Do Less Better The Power of Strategic Sacrifice in a Complex World
Do Less Better teaches leaders how to recognize the complexity and inefficiencies within their businesses and reveals how they can simplify and streamline through specialization and sacrifice. According to Bell, a company's willingness to focus on a parti
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Do Less Better
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The Power of Strategic Sacrifice in a Complex World John R. Bell
10.1057/9781137452788 - Do Less Better, John R. Bell
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Do Less Better
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Copyright © John R. Bell, 2014. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–45277–1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bell, John Richard. Do less better : the power of strategic sacrifice in a complex world / John Richard Bell. pages cm ISBN 978–1–137–45277–1 (hardback) ISBN 1–137–45277–3 () 1. Strategic planning. 2. Organizational change. 3. Success in business. I. Title. HD30.28.B4496 2015 658.49012—dc23
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This book is dedicated to those who believe that big ideas trump big budgets
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List of Figure and Tables
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Introduction
1
1 Accept the Short-term Pain
11
2 The Steel and Steal of Strategic Sacrifice
35
3 Your Leadership Reality Check
57
4 The Urgency for Action
87
5 Think Like an Entrepreneur
109
6 KISS Is Not a Rock Band
133
7 Bastions of Branding
155
8 Fewer, Better People Doing Less, Better
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