Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

When testing ideas are part of the creative process for product, service, or business development, this triangle must be a business priority: To test product, watch prospects interact with it—whether they use a tool, read a book, choose a necklace, or scan an airline ticket. So when the opportunity arises (i.e.,

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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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Women in the LEAD

MAY 18, 2010

For me, this ongoing process always begins with self-examination. I was Blessed to work together with Emily for well over a decade as a strategic partner and in the process, we also became friends. Tactics of Innovation: How to Get Buy-In for NEW IDEAS. It seems a perfect symbol for renewal. What's going well?

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You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Four Reasons why Civility in the Workplace is a Must → November 1, 2010 · 12:40 am ↓ Jump to Comments Breaking the Rules I think we can agree that one of the key attributes for successful leaders today is the ability to adapt quickly to new situations. They stifle creativity and innovation.

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Women in the LEAD

JUNE 25, 2010

You may be familiar with this process and not even know it. Over the years, I found this process of positive thinking very productive in shaping the future it works for individuals, for communities, for nations, and the world too! The law is good for both good and bad ideas." What we think about does matter; think good thoughts.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

E.g. take a team of developers to tour an abattoir, take the human resource team to a museum exhibit on ancient Egypt, or take legal on an outing to a flower show. The benefit of this kind of team activity, is the opening of one’s mind, and shared creative stimulus, which fosters innovation. These are just a few examples.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Workflows and innovation initiatives have been artfully reorganized around "projects" to facilitate faster, cheaper and easier contingent participation. If they can get that value — or most of it — from contingency workers, outsourcing, automation, innovative processes or capital investment, why wouldn''t they?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

It’s a solution we discovered during our research in India, and involves breakthrough innovations that drive down health care delivery costs so much that the margins from serving those who can pay is more than enough to cover the costs of those who cannot. It also pursued process innovations that resulted in cost savings.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 29, 2009

To be truly democratic, organizations must consider processes that include voting systems, debates, adversarial processes and systems of appeal. Reply Susan Mazza May 12, 2010 at 6:20 pm Thought provoking Gwyn. to solve the complex problems we face today, and have been more in the way of innovation than at the source of it.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

The next evolution in digital advertising must be driven by innovative platforms that more effectively help marketers move their businesses forward. Technology will only be able to deliver on its promise of moving TV dollars online if it creates greater process efficiencies, drives more commerce, and enables deeper engagement with consumers.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

For example, at Kenya Women Finance Trust , we were intrigued to hear about the "marriage counseling" its human resources department offers to the newlyweds among its women employees. Microfund for Women in Jordan, meanwhile, is a standout in the area of bringing women's thinking to bear on its new product development process.

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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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