have over a hundred endorsements for change management, but I no longer do that type of work so I moved it much lower on my list. Include example.) For example, “If I had to give one word to describe Joe, I’d say __. Include an example, their feelings, and your action points.)