The Importance of Urgency

May 272010

An interview with John Kotter, Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School.

Without a true sense of urgency, any change effort is doomed. Watch John Kotter discuss the need for urgency and how managers create and sustain it in their organizations.

Duration : 0:10:42


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17 Responses

  1. TedDGPoulos Says:

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  2. ELHIEGER1 Says:

    This reminds me of …
    This reminds me of the “change” platform that our esteemed President Obama ran on. There’s not a lot of meat to it.

  3. 1888junkteam Says:

    excellent work!
    excellent work!

  4. gpmweb Says:

    There is a Leading …
    There is a Leading Bold Change workshop (based on Kotter’s Our Iceberg is Melting) being run by Flint Consulting in the UK on 22 September

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    Sow some people …
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  6. Memubitsu Says:

    GM comes to mind …
    GM comes to mind here somewhere

  7. fightywhitey Says:

    urgent you must be
    urgent you must be

  8. mikegibbowr Says:

    Action for Actions …
    Action for Actions sake means nothing… Action with Purpose… Well, that motivates from top to bottom to be better at what we do… and that is at the heart of what you’ll hear here… so listen and learn if you have the courage to change… Mike Gibbowr

  9. SamApplied Says:

    Great reminder for …
    Great reminder for those who are already doing very well – keeping it up is not easy at all. Great information.

  10. leejacob120 Says:

    Lol his facial …
    Lol his facial expressions. He’s really right though. I like this.

  11. GenericGene Says:

    Thank you, this is …
    Thank you, this is very informative and interesting
    – Gene

  12. kibk8al Says:

    Excellent video. …
    Excellent video. Anyone else think that Kotter looks a bit like Yoda? :D

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    In the name of …
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  14. Zwartekaka Says:

    I think I’ve mist …
    I think I’ve mist the “funny” part :) .

  15. star1me87 Says:

    how can a person, …
    how can a person, that is supposed to be very smart, can be that funny!? lol

  16. tariqjuneja Says:

    poor sound quality …
    poor sound quality – not sure why…

  17. poweronia Says:

    Great video!
    Great video!

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