Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

Social Nation : How to Harness the Power of Social Media to Attract Customers, Motivate Employees, and Grow Your Business by Barry Libert It’s time to join Social Nation and prosper! And these days, there’s no better way to do that than through social media – in essence, by building your company’s own Social Nation.

Media 67

Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 6, 2013

Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? They endorse a whack of dough into media and they continue to extend brand names into other categories, but they are falling short in spearheading brand equity growth. This company lost $5 billion in 2012 and hasn’t made a profit since 2008. Some companies brand exceedingly well.

Brand 260

Brand P&L Human Resources Brand Management 260

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

We stand today on July 27, one year away from the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Even the notoriously cynical British media remain supportive. For the 2008 Games, China built a spectacle of unmatchable scale , with a budget of some $80 billion. Britain is well ahead of schedule. Contingency budgets are $1.4

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Tourism Banking Budgeting 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

Larry Lessig’s excellent 2008 book explains how this cultural remix creates new art. Other major industries, like computers, media, autos, chemicals, oil, and financial services are not far behind. It is not surprising, then, that Google searches for business news using the term “mergers” peaked in 2008.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Trends Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2013

Way back in the first decade of the new millennium, when Craigslist seemed like the biggest threat facing newspapers, founder Craig Newmark paid visits to lots of media companies and media conferences. But The Washington Post , which billionaire Jeff Bezos agreed to buy yesterday , had been losing money since 2008. Scripps 6.9%

Advertising 8

Advertising Christensen Media Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Indeed, these teams seem to use swarm intelligence, making decisions collectively and coming up with innovative moves on the fly. Company wikis and other electronic platforms can be great places to exchange ideas, but swarm intelligence shouldn’t be confined to digital media or cloud-based projects.

Cooper 16

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

The recent disclosure of a multi-billion dollar trading loss at JPMorgan Chase reminds us again of the challenge and complexity of risk management, the subject of our June 2012 HBR article, "Managing Risks: A New Framework." Many people, including quite a few U.S. Can we continue to rely on firms to manage such risks by themselves?

Risk Management 9

Risk Management CIO Management Banking 9