Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

Why would the CEO of a huge corporation with vast capabilities need to look elsewhere for assistance? If outside help is truly needed, doesn’t that say something pretty negative about the CEO’s own staff and existing supply chain? Outside the organization? Collaboration Leadership'

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Automotive Engineering 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. As the chairman and CEO of Mzinga ® , a company that provides social software to businesses, quite literally, it’s my job to be social media savvy.

Media 67

Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 23, 2017

A while ago, I read an interview with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, where he made a fascinating observation. He said: “Today, mankind produces more information, data and ideas than from the stone age until the year 2003 together.“ And he nailed it with that statement. Because the changes around us are getting more and more intense.

How To 293

How To Open-book Learning-by-Doing Marketing 293

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2014

There is another seemingly mundane but profoundly important application of this technology: to better managers ourselves and our time. The underlying technology behind all of the advances in robotic technology mentioned above is Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). The company was registered as SIRI Inc.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Technology Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2018

Sarah Williamson is the CEO of FCLTGlobal (formerly Focusing Capital on the Long Term), an organization cofounded in 2016 by BlackRock, CPPIB, Dow Chemical, McKinsey, and Tata Sons to encourage a longer-term focus in business and investment decision making. This is precisely what Xerox did when it created Xerox Technology Ventures.

Long-term 9

Long-term Innovation Technology Stage-Gate 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Technology has undoubtedly ushered in progress in a myriad of ways. In 2010, Eric Schmidt, then the CEO of Google, shared a concern with the world : “Every two days, we create as much information as we did from the dawn of civilization until 2003.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Collins Committee Advice 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Andy Jassy, acting as a chief of staff for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, was assigned the task of figuring out why. But the team went beyond that, figuring that if they were having difficulty with certain technology infrastructure problems, it was highly likely that other companies were experiencing similar problems.

Retail 8

Retail Core Competence Project Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2018

My recent paper , coauthored with Naoshi Ikeda and Sho Watanabe of Tokyo Institute of Technology, empirically tests this quiet life hypothesis with Japanese data. Nissan rearranged business relations with them under the strong leadership of Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Nissan from 1999 to 2017.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Management Marketing Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

This question is relevant for CEOs and government leaders alike. Jim Collins and I studied this question in our book Great by Choice in which we analyzed CEOs and companies that led successfully in such a world. The successful CEOs in our study displayed an odd behavior that we labeled " productive paranoia."

Management 13

Management Licensing Crisis Hedge 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

Is there any aspect of your daily life and business that is not significantly affected by digital technology? in 2003, an all-time high. (Of Can we use the possibilities of these new digital technologies to drive innovation? Boards Technology' Not likely. years in 2013 from 60.3

Business Model 8

Business Model Technology Long-term Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

The idea that new technology transforms the way we communicate is not a new one — telephones, e-mails, text messages and tweets have all brought changes to how we express ourselves, how we gather information about others, even to how we think. We already talk through technology; inevitably, we'll be talking to technology.

Dunning 14

Dunning Engineering Long-term Content 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

election mean for businesses is a fact that’s getting too little attention, but that CEOs and business leaders will definitely need to adjust to: it’s gotten much harder to keep your company’s secrets. The 21st-Century CEO. Buried amid the furor of speculation about what results of the U.S. Insight Center.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage PR Information Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

Emerging social networking technologies offer new ways to overcome these boundaries. ValuesJam in 2003 gave IBM's workforce the opportunity to redefine the firm's core values for the first time in nearly 100 years. IBM has accelerated collaboration with " innovation jams " that engage everyone in identifying opportunities.

Process 15

Process Press Release Automotive Globalization 15

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

And perhaps more importantly, anyone occupying a position of authority plays a followership role at times, as first-line supervisors report to mid-level managers, mid-level managers report to vice-presidents, vice-presidents report to CEOs, CEOs report to Boards of Directors, etc. from the University of Washington.

Executive Coaching 129

Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

In 2003 he launched an online, interactive "values jam" involving all employees for 72 hours to determine what IBM's values should be. These are the qualities I believe made him the best CEO, so far, of the 21st century: Humility and openness. Palmisano once said, "The CEO is not the brand! Directness. It is not about you.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2011

In 2003 there were no tech IPOs at all. Judith Hurwitz is President & CEO of Hurwitz & Associates and focuses on the business benefits of emerging enterprise technology including cloud computing, service management, and information management. How Technology Leaders Turn Chance into Success. First, why lucky?

IPO 15

IPO Advertising Business Model Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2014

ISRO used indigenous components and technologies that are far cheaper than foreign imports. But I agree wholeheartedly with Terri Bresenham, CEO of GE Healthcare India, who said : “If necessity is the mother of innovation, constraint is the mother of frugal innovation.” ISRO’s success is best characterized as frugal engineering.

Innovation 8

Innovation Constraint Engineering Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2016

And that the two companies’ CEOs, Travis Kalanick and Cheng Wei, would take seats on each other’s boards. At a major CEO summit focused on globalization that I participated in last year, much of the discussion about strategy centered on how to avoid getting “Ubered,” or, better yet, how to “Uber” others.

