Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

"Asia Fueling Global Innovation." That was the theme of the 2-hour panel discussion I moderated as part of a full-day ceremony celebrating the groundbreaking of Procter & Gamble's SGD 250m Innovation Centre in Singapore. Historically, 80 percent of its growth comes from innovation. First, the general challenge of growth.

Innovation 15

Innovation CTO Senge Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2015

The humanist strand of management thinking that celebrates teams and collaboration through respect for customers and workers as human beings has a long and distinguished history. Achieving humanistic management has thus turned out to be a much more intractable problem than most thought leaders expected it to be.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Management Drucker Waterman 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

corporate officers, despite the fact that 75% of corporate executives believe that having minorities in senior level positions enables innovation and better serves a diverse customer base, says Sandra Finley CEO of the League of Black Women. Black women are toiling in middle management and that is usually the height of their career.".

Diversity 15

Diversity Competitive Advantage Middle Management CEO 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. At the time, BMW had no dedicated, company-spanning unit to leverage the creative power of startups.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

which cries out for breakthrough healthcare delivery innovations that aim at significant cost reductions and wider coverage. Innovation has the power to ratchet down U.S. Innovation has the power to ratchet down U.S. Reverse Innovation in Health Care: How to Make Value-Based Delivery Work. In 2016, the U.S. Add to Cart.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Entrepreneur Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. ” Improving risk management. Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. billion in mining projects since 2010. Fostering innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 11, 2019

That’s beginning to shift however, with R&D hubs emerging in countries like China, India and Israel, and a recent study argues that the role played by information technology in innovation is a major driver behind this change. Shifting R&D overseas.

Innovation 68

Innovation Human Capital Software Globalization 68

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

A 2010 McKinsey study finds that across all industry sectors, companies with the most women on their boards of directors significantly and consistently outperform those with no female representation: by 41 percent in terms of return on equity and by 56 percent in terms of operating results. As of 2010, women held just 15.7

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Resistance Crisis 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

States and power companies can design their own way to compliance using a mix of onsite operational improvements and “beyond the fence” innovations, such as increased reliance on renewable energy sources, low-cost energy efficiency measures, and demand response, which compensates electricity customers for conserving energy.

Power 9

Power Planning Proposal Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

Not many would associate innovation with large, service-oriented nonprofits with decades of history. In 2010, the Seilers surveyed all officers and social services staff. ” So the Seilers responded by piloting a program called the Pathway of Hope, which focuses on providing case management for families. .

Microfinance 10

Microfinance Strategic Planning Finance Globalization 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

GM’s bankruptcy and bailout four years ago earned it the nickname “Government Motors,” a reference to both the $80 billion lent by the US government (repaid in full in December, 2013) and to the bureaucratic, top-down management GM executives had used to try to reverse the company’s tailspin. Innovation is always the product of teaming.

Team 8

Team McGregor Parcell Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

This is the overarching goal of China’s 2010-2015 plan. As the impact of the labor bonanza and capital-led phases begins to fade, productivity growth in China must increasingly come from the quality of innovation and management expertise at the organizational level. China, too, needs more technological innovation.

GDP 13

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Persuading consumers to pay more for a product by introducing some kind of “premium” element into it has always been a challenging task—but it was one that big, established brands had managed with a reasonable amount of success until recent years. Smaller brands have been picking up the slack.

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Marketing Price Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

But by the company’s launch, in 2010, most urban taxi fleets used modern dispatch with GPS, plus custom hardware and software. Uber publicists presented the company as the epitome of innovation, styling critics as incumbent puppets stuck in the past. How is an Uber manager to know which laws should be followed and which ignored?

Licensing 8

Licensing Transportation Document Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

A recent survey on easing racial tensions at work by the Center for Talent Innovation found that “The workplace is one of few settings where we commonly interact across racial and ethnic lines.” ” Prompted in 2015 by fatal police shootings in Ferguson, Missouri, and other cities, the company now holds “ Can We Talk ?”

Diversity 9

Diversity Politics Survey Incubator 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

In my view, however, the structure and processes of the GE board were poorly designed for effectively overseeing Immelt and his management team. GE’s pension deficit exploded between 2010 and 2016, as the company spent $40 billion on stock buybacks in a futile effort to boost its stock price. The average size of U.S.

