First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 13, 2011

The Toyota Way Jeffrey Liker McGraw-Hill (2003) To understand Toyota’s success, first understand its DNA I read this book when it was first published in 2004 and recently re-read it, curious to know how well Jeffrey Liker’s explanation of Toyota’s management principles and lean production values have held up.

Lean Production 80

Lean Production Books Review Productivity 80

N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

CEO 305

CEO Blog Long-term Short-term 305

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

These virtual environments are designed to be exact digital replicas of physical assets and allow organizations to rapidly test changes in the virtual world without having to undergo costly and resource-intensive changes in the physical realm. It’s a market that is already worth $3.1 Worth paying attention to?

Stephenson 89

Stephenson Wireless Christensen Automotive 89

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Establish roles & responsibilities + discuss what each person ‘brings to the table’ – Understanding the various roles and responsibilities of the team is critical to success. All organizations have long term goals, project teams must set technical and process goals as part of their work.

Team 108

Team Six Sigma Team Building Project 108

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

What is more important to company success, a strong external focus on customer experiences or an internal focus on effective and efficient operations? But while such customized services used to be enough to compete effectively, these retailers are now finding they need to improve their operational reliability too.

Customer Intimacy 8

Customer Intimacy Operations Supply Chain Retail 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 24, 2015

We all operate out of unique, internal systems comprised of mental models (rules, beliefs, history etc.) Because anything new is a threat to our habitual and carefully (unconsciously) organized internal system (part of our limbic brain), we instinctively defend ourselves against anything ‘foreign’ that might seek to enter.

Training 50

Training Resistance Learning-by-Doing System 50

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2015

We all operate out of unique, internal systems comprised of mental models (rules, beliefs, history etc.) Because anything new is a threat to our habitual and carefully (unconsciously) organized internal system (part of our limbic brain), we instinctively defend ourselves against anything 'foreign' that might seek to enter.

Training 50

Training Resistance Learning-by-Doing System 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2014

The growing reality in retrospect is that these same principles not only made me an effective leader, but they enabled me to develop something in the workplace that every organization strives for but often struggles to achieve: team cohesiveness. The path to success is not always an easy or happy journey. About the Author.

Development 59

Development Team Loyalty Due Diligence 59

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

RSS Feed Schedule a Call Free E-Book Assessment Test Coffee Schedule Coaching Lunch About Us CO2 Story Our Approach Our Successes Our Executive Coaches Gary B. Leaders used to have all the power in these hierarchical relationships, but this is no longer the reality facing many organizations.

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Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Mike Cardus

JULY 4, 2023

The term “mindset” conjures the image of a single setting, like a TV channel or a prearranged machine operation. Organizations might recognize the interpretations and perspectives individuals and groups bring to learn with change effectively. However, human cognition is far more complex.

Open-book 78

Open-book Shaw Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 78

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

When Palmisano retired this month, the media chronicled his success by focusing on IBM's 21% annual growth in earnings per share and its increase in market capitalization to $218 billion. The real story behind IBM's success is the course Palmisano set for 21st century global enterprises. They listen as well as they speak.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

To make big improvements in productivity and customer service, people in an organization must collaborate across corporate hierarchies, functions, companies, and geographies. In most organizations, front line workers don't have a mechanism to submit suggestions up the hierarchy, and the few that do have flawed suggestion systems.

Process 15

Process Press Release Automotive Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

So one would think that, in light of this, boards of directors would be actively steering their organizations through the digital revolution, right? in 2003, an all-time high. (Of Of course, age isn’t everything; nor is having a digitally-savvy non-executive director a guarantee of success for your digital transformation.).

Business Model 8

Business Model Technology Long-term Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

Readiness also depends, however, on being able to point to success in practice. Well-known operations like Bill Strickland's Manchester Bidwell Corporation in Pittsburgh and Paul Farmer's Partners in Health in Haiti really did not make serious attempts to scale until they were well-established in a limited geographic market.

Library 13

Library Entrepreneur Operations Health Care 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The realities of globalization, with increasing emphasis on emerging markets, present corporate leaders with enormous challenges in developing the leaders required to run global organizations. The characteristics of successful global leaders today are quite different than traditional hierarchical managers.

Globalization 14

Globalization Leadership Development Development Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2014

The success of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in placing the Mangalyaan satellite into orbit around Mars last week has three important lessons for companies about winning in emerging markets: big ambitions are critical, constraints can be liberating, and India can be an R&D powerhouse.

Innovation 8

Innovation Constraint Engineering Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

But there wasn't much activity until six months later when Mike Karol, vice president of operations, told his managers to make it their responsibility. In 2003, the first year of the program, 5,000 ideas were volunteered. And the Michigan operations received awards from their parent company for this program.

