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That drove Gustafson to flywheel step 2: Build collaborative improvement teams. Each teacher would join a team led by an experienced Ware teacher who exemplified the culture. The mechanism generated cohesion and momentum as teams met in collaborative improvement meetings at least once per week, teachers coming together to share ideas, get feedback, discuss individual student progress, and improve the Ware teaching recipes.
Turning the Flywheel
Jim Collins
The kernel of a strategy contains three elements: 1. A diagnosis that defines or explains the nature of the challenge. A good diagnosis simplifies the often overwhelming complexity of reality by identifying certain aspects of the situation as critical. 2. A guiding policy for dealing with the challenge. This is an overall approach chosen to cope with or overcome the obstacles identified in the diagnosis. 3. A set of coherent actions that are designed to carry out the guiding policy. These are steps that are coordinated with one another to work together in accomplishing the guiding policy.
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy
Richard Rumelt
Many companies have invested in “transformation,” all claiming to use OKR, of course. But instead of using these investments as a way to become more outcome-driven, most organizations focus on [meeting due dates rather than outcomes](https://members.outcomeedge.com/i/143301848/you-are-also-dealing-with-weak-muscles).
Often the goal is simply to do something like “move to the cloud by the end of the year.” It doesn’t matter if this project made a difference or not, only that it was completed on time.
Treat Your Company as a Product
Felipe Castro
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