Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

In team development, research has shown that individual learning works best when accompanied by team learning. [1]. So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field.

Team 52

Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Its gross domestic product has surged from less than $150 billion in 1978 to $8,227 billion in 2012 (see “China’s GDP” chart below). Foreign investors have flocked to the country’s shores as many of the world’s largest manufacturers have established operations there. percentage points in 1990-2002, and 0.3

GDP 10

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Companies based in developed economies can learn much from the Mars mission about competing and operating in emerging markets: Create an audacious, inspiring goal. Emerging economies have the bulk of the world’s population, yet most of them are non-consumers of products and services that we take for granted in the West.

Innovation 8

Innovation Constraint Engineering Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2013

Between 2002 and 2012, the shareholder return of the average airline company rose an uninspiring 5.6% Of the worst-performing industries between 1992 and 2002, almost 60% percent wound up in the top half in the most recent 10-year period. Second, top-quartile companies operate more profitably than other companies.

TSR 8

TSR Industry Company Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

In 2002 Norman Bodek , "the godfather of Lean ," came to Technicolor's Michigan facility to teach its leaders about how to implement a front-line suggestion process. After Bodek left, the suggestion system was led by Yorke, Technicolor's manager of organizational development. Consider the story of Technicolor. Their answer?

Process 14

Process How To Attrition Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

It would be unrealistic to imagine a return to low-value-add, low-skill, low-wage production in the commodity industries that employed millions of Americans a century ago. based product and services businesses that also tended to manufacture and deliver their products via U.S.-based Where did all that money go? based labor.

Finance 10

Finance Due Diligence Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2011

In 2002 and 2003, partnering with Catalyst , we took a hard look at ourselves. The brutal facts were that our products were on the shelves of virtually every American home, but our workforce was insufficiently representative of the diverse people we were serving. Perhaps these steps can be helpful to your company, too. ?1.

Diversity 15

Diversity Human Resources How To Mentor 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2014

Companies across the globe are tackling some of the world’s greatest societal challenges — water scarcity, climate change, and even the rights of women and girls in the developing world. We first introduced Neve Compacto, a low-energy paper product, in Italy, to help retailers save shelf space and moms save room in their storage closet.

CEO 8

CEO Company Reputation Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

But the truth is that, for the most part, they redefine minimum requirements for operating in a given industry — not advantages. These investments included Nordstrom.com and a perpetual inventory system that allowed Nordstrom to offer a consistent multi-channel experience by 2002. That doesn’t mean you can ignore them.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology 8

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 9

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2014

Companies have long developed and managed their sales people differently from other employees, placing great emphasis on individual performance. From 2002 to 2012, the impact of individuals’ task performance on unit profitability companywide decreased, on average, from 78% to 51%. In one account alone, the improvements have driven $3.5

Team 9

Team Metrics Compliance Attrition 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

The logic sounds compelling: A customer-centric structure , as the approach is known, can help a company understand its customers better, develop deeper relationships with them, and improve customer satisfaction. Its 2002 restructuring offered little incremental benefit while adding cost and complexity. Low industry profitability.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Company Henderson Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2014

Sara Rynes, Amy Colbert, & Kenneth Brown conducted a study in 2002 to determine whether the beliefs of HR professionals were consistent with established research findings on the effectiveness of various HR practices. And yet that’s how many companies operate.

Human Resources 11

Human Resources Tools Analysis Bottom-up 11

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business development. Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. Not only was this a shift in company focus and customer orientation, but it put high-volume tire production and sales as the only priorities. Running the business.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

“It could be money, the chance to develop new skills, or the opportunity to work with great people,” says Pink. “You shouldn’t have to manage the work product of a contractor. has hired freelancers—mostly software developers—for 15 years. Understand what they want. Give feedback.

Management 8

Management Tips Performance Review Project 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

The only area spared from cost reduction is the development group — focused on competitive fundraising.) All of these were worthy, and Rheedlen's reputation and competence attracted donations - up to $10 million by 1999 - but they required a far more diverse operation.

Crisis 13

Crisis Mayo Strategy Short-term 13

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in Running the business Financial People Business development Body of Knowledge The Big Picture No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Operational Statistics. Every day in the U.S.,

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

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. Unlike test kitchens of large chains or FMCG products, the team would work in R&D during the winter and then resume restaurant operations during the summer.

Innovation 8

Innovation Project Creativity Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Studying these successes and failures, we’ve identified half a dozen key reasons platforms fail, all of which boil down to managers’ misunderstanding of how platforms operate and compete. He charged developers for toolkits – inhibiting the very software producers he should have wanted on Apple’s platform.

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

As someone who has worked with managers at all levels since 2002, coaching, mentoring, guiding, providing advice, facilitating conversations, creating space for reflection. I find this especially true when coaches work with executives in operations. That workshop in coaching skills is a long way from the world of the factory floor.

Blog 385

Blog Mentor Advice Brand 385

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

As work itself is changing, some of the basic tenets of leadership development are being challenged. To meet these challenges, we see three priorities for developing the next generation of leaders in the “work-disrupted” age: Mastery of Digital. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Insight Center.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Disaggregation Development Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. Even outside of the tech sector, the employment of more software developers is associated with a greater increase in industry concentration, and this relationship appears to be causal. Andrew Brookes/Getty Images. Policymakers have noticed.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

GM’s layoffs are not just incremental but existential, in that sense: They are about accelerating the staffing changes mandated by the company’s aggressive transition from analog to digital products and from gasoline to electric power. Similar patterns of cutting and hiring are visible in last week’s announcement.

Industry 8

Industry Technology Engineering Automotive 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Business development. So were professional development programs, rewards for random acts of kindness and other empowerment initiatives. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. No executive development program was held at Enron. Running the business. Executives.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57