DRIVE ONE DIRECTION - BOOK REFERENCES
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SOURCES FOR PART TWO - THE ACCELERATORS
SPEED READING - ONE TEAM
FORD
Kirkland, Rik. “Leading in the 21st century: An interview with Ford’s Alan Mulally.” McKinsey & Company. Nov. 2013. Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/leading-in-the-21st-century-an-interview-with-fords-alan-mulally.
THE CARLYLE GROUP
Kelly, Jason and Heather Perlberg. “Meet Private Equity’s Next Generation.” Bloomberg Markets, 4 June 2018. Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2018-carlyle-group-glenn-youngkin-kewsong-lee-interview/.
LaRocco, Lori Ann. “Why Carlyle Group’s Culture Is the Basis of Good Building and Investing.” Chief Executive, 8 April 2014. Accessed 7 May 2019. https://chiefexecutive.net/why-culture-is-the-basis-of-building-investing-what-carlyle-groups-example-holds-for-ceos/.
”One Carlyle Culture” (video). The Carlyle Group, n.d. Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.carlyle.com/media-room/corporate-videos/one-carlyle-culture.
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
VALIANT
SPEED READING – ONE THING
“Our solutions – Capability identification and building.” strategy&, part of the PwC network, n.d. Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.strategyand.pwc.com/cds/capability.
DYSON
Dyson, James. “James Dyson: Why I built my own university, without student debt.” Wired (30 Jan. 2018). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/james-dyson-opinion-training-engineers.
HERMAN MILLER
“All Together Now: The Importance of Helping People and Place Align.” Herman Miller, n.d. Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.hermanmiller.com/research/categories/white-papers/all-together-now/.
“Performance Environments™: Workplace Strategy & Consulting Services.” Herman Miller, n.d. Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.hermanmiller.com/content/dam/hermanmiller/documents/services_we_offer/Herman_Miller_Performance_Environments.pdf.
“Work Life.” WHY Magazine. Herman Miller, n.d. Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.hermanmiller.com/stories/why-magazine/work-life/.
Zaun, Tim. “Herman Miller, the BHAG, and Internalizing Sustainability.” GreenBiz (21 June 2007). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.greenbiz.com/news/2007/06/21/herman-miller-bhag-and-internalizing-sustainability.
FERRARI
“Ferrari – The World’s Most Powerful Brand.” Brand Finance. n.d. Accessed 7 May 2019. http://brandfinance.com/news/ferrari--the-worlds-most-powerful-brand/.
Sylt, Christian. “Ferrari: $570 Million F1 Budget Revealed.” Forbes (15 April 2018). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/csylt/2018/04/15/ferrari-570-million-f1-budget-revealed/#69eb601d7fa5.
BTI360
SPEED READING – ONE VISION
VIRGIN HYPERLOOP ONE
Musk, Elon. “Hyperloop Alpha.” SpaceX. n.d. Accessed 7 May 2019. http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/hyperloop_alpha.pdf.
Simon, Marcy and Sandy Choi. "Introducing Virgin Hyperloop One.” Virgin Hyperloop One (12 Oct. 2017). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://hyperloop-one.com/introducing-virgin-hyperloop-one.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
“Southwest Airlines: Our Purpose and Vision” (videos). Southwest Airlines (19 Dec. 2013). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGxMf88I5g4.
MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING (MADD)
SPEED READING – ONE MISSION
Bain & Co. “The founding of Bain's mission statement.” YouTube (12 July 2012). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NQ019kW1e8.
AMAZON
O’Reilly III, Charles A. and Michael L. Tushman. Stanford University Press Blog, n.d. Accessed 7 May 2019. http://stanfordpress.typepad.com/blog/2016/04/the-amazon-model.html.
TESLA
Musk, Elon. “The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (just between you and me).” Tesla (2 Aug. 2006). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.tesla.com/blog/secret-tesla-motors-master-plan-just-between-you-and-me.
