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Episode Synopsis
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” – Peter DruckerMost companies are built to manage, which can come at the expense of innovation. Conversely, companies that are built to innovate are often challenging to manage. In this episode, Patrick K. Sullivan and Catherine Cruz discuss how vertical, command-and-control management styles can make sense for some businesses, such as a manufacturing plant, but also how today’s knowledge workers can increasingly benefit from a more horizontal style that pushes decision making down the chain and empower individuals to use their judgement. They examine how even in the U.S. military, more reliance has come to be focused on Special Forces; teams with more training and also more autonomy who are empowered to make decisions in the field.Oceanit practices ‘Intellectual Anarchy’ – empowering teams to break down traditional silos, transcend disciplines, and cross-pollinate ideas and expertise. We create breakthrough ideas, insights, discoveries, and developments — delivering the future as an interdisciplinary force. Through spinouts, co-development partnerships, licensing, and direct manufacturing, Oceanit thrives in delivering solutions to market at scale. Oceanit calls this practice ‘Mind-to-Market’, delivering deep science to disruptive, real-world innovations at scale and impact. Intellectual Anarchy: The Art of Disruptive Innovation by Dr. Patrick K. Sullivan is available on Amazon. Get your copy at https://bit.ly/2Vk5bhN. Learn more about Oceanit at https://oceanit.com/deliveringthefuture/ and subscribe to our YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/oceanit.Follow Oceanit on X / Twitter / oceanitFollow Oceanit on Facebook / oceanit Follow Oceanit on Instagram / oceanit
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