Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The announcement late last week of Comcast’s $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable set off a predictable frenzy of hyperventilating by much of the technology media and self-appointed consumer advocacy groups. Cable is just a technology, increasingly one of many, for transmitting information, whether video, voice or data.

Technology 8

Technology Content Information Technology Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

But HP is no longer a values-driven, family-like, innovation-oriented company that inspires commitment. A technology company without strong internal innovation capabilities is a company on the verge of disappearing. The PC division was sold in 2005. It's a safe bet that resumes are already in play. Get the best advisers.

Tips 10

Tips CEO Software Drucker 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Technology makes reviewing, refining, redesigning and revising both jobs and job descriptions as dynamic as a commodities trading desk. If they can get that value — or most of it — from contingency workers, outsourcing, automation, innovative processes or capital investment, why wouldn''t they? Of course not.

Human Capital 9

Human Capital Real Estate Human Resources Disruptive Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Disruptions in the supply chain may affect production processes that depend on unpriced natural capital assets such as biodiversity, groundwater, clean air, and climate. In 2005, they launched a U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Leaders who consistently make bad decisions, dither, or fail to quickly secure needed resources or follow through on commitments are not apt to create Self-Starters. It may well be that some Self-Starters lack the equipment, technology, or funding needed to perform well and have simply given up. from the University of Washington.

Executive Coaching 129

Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Consider the story of the Business Transformation Agency of the Department of Defense, which was founded in 2005 under Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, and "disestablished" in 2011 by Defense Secretary Gates. IT also upgraded old technology and processes, achieving significant improvements in service and compliance.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Even as recently as 2005, European players were able to hold the ball for three seconds, on average, before passing; today, they can keep the ball for less than a second before being challenged. They must try to use the collective intelligence of all their employees to improve products, services, and processes.

Cooper 16

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 16

Terry Starbucker

MARCH 15, 2010

On the other hand there are many examples of companies who make this commitment, and prove that the investment is worth it. Leave a Comment { 2 trackbacks } DeskAway Blog » Blog Archive » Assessing the Team for Enhanced Teamwork Links for March 21 2010 | Dallas Technology Strategy Consulting | Eric D.

Team 261

Team Training Blog Skills 261

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Even as recently as 2005, European players were able to hold the ball for three seconds, on average, before passing; today, they can keep the ball for less than a second before being challenged. They must try to use the collective intelligence of all their employees to improve products, services, and processes.

Cooper 8

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

” Incrementalism has its uses, but it is worrying to see even committed business leaders treating the goals as an incremental change agenda. In the process, we have developed what we call “the Breakthrough Compass” to map the emerging landscape of risk and opportunity. Technology.

Chemicals 12

Chemicals Long-term Business Model Bottom-up 12

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. We normally think of insurgency in a political context, but today's digital technologies are creating a similar dynamic in business. Level 2: Engage and Dissipate. In fact, you can't.

Brand 15

Brand PR Strategy Politics 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Take Dell Technologies, for example. Strategy development at Dell is no longer a batch process tied to some planning calendar; it is a continuous process. Since 2005, Google (and more recently, its parent company, Alphabet) has invested in countless new ventures. Value flexibility. Take Google.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Contingency Plans Company 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. For example, Qualcomm’s CDMA mobile technology was a breakthrough that led to its IPO in 1991. Innovation is widely regarded as important to long-term business performance.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2014

Launched in 2005, ecomagination has always been a bit amorphous. The company has reaped $160 billion from the program since 2005. By stretching ecomagination into areas that many people clearly don’t consider very green, GE may be risking a valuable business and brand asset. Is it a marketing campaign? A corporate strategy?

Energy 8

Energy Globalization Price Innovation 8