Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

The first installment had been written in 2006. It outlined Tesla’s automotive strategy and it has been pretty much followed to the letter. The second installment moves Tesla beyond the traditional car market, with a plan to reconfigure our cities, energy systems, and our impact on the environment.

Strategy 8

Strategy Automotive Mass Marketing Business Model 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

He wrote a letter to his wife, while in winter quarters, to explain why he could not come visit her and his daughter: “Whilst it would be a great comfort to see you and my little daughter, duty requires me to remain here. Great post.

Leadership 420

Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 420

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

You may have had stellar experience in marketing, for instance, but if you left your job in 2006, you’ve missed the entirety of the social media era, and an employer might be justified in wondering if you’ve kept up. In your cover letter and interviews, be sure to cite any germane volunteer experience.

Career 11

Career Skills Open-book Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2014

Look out across today’s ultra-competitive smartphone market and you’ll see something resembling the religious wars of the Middle Ages. That would have spared us the hyperbole and hypocrisy that characterizes every demand letter, court filing, and appellate brief by plaintiff and defendant alike. And so Apple has.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Software Industry Construction 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2015

national polls since 2006, our research has consistently shown that 72% of Americans or more prefer the status quo rather than new construction in their communities. Send a letter? To overcome these obstacles in the old days, project proponents often turned to PR flaks or lobbyists for help. Will they come to a meeting?

Construction 8

Construction Politics Real Estate Project 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Some 650 people had already joined, and thus began the company’s wild ride toward becoming a social networking site with over a billion users, thousands of employees, and a market capitalization well north of $100 billion. In early 2006, Diego Rodriguez and I started teaching a class we called “Creating Infectious Action” at the Stanford d.

Engineering 11

Engineering Class Software Mentor 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2017

In 2006 Geisinger embarked on a broad care delivery reengineering initiative around cardiac surgery called ProvenCare. Frequent thank you letters from satisfied patients in this program often highlight the importance of our nurse and program coordinator. Why was cardiac surgery ready and spinal surgery not?

Health Care 8

Health Care Participative System Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2016

The CEOs of dozens of corporate giants  — including Alcoa, Apple, Bank of America, Citibank, Facebook, Google, IBM, Kellogg, Marriott, PwC, and Starbucks  — sent an open letter to the governor to defend “protections for LGBT people.” In 2006 55% of Americans opposed same-sex marriage and 35% supported it.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Morale Banking Letter 8

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

being pushed into the market is reaching truly overwhelming proportions. It’s been my experience that regardless of the subject, it is precisely when the noise becomes the loudest, that it’s most difficult for the consumer to extract quality and value from the market. And he was considered an expert!

Blog 333

Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 333

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

Not long after Alan Greenspan stepped down as Federal Reserve chairman in 2006, global financial markets began to unravel. Greenspan was never a hardline believer in the rationality of financial markets. It’s true of all commodity markets. The same goes for the new ideas Greenspan has been coming up with since June.

Long-term 11

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 11