Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business development. K-Mart closed 617 of its under-performing department stores and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in 2002. Thus, efforts to treat a fraction of one percent took resources away from addressing the other 99.999% of companies’ full-scope planning, training and marketplace development.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

Many large planes had to be landed at small airports that were equipped only with a few landing lights, controllers, and fire engines. In November 2002, the Chinese government found that a large number of people had been afflicted with atypical pneumonia in Guangdong Province. Collaboration Leadership'

Guidelines 11

Guidelines Goal Follow-up Engineering 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

We’d developed a technology that allowed companies to dramatically expand the capacity of existing fiber optic cable, so you could put more data through a network without digging up miles of fiber. We intended to broaden the company out and develop new products over time, but then the dot-com bust came. Leadership'

Industry 8

Industry CEO Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2018

In 1990 they gained a second Michelin Star, and in 1994, they became the first high-end restaurant to invest in a development team and a lab. books and cooking gadgets), developing brand partnerships, and opening more restaurants. The projects range from developing new techniques and ingredients to designing final dishes and products.

Innovation 8

Innovation Project Creativity Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

As that dramatic disintegration played out in early 2002, I had to present our office’s results and perspectives at the firm’s annual partners’ meeting in Switzerland. They can reverse-engineer your processes. It also creates the conditions for neurogenesis, allowing people to learn and develop new healthy habits and competencies.

Emotional Intelligence 10

Emotional Intelligence GDP McKinsey Airlines 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

In 2002 I worked with a client at a large global electronics company. And the engineers and developers working on the product are too close to it or have a much higher tolerance for complexity than the customer will. Kill: Set clear timelines, milestones, and criteria for product development in new market areas.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Long-term Marketing 8