MEDTRONIC
https://www.medtronic.com/us-en/about/mission.html
George, Bill. “The Company’s Mission Is the Message.” Leadership: Strategy + Business (Winter 2003/Issue 33). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.strategy-business.com/article/849025?gko=1b9b5.
ONE.ORG
SPEED READING – ONE CODE
BLOMMER CHOCOLATE
HILTON HOTELS
Bryant, Adam. “On a Busy Road, a Company Needs Guardrails.” The New York Times (13 Oct. 2012). Accessed 7 May 2019. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/business/christopher-nassetta-of-hilton-on-focusing-its-values.html.
Heath, Thomas. “Christopher Nassetta: The man who turned around Hilton.” The Washington Post (6 July 2014). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/christopher-nassetta-the-man-who-turned-around-hilton/2014/07/03/43071478-fd5a-11e3-932c-0a55b81f48ce_story.html?utm_term=.e256d676975a
MAYO CLINIC
“An Inside Look at Mayo Clinic,” Mayo Clinic (2018). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.mayo.edu/pmts/mc7300-mc7399/mc7360.pdf?_ga=2.197604527.1058031552.1542369428-840580907.1518485377.
Herzlinger, Regina E., Robert S. Huckman, and Jenny Lesser. “Mayo Clinic: The 2020 Initiative.” Mayo Clinic (3 Sept. 2014). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://hbr.org/product/Mayo-Clinic--The-2020-Ini/an/615027-PDF-ENG.
Pruthi, Sandhya; Dawn Marie R. Davis; Dawn L. Hucke; Francesca B. Ripple, and Barbara S. Tatzel. “Vision, mission, and values: From concept to execution at Mayo Clinic.” Patient Experience Journal 2, no. 2 (2015). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://pxjournal.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1082&context=journal.
NETFLIX
SPEED READING – ONE BRAND
VIRGIN
Buss, Dale. “Richard Branson on the Virgin Brand—and the Future of Travel.” brandchannel (9 Oct. 2017), Accessed 7 May 2019. http://brandchannel.com/2017/10/19/richard-branson-101917/.
Singh, Sonoo. “Rebooting the Virgin brand.” campaign (5 July 2017). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/rebooting-virgin-brand/1438586.
UPS
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY
CHICK-FIL-A
Hendrix, Bernard. “20 Years of Cows.” Chick-fil-A: The Chicken Wire (14 July 2015). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://thechickenwire.chick-fil-a.com/Inside-Chick-fil-A/20-Years-of-Cows.
Leadem, Rose. “24 Interesting Facts You Should Know About Chick-fil-A.” Entrepreneur (16 May 2018). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/311452.
McCreary, Matthew. “Chick-fil-A Makes More Per Restaurant Than McDonald’s, Starbucks and Subway Combined … and It's Closed on Sundays.” Entrepreneur, n.d. Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/320615.
Siegel, Rachel. “Getting a Chick-fil-A franchise is harder than getting into Harvard.” The Washington Post (7 June 2018). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/06/07/its-not-just-the-pruitts-its-really-hard-to-get-a-chick-fil-a-franchise/?utm_term=.d45f40edd9ce.
Wohl, Jessica. “Chick-fil-A drops the Richards Group after 22 years.” Ad Age (21 July 2016). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/chick-fil-a-drops-richards-group-after-22-years/305057/.
DE BEERS
Kolowich, Lindsay. “The Engagement Ring Story: How De Beers Created a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry from the Ground up.” HubSpot (13 June 2014, updated 28 July 2017). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/diamond-de-beers-marketing-campaign.
Sullivan, J. Courtney. “Why ‘A Diamond Is Forever’ has lasted so long.” The Washington Post (7 Feb. 2014). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-a-diamond-is-forever-has-lasted-so-long/2014/02/07/f6adf3f4-8eae-11e3-84e1-27626c5ef5fb_story.html?utm_term=.81fd257b59e9.
SPEED READING – ONE STRATEGY
“At odds: Company spending and strategy: Fit for Growth Index Profiler results.” Strategy&. n.d. Accessed 25 May 2019. https://www.strategyand.pwc.com/fitforgrowth/profiler-results.
