British Broadcasting Corporation (B): Making it Happen

Rosabeth M. Kanter; Douglas A Raymond

Case | HBS Case Collection | February 2003 (Revised July 2005)

British Broadcasting Corporation (B): Making it Happen

by Rosabeth M. Kanter and Douglas A Raymond

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Greg Dyke, the new director general of the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), has launched an ambitious change program, called Making It Happen, with the objective of unlocking creativity, building a sense of common purpose, and encouraging collaboration throughout the BBC. Using unorthodox techniques, management has created a massively collaborative process that has overcome much of the natural skepticism within the organization and allowed the employees of the BBC to create a shared set of objectives for the change effort. After 10 months, employees feel that things are changing and that the culture of the BBC has improved. However, there are signs of change fatigue and Dyke must decide how much further to go while ensuring that the gains that have been made will not be lost.

Keywords: Change Management; Media; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Leadership Development; Competition; Creativity; Relationships; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United Kingdom;

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15 pages

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Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Douglas A Raymond. "British Broadcasting Corporation (B): Making it Happen." Harvard Business School Case 303-076, February 2003. (Revised July 2005.)

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim

Four diverse women entrepreneurs launched their ventures in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that was part of a shift to a creative technology-driven economy for Miami. Although Miami was rated the #1 U.S. city for startups in 2017, the region contained structural barriers and cultural biases unfriendly to women and people of color, including lack of access to capital and relationships. The case highlights women founders’ backgrounds and experiences with an ed-tech startup, a coding school and events for Black entrepreneurs; an incubator for green businesses with a Black leadership focus; and an accelerator for social impact ventures that also runs social media campaigns for problems such as climate change. The women CEOs reveal the barriers they faced, how they overcame them, and how they attempt to enrich the ecosystem for other women and people of color. This case raises the question of what must be in place for cities to take advantage of the innovation and job-creating potential of a wider population of entrepreneurs and gain the benefits of diversity, and for women founders to thrive.

Keywords: Female Entrepreneur; entrepreneurial ecosystems; inclusion; innovation ＆ entrepreneurship; racism; sexism; start-up; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Diversity; Gender; Race; Prejudice and Bias; Innovation and Invention; City; Culture; Miami;

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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Joyce J. Kim. "Women Entrepreneurs and Tech Ecosystems: One City, Two Realities, and Four Diverse Women." Harvard Business School Case 321-083, October 2020. View Details

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