Deming Institute

APRIL 16, 2018

2010, Sir William Osler: Dr. Deming Consults on Quality. 2013, Vijay Nair: Industrial Statistics – Research vs Practice. 2016, Vincent Barabba: Profound Knowledge from a Knowledge Use Perspective (I will add a blog post on this one soon). Stuart Hunter (Princeton University), New Challenges for Statisticians.

Quality 28

Quality Deming Kaizen Sample 28

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In 2016, the International Monetary Fund estimated that corruption amounted to roughly 2% of global economic output — between $1.5 It outlines a program that can stand alone or be integrated into a company’s existing management system, and offers a common language and approach that stretches across borders and industries.

Company 8

Company Compliance Ethics Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

“If you went to bed last night as an industrial company, you’re going to wake up this morning as a software and analytics company.” In a recent publication in the Journal of Product Innovation, we undertook a systematic review of 40 years (1975 to 2016) of innovation research. Bloomberg/Getty Images.

Disruptive Innovation 12

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Business Model Human Capital 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2018

Through historical research and many interviews, we found several ways in which early stumbles in the organic wine market created marketing problems that the industry still struggles to overcome. First, the conventional wine industry saw it as a threat. Early Struggles.

Organization 10

Organization Chemicals Retail Reputation 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

°F) since pre-industrial times, holding the world to 1.5°C ” We will need to cut CO2 emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, the report says, and get to no emissions by 2050. auto industry. This week, the report came back, and it’s not pretty. °C (1.8°F) °C (2.7°F) Getting to 1.5

Efficiency 12

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2015

“Jon Stewart, we need you in 2016,” pleaded a headline in the New Yorker. His departure, said the magazine, killed the “last hope for bringing some rationality to the 2016 Presidential field.” How would the nation possibly cope without Stewart around to skewer the candidates?

Meyer 8

Meyer Loyalty Politics Bond 8

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

AUGUST 27, 2015

Economywide ROIC has trended downward since the 1980s, falling from above 6% in the mid-1960s to 5% in 1980, then to 3% in 1990, and to only a bit more than 1% by 2010. GDP growth could hit nearly 5% in 2016. The comparison is imprecise, of course, but nevertheless suggestive. What are the underlying drivers of this trend?

ROIC 8

ROIC McKinsey GDP Company 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

When Subra Suresh was tapped to lead the National Science Foundation (NSF), in 2010, he saw that many of the pathbreaking discoveries developed through the agency’s grants weren’t finding their way to the marketplace, so he sought to foster better links between government and industry. The Future of I-Corps.

Entrepreneur 12

Entrepreneur Venture Funding Conference Course 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

As one accountant based in Japan during 2010, explained , “there was a big rush of inquiries about schemes that might be used either to split out salaries or defer part of it.” Instead, the independent auditor is effectively chosen by the company’s chairman, subject to board approval.

Committee 8

Committee Chief Financial Officer Document Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

In 2016, the U.S. trillion, or almost 18% of its GDP , on health care — that’s $10,000 per person, twice as much as any other country in the industrialized world. But Forus placed its bets on the lower cost CEMOS technology which the mobile phone industry embraced. There is a healthcare crisis in the U.S.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Entrepreneur Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

Investors also did well: A $100 investment in Ruger in late 2010 was worth $443 in late 2015, while the equivalent investment in the S&P 500 yielded only $163 over that time frame. The symbolism is important though, showing that government and gun industry cooperation is possible. But for many, guns are also a deadly business.

Licensing 8

Licensing Drucker Retail Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

AF447 precipitated the aviation industry’s growing concern about such “loss of control” incidents, and whether they’re linked to greater automation in the cockpit. In 2016 the accident rate for major jets was just one major accident for every 2.56 million flights.

Technology 8

Technology Airlines System Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Technology has prompted tremendous change in the advertising industry—change that would have been inconceivable even a decade ago. Projections put about 22% of all digital media being automated next year – up from just 4% in 2010. Open ecosystems will succeed. Mobile will drive sales for marketers. Advertising Technology'

Advertising 9

Advertising Industry Technology Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In the year since allegations of sexual misconduct against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein shocked the public, the #MeToo movement has exposed widespread workplace sexual harassment—not just in the entertainment world, but across industries. A 2010 study showed that 80% of farm working women report experiencing sexual harassment.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Power Report Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In July 2016, the mega-hit “ Gangnam Style ” by South Korean singer PSY surpassed 2.6 Big Bang, a Korean pop (K-Pop) boy band, earned $44 million in 2015, making it among the highest paid in the industry. K-Pop companies rewrote the playbook for Korea’s music industry. billion views on YouTube.

Globalization 11

Globalization Succession Talent Management Media 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2018

women’s participation in the labor market has nearly doubled, from 34% of working age women (age 16 and older) in the labor force in 1950 to almost 57% in 2016. Looking at Census data from 1980 to 2010, I studied how women’s participation in the workforce influences wage growth in approximately 250 U.S. In the U.S.,

Participative 8

Participative Trends GDP Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

For tens of thousands of fossil fuel workers, though, the energy industry outlook is not promising. For coal industry workers, the future looks particularly bleak. First, some background on the coal industry: Profitability for U.S. First, some background on the coal industry: Profitability for U.S.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Engineering Training 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2018

Using BoardEx data provided by the Center for Corporate Performance, we examined a sample of 1,212 CEOs who led S&P 1500 firms between 2000 and 2010. CEO network diversity did not matter when the target firms were in the same industry or country.). To test this, we examined market reactions around the announcement of mergers.