USAA
BASECAMP
Fried, Jason. “Why 37signals Refocused on a Single Product: Basecamp,” Inc. Magazine (March 2014). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.inc.com/magazine/201403/jason-fried/basecamp-focus-one-product-only.html.
Yacowicz, Will. “Jason Fried: Stay Small, Grow Slow, and Do One Thing Really Well.” Inc. Magazine (22 May 2014). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.inc.com/will-yakowicz/jason-fried-basecamp-stay-small-grow-slow.html.
IRIDIUM
DOLLAR TREE
“Third quarter fiscal 2018 press releases.” Dollar Tree (29 Nov. 2018). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.dollartreeinfo.com/news-releases/news-release-details/dollar-tree-inc-reports-results-third-quarter-fiscal-2018.
TOMS
Westaway, Kyle. “Bain’s 50% stake in Toms shoes shows faith in socially-minded business.” The Guardian (28 Aug. 2014). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/aug/28/bain-capital-toms-shoes-social-mission-ethical-business.
SPEED READING – ONE PORTFOLIO
BMW
LEGO
Handley, Lucy. “How marketing built Lego into the world’s favorite toy brand.” CNBC (27 April 2018/updated 11 April 2019). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/27/lego-marketing-strategy-made-it-world-favorite-toy-brand.html.
Oliver, Keith, Edouard Samakh, and Peter Heckmann. “Rebuilding Lego, Brick by Brick.” strategy + business” (29 Aug. 2007/Autumn 2007/Issue 48). https://www.strategy-business.com/article/07306?gko=99ab7 (accessed 7 May 2019).
Petrány, Máté. “This LEGO Bugatti Chiron Has 2300 Electric Motors and a Top Speed of 12 MPH.” Road and Track (30 Aug. 2018). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/car-technology/a22872452/lego-bugatti-chiron-pictures-specs-video/.
RYOBI
HUBSPOT
Flanagan, Ellie. “HubSpot’s Platform Ecosystem Exceeds 200 Participating Partners.” HubSpot (4 Sept. 2018). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.hubspot.com/company-news/hubspots-platform-ecosystem-exceeds-200-participating-partners.
SPEED READING – ONE WAY
BOGNET CONSTRUCTION
FORMULA ONE
“FIA Formula One World Championship.” Federation Internationale de L’Automobile, n.d. Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.fia.com/regulation/category/110.
Rencken, Dieter and Lawrence Barretto. “Formula 1 team payments for 2017 revealed,” Autosport (8 May 2017). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/129388/formula-1-team-payments-for-2017-revealed.
STARBUCKS
Beverage Manual. Starbucks (15 March 2016). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://solutions.starbucks.com/resources/pdf/WPS_FY16_Beverage_Resource_Manual_031516.pdf.
ING
Mahadevan, Deepak. “ING’s agile transformation.” McKinsey & Company (January 2017). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/financial-services/our-insights/ings-agile-transformation.
van der Pijl, Patrick. “Design Thinking Helps ING Bank to Put a Strategic Plan on One Page.” Design a Better Business (30 Jan. 2017). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://designabetterbusiness.com/2017/01/30/design-thinking-helps-ing-bank-to-put-a-strategic-plan-on-one-page/.
SPEED READING – ONE WOW!
RITZ-CARLTON
Miller, Mark. “Building Brand Legacy for the Age of Now: The Ritz-Carlton.” Fast Company (30 Jan. 2017). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.fastcompany.com/3067506/building-brand-legacy-for-the-age-of-now-the-ritz-carlton.
“Let Us Stay with You.®” The Ritz-Carlton. n.d., Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.teamone-usa.com/work/let-us-stay-with-you.
“The Ritz-Carlton: A Transparent Work Culture.” The Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center (8 April 2014). Accessed 7 May 2019. http://ritzcarltonleadershipcenter.com/2014/04/the-ritz-carlton-a-transparent-culture/.
COSTCO
CROSSFIT®
Helm, Burt. “Do Not Cross CrossFit.” Inc. magazine (July 2013). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.inc.com/magazine/201307/burt-helm/crossfit-empire.html.
