Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Jones Soda was a small Seattle-based beverage company competing against Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

Creativity 50

Creativity Bottom-up Newsletter Open-book 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

This despite Wall Street’s uncertainty since the death of the company’s founder and visionary, Steve Jobs. Consider the recent history of Apple and Microsoft, two tech companies no longer run by their visionary founders, and how each has competed in red or blue oceans. And the company’s future hung in question.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Blue Ocean Strategy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

A member of Seal Team 3, Webb became the Naval Special Warfare Command Sniper Course Manager in 2003. Webb wonders whether most companies are serious about what training can and should mean. Lead by Example. The most important training behavior a leader can demonstrate, he asserts, is leading by example.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

Deming Institute

MARCH 10, 2016

Knowledge is what differentiates successful companies from the ones that are not. It was fascinating to read some of the letters Deming would write to Noriaki Kano, or to Ford’s CEO Donald Petersen, and a bit of his work at various other companies. Edwards Deming used to say “Knowledge is the key.

Deming 28

Deming Library Tips Telecommunications 28

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Founded in 2003 with $40 million in venture capital funding, Splunk was among the first companies to target the “big data” space. So if you’re a $50 million company and your goal is to grow to $250 million, consider targeting hires from firms operating at that level or higher. Training and Development.

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Team Succession 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Founded in 2003 with $40 million in venture capital funding, Splunk was among the first companies to target the “big data” space. So if you’re a $50 million company and your goal is to grow to $250 million, consider targeting hires from firms operating at that level or higher. Training and Development.

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Team Succession 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Managers and other business leaders face a dilemma: with increasingly diverse environments to manage and rising stakes to get it right, how do they identify the most effective approach to business strategy and marshal the right thinking and behaviors to conceive and execute it, supported by the appropriate frameworks and tools?

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

That company was a pioneer in the audio component market, having entered the MP3 market before Apple. ” In my first year in Singapore we might hear news about a company landing venture funding every few months, and an exit (cashing out either through an IPO or by selling itself to a larger company) every year.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

I have seen examples of great health care all over the world, but too often the inspiring individuals delivering this care have been impeded, rather than helped, by the system in which they are working. But no country is delivering these transformational changes. This consistency, twinned with early successes, has made wider change possible.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2015

To find out which school of thought is more accurate, we looked at the value of brands and customer relationships as revealed by M&A data covering over 6,000 mergers and acquisitions worldwide between 2003 and 2013. There is a parallel development on the demand (customer) side.

Brand 8

Brand Brand Valuation Power Brand Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2016

For those who believe in the promise of open innovation, the 2009 startup Quirky was an exceptionally exciting company. Founded by entrepreneur Ben Kaufman, Quirky developed a platform that connected the company with outside inventors and project contributors. Yet, in September 2015, Quirky went bankrupt.

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Case Study Innovation Core Competence Business Model 8