Diversity 10

Diversity CEO Sample Financial Leverage 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

In 2010, Google rocked the $60 billion broadband industry by announcing plans to deploy fiber-based home internet service, offering connections up to a gigabit per second — 100 times faster than average speeds at the time. As it turned out, providers blew past that milestone as early as 2016. PM Images/Getty Images.

Succession 8

Succession Construction Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2016

in February 2016 — which perhaps says it all. In the past, network effects were hard to reverse in industries that relied on physical networks such as railroads and telephones. From around 1990 to 2010 Microsoft arguably ruled the information-technology industry. Orkut officially closed in September 2014.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Advertising Marketing Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

When the ACA was passed, in 2010, many observed that although the ACA expanded access to health care, it did less to address the equally critical issue of improving the delivery of that care. The article states: “Across all the industries we studied, perceived quality affects customer advocacy more than any other element.

Health Care 8

Health Care Quality Customer Loyalty Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society. Globally, these are industries where the state is often the sole or dominant customer. From 2010-2015, the share of China-origin patents among all patents granted by the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) was only 2.2%. ” But what’s the effect? respectively.

Innovation 8

Innovation Drucker Policies Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

As a percent of workers’ compensation, employers’ health care spending has held steady at between 8% and 9% since 2010. workers who are underinsured — face out-of-pocket health care expenses greater than 10% of their income excluding premiums — increased from 10% in 2003 to 24% percent in 2016.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Insurance Price 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, began his tenure, in 2010, by lowering targets by over one-third, in a single bold move. ” Bertolini and his team studied the industry and concluded that a reasonable target was no more than 6% EPS. CEOs have a great deal of control over the financial targets they set.

CEO 9

CEO Short-term Long-term EPS 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

has slowed , and that in most industries the biggest firms have higher market share than they did a decade ago. of firms had adopted it in 2010, whereas 7% had by 2016, which is an annualized growth rate of almost 50%. The Adoption of Cloud Technology Across Industries in the U.S. firms since the 1980s. Less than 0.5%

Technology 10

Technology Agility Fixed Costs Software 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, said that to TechCrunch in 2010 , but the line from then to now is the graph of our growing disenchantment with tech. of employment in those occupations in 2016. of the digital workforce in 2016. The tech sector doesn’t have to be a divider.

Incubator 8

Incubator Company Technology Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

This strategy will tap potential growth in emerging markets, limit the risks of misconduct, and improve public trust in the industry. The estimated return on these (fewer) products has itself declined substantially since 2010, from 10.1% According to the 2016 Harris Corporate Reputation Poll , only one-third of U.S.

Reputation 8

Reputation Pharmaceuticals Price Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

A survey of members of Tech London Advocates, an industry group, revealed that 87% opposed Brexit. The UK is also disproportionately influential in Europe’s digital industry. A third of VC investments in Europe were focused on the UK in the first quarter of 2016, according to CBInsights. The prognosis is not good.

Safe Harbor 9

Safe Harbor Industry Uncertainty Crisis 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2018

In a study of a 2010 California mandate that public manager salaries be made public, Alexandre Mas shows that such disclosure lowered public salaries, especially those above $200,000, and steeply raised resignations — findings he attributes to populist backlash against high public salaries.

Company 8

Company Survey Comparison Price 8

Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 12, 2017

2016 was the year the online job listing finally went belly up. First, here’s what happened in 2016. No one watching the industry could have predicted the impact of LinkedIn. This dynamic was likely the final straw that led to the vast consolidation of the legacy listings companies in 2016.

Price 101

Price IPO Content Marketing 101

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. There were approximately 180,000 new H-1B visas issued in 2016, according to State Department data. But in April, just after U.S. Who gets H-1Bs? jobs overall.)

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

As of the most recent data (2014 from the Senate and 2016 from the House), over half of Congress owns stock , many with holdings in excess of $100,000 in stocks alone, not to mention mutual funds and other forms of investments. While roughly 20% of lawmakers owned stock in 2001, that number had more than doubled by 2013.

Conflict of Interest 8

Conflict of Interest Committee Collins Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

The goal of the Digital Single Market is an ambitious one: to deliver by the end of 2016 the equivalent of US$ 471 billion per year to the regional economy and 3.8 The EC’s pronouncements signal the beginnings of a “Digital Maastricht Treaty.” ” The proposal is to create a “Digital Single Market” in the EU.

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

There are similar stories in the electronics industry, pet food, pharmaceuticals, and even national security. We analyzed every conflict minerals report submitted to the SEC in 2014, 2015, and 2016 (though our paper only includes results for the first two years). But are businesses any better informed than their customers?

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Productivity Products Company 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

When a court found in 2010 that the FCC lacked authority to enforce them, the agency formalized them as rules. The chairmen of the congressional commerce committees, with FCC oversight, jointly introduced a bill that codified much stronger net neutrality rules even than those the FCC approved in its 2010 effort.

Objective 8

Objective Engineering Content Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The combination of increased expenditures and decreased revenues resulting from the crisis from 2008 to 2010 is likely to cost the United States government well over $2 trillion , more than twice the cost of the 17-year-long war in Afghanistan. Broader measures are even more damning.

Crisis 8

Crisis Politics Cost Banking 8