Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Figure 1: The Interbrand Best 100 Global Brands 2010 A look at two brands’ performances from this year’s table offers insight into how brands can navigate today’s marketplace. Juliano Howard T.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside. It’s really this simple…if it’s not a priority for you to efficiently and effectively engage with your stakeholders, then you need to reevaluate your priorities.

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QAspire

AUGUST 17, 2010

You spend efforts and energy on preventing the errors (prevention cost) and then checking your work (appraisal cost). Change the tracks for better efficiency. When we research or try to innovate, we essentially do that with the objective of learning. By Tanmay , August 18, 2010 @ 7:57 am @Anand - Thanks for the comment.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Innovative companies realize remarkable marketplace rewards. The Business of Innovation is a five part series created by CNBC in association with IBM. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Know where to apply your energies and you’ll be working faster and more efficiently. Some may need specific instructions and constant follow up, whereas others are able to work independently and take initiative. In fact, a great way to increase productivity in a workplace is to cross-train employees across departments.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees. Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. Have a great Thanksgiving Sir.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail). Most clean energy startups, on the other hand, need huge amounts of capital to get off the ground, and so far big payoffs have been scarce.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

New research , funded by the Tony Elumelu Foundation and conducted by my team at the African Institution of Technology , shows that within Africa, innovation is accelerating and the continent is finding better ways of solving local problems, even as it attracts top technology global brands. In addition, Africa needs to develop its manpower.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

"We're looking for new models of innovation. Comstock was telling me about the company's growing innovation platform, the GE Ecomagination Challenge which inspires collaboration between GE and entrepreneurs. The Ecomagination Challenge, now in its second year, is GE's foray in to the fast-growing world of "open" innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Here's my attempt to capture what I see as the most important stories affecting the greening of business in 2010. Germany, not really the sunniest country in the world, added 1% of its electric needs in solar in 2010 alone (it took 10 years to get the first 1% online, and just 8 months for the second 1%). trillion by 2020. Enough said.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Our soon ending year, 2010, has been fascinating. I argued a few months ago that the innovation axis was shifting from the West to the East. Silicon Valley remains the global hot spot of innovation, and America continues to churn out innovative companies like Groupon and Bloom Energy.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. For a full copy of the 2010 study, click here. Bureau of Labor Statistics, February 2010 Report About Calvert Calvert has long been a leader in advocating for corporate diversity. Dickens Jr.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Spending energy to understand the audience and carefully crafting a message that resonates with them means committing time and discipline to the process. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Not only was there a sense of unfairness and anger over top management pay and severance, but symptoms of insecurity, anxiety, and fear that discouraged innovation and creative thinking. Dickens Jr.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

A vast ideological gap on macro-economic policy divides Washington and much of the nation, but there is almost universal agreement on one solution: innovation. Innovation is now perceived as a panacea for job creation, income generation, economic growth, dollar strength, and the revival of the U.S. as global hegemon.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

Attitudes have changed since 2010, the last time Washington debated serious climate action, and not only because most of us have connected the dots between climate change and the extreme weather events that ravage our communities. over the last 18 months than the previous 30 years combined. California is also delivering some big results.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

degrees will require “rapid and far-reaching transitions in energy, land, urban and infrastructure (including transport and buildings), and industrial systems” and this transition will need to be “unprecedented in terms of scale…and imply deep emissions reductions in all sectors.” Embrace renewable energy.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Posted by Thornton May on November 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment The classic Harvard Business School case “Otisline (A)” 1 begins with the quote, “… our objective is to go unnoticed.” Dickens Jr.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. If you aren’t sure where to get started, take a cue from other companies that have taken innovation to heart and used it to successfully win and keep customers. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

These new trucks will create significant additional value for the business in ongoing operational savings, improved routing efficiency, and brand building. in 2010, and has a couple thousand hybrids or EVs on the road now. The EVs will use much less energy. Second, the higher-tech vehicles will operate more efficiently.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

For example, Bunge, an agribusiness firm, reported a $56 million quarterly loss in its sugar and bioenergy segments due to drought in 2010. billion in mining projects since 2010. Fostering innovation. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

In 2010, the United Nations Global Compact conducted a survey [PDF] on sustainability and found that 93% of businesses consider it important to their future success. When new routes or distribution centers are added, the company now applies this model to maximize fuel efficiency. Expand the initiative.