Network Economy 8

Network Economy Globalization Discount Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

In technology companies, engineering talent needs the balance of a business and operations team. Crystal Pepsi; MySpace 2003-2007). Investors who are not aligned with the vision of the company, who push for early exits or a carousel of CEOs, destroy value relentlessly. most of Nicolai Tesla's inventions; Web 1.0;

Company 15

Company Short-term Engineering PR 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

From our analysis of a number of core shifts and conversations with the CEOs who have undertaken them, we have drawn five keys to success: 1. For example, Umicore’s 2003 acquisition of PMG increased its revenues by 50%. Allow time and persevere. As is always the case with tips, use them wisely, as fits best.

Company 9

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2014

General Mills’ CEO recently blamed the winter for less-than-expected earnings , saying that “severe winter weather…disrupted plant operations and logistics…We lost 62 days of production…which hasn’t happened in decades. A tree branch hit a power line in Ohio in August 2003, causing cascading failures across a highly connected U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Strategy Risk Management Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

So much of the news was good last year: women were better educated than ever, we continued to claim coveted CEO roles at companies such as IBM and Yahoo, and one study even reported that women were the primary breadwinners in a majority of households in the US. That sounds like progress. The Promotion Paradox.

Leadership Pipeline 8

Leadership Pipeline Short-term Venture Funding Career 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2013

Couple the lack of transparency of marketing generally with the shock of new technology, and you get anxiety over information use that increasingly translates into calls for legislation or regulatory intervention. New laws aimed at specific technologies, however, are the worst possible outcome. It''s also misguided.

Morale 8

Morale Learning-by-Doing Technology Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2011

As solar entrepreneur and CEO of the Carbon War Room Jigar Shah says, "China is doing to solar panels what it did to computers and iPhones — bringing the cost way down.". Former CIA director Jim Woolsey likes to point out that a tree branch in Ohio brought the entire Northeast grid down in the summer of 2003.

Energy 14

Energy Transportation Offshoring Cost 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

So I reached out to Brandon Webb, an innovative SEAL trainer/educator, and CEO of Force12 Media for real-world perspective on what industry could learn from a special operations sensibility. A member of Seal Team 3, Webb became the Naval Special Warfare Command Sniper Course Manager in 2003. That scares me. This was a precarious time.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] bosxs Thanks for this [link] CEO Success…It’s not Random | N2 Growth Blog [.] Business Acumen: Great CEOs have a deep understanding of the business and a strong orientation toward profit. I had the privilege to be part of a group there in 2003.

Definition 370

Definition Blog Leadership Covey 370

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

from 1994 to 2003. It was hard not to notice, too, that by the end of Gupta's tenure — Firm rules limited him to three terms — major clients had begun to get into well-publicized trouble, most notably Enron, whose CEO had been head of McKinsey's energy practice. Let us be fair to the man and the firm he headed.

McKinsey 13

McKinsey Consultative Waterman Intellectual Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

After all, it grew from $7 billion in 2003 to $171 billion in 2013 by entering established (albeit still-emerging) markets with superior products — something the model suggests is a losing strategy. In our view, the question facing CEO Tim Cook isn’t how Apple will remain “insanely great” without Jobs at the helm.

Industry 8

Industry Wireless Advertising Content 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

Leading Blog

JANUARY 22, 2020

When Robert Greifeld was asked to take the helm of Nasdaq in 2003 to execute a turnaround, he came with a new story. Overhaul Technology 5. To address the technology gap at Nasdaq, Greifeld went outside to buy winners—smart acquisitions. He left the CEO position to someone he promoted when he first arrived, Adena Friedman.

Organization 255

Organization Bureaucracy Competitive Advantage Technology 255

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. Clearly, something else, beyond the disruptive technology itself, is behind the demise of companies like Kodak.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

telecom carriers face daunting challenges from device makers, content providers, social networks, and an array of disruptive technologies. telecoms are classified as a high technology industry: "Network is their business." Bharti, on the other hand, has little expertise in technology. In the U.S., The trend is spreading.

Outsourcing 10

Outsourcing Wireless Telecommunications Core Competence 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, is leading the charge at his Fortune 500 company. And current recycling technology is limited. automaking industry currently employs 786,500 people , down from 1,136,500 in 2003. As a CEO, the first thing I learned was to effectively utilize the resources available to me.

Resources 8

Resources McKinsey Globalization Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

I found a plane ticket and arrived in time for dinner with the CEO of the Australian Industry Group — not the government, strictly speaking, but heavily involved in the country's politics. Henry Chesbrough's seminal book on the topic wasn't published until 2003. He has your article and wants to talk about it.".

Game Theory 8

Game Theory Open-book Innovation Disruptive Innovation 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2019

New technologies and new leadership styles are needed to succeed and win. Drew Hiss launched his outsourced payroll and HR technology solutions company, Checkdate Solutions, in 1994. Dan Cooper co-founded ej4, a video-based online training company, in 2003, and was its CEO until selling in 2012. About the Author.

Cooper 50

Cooper Groupthink Leadership Styles Servant Leader 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

And academic research has found that rising industry concentration correlates with the patent-intensity of an industry, suggesting “that the industries becoming more concentrated are those with faster technological progress.” ” Carr distinguished between proprietary technologies and “infrastructural” ones.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

One guy says, “You’re CEO. You do CEO/chairman stuff. The technology-stock bubble of the late 1990s and its subsequent deflation were among the defining events of Greenspan’s tenure. Look, we were and we still are pilloried for lowering the federal funds rate in 2003. They all said, “Oh, it’s a terrific idea.

Long-term 10

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 10