As Background… Market Basket is a large regional supermarket chain in the New England area consisting of over 25,000 employees at 71 locations. Originally called DeMoulas, it started out as a small “mom and pop” grocery store by Greek immigrants in 1916 in Lowell, Massachusetts. The store was sold to two DeMoulas sons, Mike and… [Read More]
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Why Leaders Don’t Learn from Success
Harvard Business Review, Gino, Francesa and Pisano, Gary, April 2011, pgs. 69-74 Harvard Business School professors, Gino and Pisano believe organizations that experience success limit their learning potential and run a risk of failing. They believe that success can breed failure because they stop learning as an organization and as an individual. When an organization experiences success, they… [Read More]