Process 13

Process How To Attrition Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

In 2003, Jim Poss was walking down a Boston street when he noticed a trash vehicle in action. miles per gallon and are among the most expensive vehicles to operate. We are motivated in part because we care about the environment and in part because we know this can be financially successful." Litter was still all over the street.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Self-aware Efficiency Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

Organizations are overrun with improvement initiatives, from infrastructure overhauls to sales programs. So how can your organization avoid the process improvement hype cycle? Reflect on why initiatives have and have not worked in your organization. Customize an improvement approach for your organization.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Companies that operate as a collection of silos commit the cardinal sin of underperforming relative to the resources they have invested. At the oil giant BP a few years back, efforts to promote collaboration across the many operating business were so successful that employees over-collaborated. Under-collaboration.

CIO 15

CIO Consensus Bottom-up Organizational Behavior 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

The successful CEOs in our study displayed an odd behavior that we labeled " productive paranoia." The successful CEOs in our study displayed an odd behavior that we labeled " productive paranoia." This means leaders have to increase the attention capacity in an organization. Leaders need to be productively paranoid.

Management 14

Management Licensing Crisis Hedge 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Successful computer hacks now more often than not involve “social engineering,” the modern equivalent of an old-fashioned con. It means we are moving into an era in which every company and organization must expect that secrets will get out. Leadership is changing — fast. What does the new reality mean for business?

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage PR Information Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

In 2003, after two years in Texas, Moe Ghashim moved back to his hometown of Aleppo, Syria. He later received funding from my organization, Wamda , a platform to empower entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa, and built ShopGo.me He was attracted to the country''s immense potential and the aspirational drive of its people.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Power Politics Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Another study, in 2003 , found that 35% of 911 calls from long-term-care facilities for patients in cardiac arrest were for patients with preexisting do-not-resuscitate orders. The sustainability of a successful initiative requires a stable financial base and an administrative home. Insight Center. Transforming Health Care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Document System Participative 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. Both of these lead to better management and higher RQ.

Long-term 9

Long-term Innovation Technology Stage-Gate 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

What makes such a transformation successful? 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.

Company 9

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Almost every world-class, high-performance organization takes training and education seriously. ” When I see just how difficult and challenging it is for so many smart and talented organizations to innovate and adapt under pressure, I see people who are overeducated and undertrained. But Navy SEALs go uncomfortably beyond.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

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. These first three paths are primarily organic in nature. Apple has seemingly served as an anomaly to the theory of disruptive innovation.

Industry 8

Industry Wireless Advertising Content 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

Software development, operations, and support have to be provided for both offerings, and because they differ from one another considerably, economies of scale cannot be reached in the way possible with just one business model. compared to new product launches with the SaaS model.

Business Model 8

Business Model Licensing Company Software 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Any company or organization is like a tree. Every organization and community in America is presently at a crossroads. Or, the organization can bury its head in the sand and hope media attention dies down… thus becoming a generic tagline for troubled communities. by Hank Moore. There exist two current options.

Crisis 57

Crisis Airlines Transportation Crisis Management 57

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

If I were successful in my genetic engineering exercise I would no doubt have created a leader who would be driven crazy by emotional and intellectual conflicts. It contains what I believe to be the necessary qualities a leader must possess to be successful. No single leader can possess every needed attribute.

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Definition Blog Leadership Covey 370

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on short-term tactics and current operations while failing to think and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses — and it’s hard to fault them. Denver Post/Getty Images. There are ways to avoid these blind spots, however.

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Team Succession 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on short-term tactics and current operations while failing to think and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses — and it’s hard to fault them. Denver Post/Getty Images. There are ways to avoid these blind spots, however.

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term Team Succession 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

Indeed, a 2003 Lancet study reported that 63% of child deaths in the 42 countries that account for 90% of global child mortality could be prevented each year through more effective primary care. While scaling these services is challenging, our research shows that having the right business skills is critical to success. Insight Center.

Development 8

Development Health Care Operations Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

For existing health care companies, the operative words in that mandate have been “health care”; for Amazon, the operative words likely are “service that needs to be delivered to a customer.” At its root, health care is a service that needs to be delivered to a customer.

Health Care 9

Health Care Retail Operations Insurance 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

A significant part of telecom equipment maker Huawei’s leap from regional player to global leader, for example, was due to its partnerships with Motorola in 2000, 3Com in 2003, and Symantec in 2008. Redesign the organization. Only a small minority thought low-cost operations would be an advantage in three years’ time.

Brand 8

Brand Globalization Company Development 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

We set out to understand why once successful companies enter these deadly tailspins, and found that the root causes are usually internal. After studying and working with hundreds of companies in free fall, we’ve identified concrete steps that leadership teams can take to engineer successful turnarounds and transformations.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8