What GameStop Can Teach Us About Disruption and Culture Change

Join CCL's Ren Washington and Allison Barr as they investigate what we can learn about disruption and transformation from the recent short squeeze orchestrated through the internet.

In December, GameStop was trading at a little under $13. At the end of January it was trading at $379 and some change. And at the time of this recording, it is trading at $193. This feels like a lot of disruption. 

What happened with GameStop is raising interesting questions about culture change. Talk about a David Vs. Goliath situation. A group of subredditors took on the Wall Street Establishment an disrupted the way Wall Street does business, at least for a bit. It got us thinking about disruption and its role in behavior change. Is this kind of disruption the key to changing the way work is done?  

From a leadership perspective, is harnessing disruption the missing piece of culture change in the workplace? Let's talk about the lessons we can learn from the GameStop headlines and lead with that.

Related Resources:

Can You Identify Your Organization's Leadership Culture: https://www.ccl.org/articles/leading-effectively-articles/whats-your-leadership-culture/ 

Changing Culture: 5 Principles for Interdependent Leadership: https://www.ccl.org/articles/leading-effectively-articles/changing-culture-5-principles-for-interdependent-leadership/  

Organizational Culture: https://www.ccl.org/leadership-challenges/organizational-culture/ 

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