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MTL 2015 - Realities of Leadership Ajay Kapoor

MTL 2015 - Realities of Leadership Ajay Kapoor

Realities of Leadership in a Cross-General Convergence Presented at MTL 2015 by Ajay Kapoor, Corporate Innovator & Changemaker, Proctor & Gamble

The rules of engagement have changed. The world is moving at a dramatic pace. Established industries/companies now sit square in the cross-hairs of disruption with the ever increasing pressures from new upstarts. A discussion on the importance of cross-generational leadership to lead established companies in this ever-transforming world.

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  1. @ajayskapoor The dangers of taking too much risk are very

    clear… the dangers of playing it safe aren’t... and are almost impossible to pinpoint." — Doug Sundhiem (Harvard Business Review)
  2. * = Inflation Adjusted. 1998 Market Capitalization (Billion US $)*

    2014 Market Capitalization (Billion US $) Microsoft 395 Apple 647 General Electric 376 Exxon Mobil 391 Exxon Mobil 250 Microsoft 383 Royal Dutch Shell 238 Berkshire Hathaway 371 Merck 225 Google 330 Pfizer 215 PetroChina 306 Intel 209 Johnson & Johnson 293 Coca-Cola 206 Wells Fargo 284 Wal-Mart 179 Wal-Mart 277 IBM 176 ICBC 271 @ajayskapoor
  3. * = Inflation Adjusted. 1998 Market Capitalization (Billion US $)*

    2014 Market Capitalization (Billion US $) Microsoft 395 Apple 647 General Electric 376 Exxon Mobil 391 Exxon Mobil 250 Microsoft 383 Royal Dutch Shell 238 Berkshire Hathaway 371 Merck 225 Google 330 Pfizer 215 PetroChina 306 Intel 209 Johnson & Johnson 293 Coca-Cola 206 Wells Fargo 284 Wal-Mart 179 Wal-Mart 277 IBM 176 ICBC 271 @ajayskapoor
  4. @ajayskapoor Lots of companies don’t succeed over time. What do

    they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future." — Larry Page (CEO of Google)
  5. Incumbent vs. Startup Incumbent Startup Talent Capital Technology Distribution /

    Sales Channels Manufacturing / Supply Chain Speed @ajayskapoor
  6. @ajayskapoor When experts are wrong, it’s often because they’re experts

    on an earlier version of the world." — Paul Graham (Y-Combinator)
  7. @ajayskapoor Kodak never really recognized the disruption of digital photography,

    and… never found a way to privot the business. Eventually, that changing market simply ran them over..."
  8. @ajayskapoor What really matters is, companies that don’t continue to

    experiment… don’t embrace failure… eventually get in a desperate position… is a Hail Mary bet at the very end of their corporate existence." — Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
  9. @ajayskapoor Core competencies are different for every organization... But every

    organization needs one core competency: innovation." — Peter Drucker
  10. “The problem is that at a lot of big companies,

    process becomes a substitute for thinking. You’re encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren’t that smart, who aren’t that creative.” – Elon Musk @ajayskapoor
  11. @ajayskapoor The greatest threat… is the prevailing culture of chronic

    risk aversion among corporates. Too many are focused on their boots instead of the horizon." — Sir Martin Sorell (Founder of WPP)
  12. @ajayskapoor My biggest regrets are the moments I let a

    lack of data override my intuition on what’s best for our customers." — Andrew Mason (Former Groupon CEO)
  13. It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A

    lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them." — Steve Jobs @ajayskapoor
  14. @ajayskapoor We were smart enough, to be naïve enough, to

    not know what we couldn’t accomplish." — Kevin Plank (Founder of Under Armour)