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Supply Chain Retail Energy ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The cap-and-trade program is the centerpiece of California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, also known as AB 32 — a suite of clean energy solutions that has proved to be the engine of an astounding economic transformation that drove statewide growth at twice the rate of the U.S. dependence on foreign oil. million annually.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. What did 2010 look like for you and your company? OnPoint Consulting’s 2010 Execution Gap Maker Round-Up… Execution Gap Maker #1: BP (Need I say more?) Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

As the impacts of climate change become even more evident, we will see calls for increased regulation to help us move away from carbon-emitting energy. When the climate bill featuring this policy failed to pass through Congress in 2010, USCAP became quasi-defunct. Second, it makes strategic sense to engage in the discussion now.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

pace in the first quarter of 2010. Clayton Christensen's theories of innovation provide us a great lens through which we can understand this seeming paradox. Such a dynamic is antithetical to effective innovation. In the second quarter of 2011, China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 9.5%. That was down from 9.7%

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Its innovative design, user interface, and ecosystem make it a titan in any category it enters. Microsoft has worked diligently to make the enterprise more and more efficient. It speaks for itself: I hope you will reflect on what you've done with your talent and energy.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

I've long been a fan and chronicler of the company's green efforts (full disclosure: I've spoken at multiple Walmart events, including a sustainability summit held by Walmart Mexico in 2010), and this report did not disappoint on that front. Should other companies avoid the cost-saving, innovative, best practices of the bad actor?

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Ethics Short-term Marketing Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2011

The former creates efficiencies and propels markets; the latter drives creativity and innovation. Knowing that he was going to apply his creative energies, he inquired about purpose and mission and vision. That's why I put such a focus on building cultures that fuel innovation. No, people are not cogs.

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Succession CFO Collins Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Every industry, no matter how traditional — agriculture, automotive, aviation, energy — is being upended by the addition of sensors, internet connectivity, and software. By 2010, Kodak had clawed its way to No. Today, it is occurring at the level of ecosystems. The Internet of Things is a good example of this change.

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Company How To Technology Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2014

In the work on diversity and innovation we have conducted over recent years, we came to understand some of the keys of tribal thinking, and how some companies are successfully leveraging it. In 2010, Everis Initiatives received the seventh annual Expansion and Employment Award for Innovation in Human Resources.

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Globalization Consultative Learning-by-Doing Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2015

Managers provide the continuity needed to execute efficiently and leaders drive the kinetic energy needed to respond dynamically to the needs of the marketplace. He was also innovative. As a result, operating efficiency increased by a factor of seventeen. Every organization needs both.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Think beyond the obvious connections to come up with something truly innovative. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P. Get physical.

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Creativity Bottom-up Newsletter Open-book 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

Global capital balances more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 — from $220 trillion (about 6.5 Accordingly, business leaders sought to improve efficiency by employing Six Sigma, process reengineering, spans and layers, and other tools. Companies that encourage innovation take steps to overcome these organizational obstacles.

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ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Economic growth has been stuck in low gear for almost a decade now, averaging around 2% a year since 2010 while productivity growth, the key to increasing living standards, has been languishing near historic lows since the financial crisis. percentage points to productivity growth in the period 2010 to 2014. percentage points.

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Crisis Retail Long-term Banking 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I have watched companies spend tremendous amounts of money, time and energy debating logos, taglines, color pallets, font styles, ad campaigns, positioning strategies, marketing messages, brand promises, etc., Those of you familiar with this blog know that I’m generally a strong marketing advocate. Thanks for sharing Tom.

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