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2. Case Study: When James Bond Met Q

Author : Jeremy Ghez

Published in: Architects of Change

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

James Bond and Q are nothing alike. And yet, they need each other to succeed. There is a fundamental lesson for architects of change in this comparison: leaders who do not take courageous decisions like Bond aren’t real leaders. But leaders who fail to emulate Q by constantly reinventing their approaches may not have the long-term impact it takes to be an architect of change. The challenge does not lie in deciding who to listen to but to strike the right balance between the Bond story of the company, based on the current headlines, and the Q story of the company, based on the potential long run transformations of a company that could get it out of the stalemate.

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Title: Case Study: When James Bond Met Q
Author: Jeremy Ghez
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Architects of Change
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-20683-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-20684-0

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20684-0_2