Interview: Why Most Breakthrough Initiatives Will Fail in Corporate America?

Is Your Corporate Culture Killing Breakthrough Initiatives? A breakthrough is a possibility you don not know how to accomplish with existing resources. However, once achieved, it alters the person’s or corporation’s future forever. For Apple Computer, the iPod altered their future. It allowed the possibility of an iPhone and iPad. Those products were not part of the normal trajectory of a computer manufacturer. At the same time, most breakthrough initiatives in organizations fail. In a very dynamic and challenging conversation I had with Jeff Christian and Mike Sestich, the three of us explore the elements of corporate culture that derail breakthroughs. The interview became challenging because we addressed many of the assumptions that are part of corporate culture. Those assumptions are never challenged. Yet, they dictate what can and cannot be done in the world of business. Afterwards, we addressed the elements of corporate culture that not only empowers people to become high performers we, talked about creating a US culture with a zero divorce rate. That divorce rate would be the result of a transformation of corporate social responsibility. This interview will have you on the edge of your seat. Do not forget to like, comment and repost. Also look for my continued series of videos about the Disruptive Leadership Model.