Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2011

During our study we learned that a leader's everyday actions are one of the most powerful signals to their team and organization that innovation truly matters. Dozens of senior executives at large organizations revealed to us in interviews that in most cases they did not feel personally responsible for coming up with innovations.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Disruptive Innovation Restructuring 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

Prior to Hurricane Katrina, in 2005, New Orleans was a place where too many people accepted that the city’s zenith had passed over 150 years ago. With world-renowned food and live music scenes, New Orleans is a city of rhythms and rituals, all organized around a unique cultural calendar.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Transportation Price Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2014

There’s Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford commencement speaker and technology icon. Third, organizations — whether they are companies or soccer teams – exist in ecosystems and if you want to change individual behavior, you need to change the systems in which that behavior occurs.

Morale 11

Morale Ethics Case Study CEO 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

What do you do if you're a leader in a large, successful organization with an entrenched bureaucracy, and you see the need for innovation? Can you change the way a large organization — such as the federal government — does its work, when all the forces are arrayed for stability and conservatism?

Bureaucracy 11

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 11

Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

I can say this with confidence, because my decision to jump into Social Media headfirst back in 2005 has played an important role in my personal development as a leader -nearly as important as the direct leadership experience itself. Here are 9 ways Social Media has helped me, and can help you too: 1. appreciate the way you expressed that!

Media 306

Media Blog Learning-by-Doing Influence 306

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Flooding in 2011 in Thailand, harmed 160 companies in the textile industry and halted nearly a quarter of the country’s garment production, increasing global prices by 28%.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In 2008, Dr Reddy's acquired Chirotech, Dow Chemical's R&D unit, for $32 million, and in April 2011 relocated it to a new 33,000 sq. TMETC, which was established in 2005, got a big talent boost when Tata Motors acquired Jaguar and Land Rover in 2008. Polycentric innovation won't work in organizations that promote groupthink.

Globalization 10

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

She published her first book, Spark: How Creativity Works in 2011 and now hosts her own podcast, Pursuit of Spark! If you're looking for a TED Talks that engenders every pillar of the word "TED" — technology, entertainment and design — this would be the one. Susan Cain: The power of introverts. Like to read?

Godin 8

Godin Open-book Mass Marketing Creativity 8

Terry Starbucker

MARCH 15, 2010

Delivering such training can be expensive, because this is typically the largest management group in most organizations. Consequently, a lot of companies take a pass on any organized programs and let on the job training do most of the work for them. And we are pretty good at it so things work out.

Team 261

Team Training Blog Skills 261

Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 1, 2010

Why are we doing what we’re doing, and why is it important to every single person in the organization? I’d multiply your equation by 1/(11-Sy), where Sy equals the effectiveness of your systems (organizational structure, technology, process controls, etc.), What’s the overarching goal? What are our shared values?

Blog 246

Blog Metrics Learning-by-Doing Handbook 246

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. If an organization can’t get things done, nothing else matters – not the smartest strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even game-changing technology. Juliano Howard T.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

They operate as lean organizations, using cloud and internet-based infrastructure, and launch and distribute products more quickly than did firms that competed with factories, warehouses, inventories, and suppliers. retains its leadership in technological progress. Furthermore, as production shifts to Asia and more and more U.S.

IPO 14

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

But thanks to social and mobile technologies, consumers are now "hyper-connected and super-empowered," to use Thomas Friedman's memorable phrase. No longer passive audiences, they can organize to overturn even the most strategic initiatives. How can organizations adapt to consumers armed with inexpensive weapons of mass collaboration?

Brand 17

Brand PR Strategy Politics 17

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

JULY 14, 2016

Many are betting on the new generation of technology firms to unsettle the old guard. More than 40% of the unicorns that went public since 2011 saw their valuation stay flat or dropped. With the rise of the smartphone and mobile technology, QQ failed to capture new users.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

A 2005 survey of more than 500 freight interests from the public and private sectors carried out by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) revealed deep divisions on freight traffic congestion causes and solutions, and an alarming lack of communication between the two sides.

Planning 8

Planning Scenario Planning Transportation Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

While advances in health care in the developed world often emphasize new technologies, in developing lower- and middle-income countries simply expanding the reach of basic primary care services is crucial to improving health. North Star Alliance is a strong example in SubSaharan Africa.

Development 8

Development Health Care Operations Franchising 8

Great Results Team Building

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Organizations have become stretched through geographic and technological expansion. According to recent estimates from the Telework Research Network, telecommuting grew by over 70 percent between 2005 & 2011 - and based on existing trends, the number of virtual or telecommuting workers will expand to almost five million by 2016.

Tips 145

Tips Team Management Teamwork 145

Great Results Team Building

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Organizations have become stretched through geographic and technological expansion. According to recent estimates from the Telework Research Network, telecommuting grew by over 70 percent between 2005 & 2011 - and based on existing trends, the number of virtual or telecommuting workers will expand to almost five million by 2016.

Tips 133

Tips Team Management Teamwork 133

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Today, there’s an investment seemingly every week; venture-capital investment in the tech sector increased from less than $30 million in 2011 to more than $1 billion in 2013. The company’s software-as-a-service offering, called ReferralCandy, helps small businesses organize customer referral campaigns.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8