Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

Thought leaders and futurists name complex problem solving, critical thinking, and creativity as the most important future job skills. In 2005 alone, Home Depot spent $1 billion on automating merchandising and store processes. Sales per employee went from 179,142 euros in 2005 to 232,260 euros in 2008.

Merchandising 8

Merchandising Retail Competitive Advantage Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

By contrast, since 2005, the importance of meaningfulness in driving job selection has grown steadily. As such, all workers can benefit from a greater emphasis on creativity in their roles. increase in annual operating profits. Current compensation levels show only a marginal relationship with job satisfaction.

Creativity 15

Creativity Report Conference Mentor 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2016

Many firms operating brick and mortar stores are in trouble. It’s standing in the path of what Schumpeter called a gale of creative destruction. Creative retailers are using the new technologies to innovate just about everything stores do from managing inventory, to marketing, to getting paid. What’s the real story?

Retail 8

Retail Real Estate B2B CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

billion to acquire the webOS operating system, Hewlett-Packard discontinued its webOS-based series of smartphones and line of Touchpad tablets — losing its bet on a webOS-everywhere future. But sales efforts have less and less effect differentiating a product — and creative science/innovation and other value measures are required.

Innovation 12

Innovation Company Biotechnology CFO 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

TMETC, which was established in 2005, got a big talent boost when Tata Motors acquired Jaguar and Land Rover in 2008. This media powerhouse offers creative and production services as well as cutting-edge post-production services to such films as Avatar and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Reliance MediaWorks. and the U.K.

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken. Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. And wages are stagnant.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

tire manufacturer, which implemented a new order fulfillment process in 2005. The vice president of operations said: "It was simply amazing to see how the team worked together to solve those complex issues and learn from each other's creativity. Consider what happened at a major U.S. was nearly unbelievable!".

Participative 8

Participative Learning-by-Doing Operations Process 8

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

It is very important for leaders wanting to create Self-Starters to articulate a clear vision, values and set of goals for their teams, as this type operates by seeking forgiveness rather than permission. Brown-Nosers constantly check in with their leaders and operate by seeking permission, rather than forgiveness.

Executive Coaching 129

Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

But the role is becoming important in many other industries as well, such as creative arenas (for example, product design in retail) and communications. That makes retaining them very different from retaining someone who wants to scale the corporate hierarchy by managing increasingly larger operations. So how do you keep them?

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2014

In 2005, McKesson invested in a David called RelayHealth that was in the connectivity business before connectivity was hot. At the same time, economic pressures mean companies need to be efficient and operating at scale. A concrete example comes from within my own company, McKesson, the largest health-care services firm in the US.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Airlines Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Brian Fitzpatrick joined Google as a senior software engineer in 2005, shortly after the company’s IPO. He had no formal authority as a leader, operating without any title or mandate. Strategic leaders like Brian, who don’t hold positions of authority, operated in ways that were tailored to a less formal context.

Strategy 8

Strategy Power Idea Generation Project 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

They call it a "WeOrg" — and their story offers up a playbook for any organization looking to inject more freedom and self-regulation into its operations. From Bureaucratic, Divided, Passive and Exhausted to Productive, Creative, Autonomous, and Happy. Story by Bjarte Bogsnes. Story by Guy Laurence. Story by Tsukasa Makino.

Bureaucracy 11

Bureaucracy Company Agility CIO 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

We see high variance in investment performance, new product launches, startups, creative industries, and academia, all areas where luck plays an outsized role. Create portfolios – When operating in high-uncertainty environments, look for opportunities to diversify. One went to Stanford; the other, Harvard.

Career 8

Career Planning Kahneman Uncertainty 8

Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

For years, I operated with the belief that all I had to do was come up with the most brilliantly creative and strategically sound solution. We work really hard on developing smart solutions, only to see them fail because we don’t have enough juice in the organization. And I say “we” because I’ve been as guilty of this as anybody.

Influence 275

Influence Blog Politics Learning-by-Doing 275

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2014

But, my friends, one of the best things I’ve done, in summer of 2005, was start painting the wall. In fact, it was only 7 years ago that Apple shipped its first iPhone and Google introduced its Android operating system. You’re witnessing creative destruction and disruptive innovation at work. ” I said, No.

Career 8

Career Planning CEO Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Creative and sci­entific work has migrated to teams and, more recently, to large, distributed teams like the hundreds of scientists that worked on the human genome project. Brian Uzzi and Jarrett Spiro, “Collaboration and Creativity: The Small World Problem,” American Journal of Sociology 111, no.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

Primary care delivery faces additional challenges for scaling because it operates on thin margins, often is not highly valued by patients, and has difficulty attracting trained providers. North Star primarily serves truck drivers and sex workers, operating in the afternoons and evenings to fit its clients’ schedules.

Development 8

Development Health Care Operations Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

In truth, I was hoping time away from the office might prompt some creative thoughts about our business, but for two weeks not a single interesting idea entered my mind. A 2005 study of 15,000 women found that the risk of depression diminished dramatically as they took more vacation.

Performance Review 8

Performance Review Follow-up Tactics Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The seven full time employees form a nucleus, or core group to handle program management, operations, and communications. A construct of circles rather than hierarchies allows an organization to tap into the so-called " freelance nation ," the global talent pool of the creative class.

Participative 15

Participative Decentralization Globalization Cost Center 15

Great Results Team Building

DECEMBER 4, 2012

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. Organizations have become stretched through geographic and technological expansion.

Tips 145

Tips Team Management Teamwork 145

Great Results Team Building

DECEMBER 4, 2012

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. Organizations have become stretched through geographic and technological expansion.

Tips 133

Tips Team Management Teamwork 133