MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Executing the CEO's Agenda Through Targeted Learning

Executing the CEO’s agenda almost always requires people within the organization to adopt new ways of seeing, thinking, and acting. Success requires learning at scale, with speed, in the places where it will matter most. This is easier said than done. For most companies, organizational lethargy — rooted in the familiarity of the status quo and legacy ways of working together — poses a significant risk for execution.

Learning is a valuable tool for CEOs to drive change. But in order to be deployed in a strategic way and unlock execution, learning needs to look different from what we know today.

About the Author

James Fulton is the chief learning officer and global head of talent at financial services firm Goldman Sachs. Todd M. Warner is the founder and CEO of Like Minds Advisory. He was previously the vice president of learning at mining company BHP.

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