FOUR SISTERS
SPEED READING – ONE PLAN
Judah, Mark, Dunigan O'Keeffe, David Zehner, and Lucy Cummings. “Strategic Planning That Produces Real Strategy.” Bain & Company (10 Feb. 2016). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.bain.com/insights/strategic-planning-that-produces-real-strategy/.
Bhardwaj, Prachi. “How employee goals at Google changed after Sundar Pichai took over as CEO after Larry Page.” Business Insider (21 June 2018). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.businessinsider.com/google-okr-goals-sundar-pichai-vs-larry-page-2018-6.
“Full Transcription of Google OKR Video – How Google Sets Goals Using OKRs.” Atiim | OKR Software. n.d., Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.atiim.com/google-okr-objectives-key-results-video-transcript/.
McCracken, Harry. “At Sundar Pichai’s Google, AI Is Everything—And Everywhere.” Fast Company (15 Nov. 2016). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.fastcompany.com/3065420/at-sundar-pichais-google-ai-is-everything-and-everywhe.
SALESFORCE
Benioff, Marc. “How to Create Alignment Within Your Company in Order to Succeed.” Salesforce (8 April 2013). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2013/04/how-to-create-alignment-within-your-company.html.
“Create Organizational Alignment through the V2MOM.” Trailhead. n.d. Accessed 7 May 2019. https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/modules/manage_the_sfdc_organizational_alignment_v2mom/units/msfw_oav2m_creating_org_alignment_v2mom.
IDEXX
HAGERTY
SPEED READING – EVERYONE
23ANDME
Dishman, Lydia. “23andMe Plans to Hire 200 People in 2018. Here’s How to Be One of Them.” Fast Company (29 March 2018). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.fastcompany.com/40550620/23andme-plans-to-hire-200-people-in-2018-heres-how-to-be-one-of-them.
Green, Jeff. “Robotics Barbie Joins Corporate Chorus Calling for Diversity.” Bloomberg (27 June 2018). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-27/robotics-barbie-joins-corporate-chorus-calling-for-diversity.
Spencer, Erin. “How to Grow and Scale a Culture Like 23andMe,” Forbes (18 July 2018). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/erinspencer1/2018/07/18/how-to-grow-scale-a-culture-like-23andme/#6d3a10242b79.
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
Baghai, Mehrdad and James Quigle. “Cirque du Soleil: A Very Different Vision of Teamwork.” Fast Company (3 Feb. 2011). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.fastcompany.com/1724123/cirque-du-soleil-very-different-vision-teamwork.
Lev-Ram, Michal. “How to Manage a Bunch of Clowns: Q&A with the CEO of Cirque du Soleil.” Fortune (24 Feb. 2017). Accessed 7 May 2019. http://fortune.com/2017/02/24/cirque-du-soleil-ceo/.
Lidstone, Ian. “Reimagining the Future of Live Entertainment with Cirque du Soleil.” Forbes. (12 July 2017). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2017/07/12/reimagining-the-future-of-live-entertainment-with-cirque-du-soleil/#3e536f1b759e.
Ward, John. “The Serious Business Behind the Cirque du Soleil Mystique.” SAP SE (8 June 2015). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://news.sap.com/serious-business-behind-cirque-du-soleil-mystique/.
MCKINSEY AND COMPANY
“Our mission and values.” McKinsey. n.d. Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.mckinsey.com/about-us/what-we-do/our-mission-and-values.
PUBLIX
Tkaczyk, Christopher. “My Five Days of ‘Bleeding Green.’” Fortune (3 March 2016). Accessed 7 May 2019. http://fortune.com/publix-best-companies/.
SIMPLEXITY
Shortell, Dorota. “Why I, as the CEO, Get the Same Bonus as All My Other Employees.” Simplexity (13 Dec. 2016). Accessed 7 May 2019. https://www.simplexitypd.com/blog/why-i-as-the-ceo-get-the-same-bonus-as-all-my-other-employees/.