Committee 8

Committee Welch Finance Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

metros that increased their productivity, average wages, and standard of living from 2010 to 2015, only 11 metros achieved inclusive economic outcomes. This type of approach has allowed the market to attract a diverse community that continues to inspire creativity and innovation. This needs to change.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

The innovation portfolio. The innovation portfolio also contained a new business unit called MedStar Ambulatory Services, a network of small, storefront clinics, diagnostic labs, and primary care offices located in dozens of neighborhoods. Partnerships like these are also part of the innovation portfolio. billion in 2010 to $4.9

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

invests vast amounts in innovation – $135 billion from federal government sources alone in 2015 – yet it lacks a coherent intellectual property strategy to ensure that the investment pays off. Is the U.S. naïve? It’s puzzling. An estimated 80% of the value of U.S. corporations lies in their IP portfolios.

Licensing 8

Licensing Technology Participative Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

By the time of the Paris climate meeting in 2015, which resulted in the more robust global agreement now supported by every country in the world except the United States, it was clear that we needed to consider a more ambitious target, 1.5°C °C (3.8°F) °C (2.7°F). Getting to 1.5 Embrace renewable energy.

Efficiency 13

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve found that managers who fully embrace a superconsumer strategy learn more from their consumers through increased empathy. These managers are more persuasive at getting buy-in from the leaders in their organization, make better strategic decisions, and achieve more stable, more predictable, and longer-term growth.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Many of them want to share responsibility in how the hospital is managed. After much deliberation, we partnered with University of Chicago Medicine (UCM) in 2010. For more about innovation in health care delivery, see NEJM Catalyst , a new resource from NEJM Group. Is our multifaceted partnership model sustainable?

Health Care 8

Health Care Committee Balanced Scorecard Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Big Bang, a Korean pop (K-Pop) boy band, earned $44 million in 2015, making it among the highest paid in the industry. Three factors have made the difference: Strategic talent management. The main difference between K-Pop and the rest of the music industry is talent management. billion views on YouTube. The answer is no.

Globalization 11

Globalization Succession Talent Management Media 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

When it comes to discovering unmet customer needs and innovation opportunities, there’s no substitute for in-the-moment, in-context observation for making meaning out of the complex weave of emotion and rationality that drives consumer behavior. Why use them? ” Healthnet acted quickly and systematically on this insight.

Document 8

Document Marketing Learning-by-Doing Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

billion in the rest of Europe over the period 2010-2015. A 2015 survey by Wayra , a startup incubator, last year found that over a fifth of startup talent in the UK came from other EU countries. Also out of reach: a €500 million network of digital innovation hubs and the Digital Agenda for Europe initiative (a €2.8

Safe Harbor 9

Safe Harbor Industry Uncertainty Crisis 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

On the other side of the debate, H-1B supporters argue that the program brings needed skills into the labor market, which helps firms remain innovative, productive, and competitive. on H-1B visas, boost the economy by increasing innovation, productivity, and sometimes even employment. is able to maintain its elite status.”

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

It has spent almost $90 billion on buybacks and almost $33 billion on dividends from 2012 through the third quarter of 2015. Yet Icahn has never invested in Apple’s value-creating capabilities that increase innovation and productivity. ” On page 529, there is one parenthetic reference to “stock options.”

Proposal 8

Proposal Hedge Safe Harbor Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

and China take the lead in tech innovation. While 44% of EU residents shopped online in 2014, a paltry 15% bought from another member state; barely up by six and a half percentage points since 2010, according to the European Commission’s (EC) “Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015.” Investing in innovation capacity.

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Hispanic community is eager to lead, innovate, and help America reclaim its foundational values, but it needs a platform where their voices can safely and objectively express the things they are thinking about healthcare, jobs, immigration reform, the economy, and career advancement. trillion by 2015, according to a recent Nielsen report.

Policies 15

Policies Short-term Diversity Education 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The cost to build and produce solar and wind power, for example, has dropped 60%–80% since 2010 , making it cheaper than grid electricity in most states. On top of all these megatrends is incredible innovation, making solutions to our challenges cheaper and more accessible. The economics are too good.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Bottom-up Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Hispanic community is eager to lead, innovate, and help America reclaim its foundational values, but it needs a platform where their voices can safely and objectively express the things they are thinking about healthcare, jobs, immigration reform, the economy, and career advancement. trillion by 2015, according to a recent Nielsen report.

Policies 8

Policies Short-term Diversity Education 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Innovating for Value in Health Care. Administered by the recently created Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), the models have created rewards for care-delivery organizations that deliver better health outcomes for populations of patients. The CMS renewed the effort in 2015 for one year. Insight Center.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Incentives Cost 8