You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 29, 2009

This company operates its democracy to the extent that: Employees set their own work schedules They don’t use the same workstation more than two days in a row so that no one really knows when they go to work or how long they stay. The truth is that democracy in the workplace is a complex system however you choose to look at it.

System 43

System Blog Diversity Operations 43

You're Not the Boss of Me

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

After all, if the stage is not solid and the systems that make it work, faulty, the quality of the end product is often less than ideal. For me, creating fluency means building and operating systems that are unimpeded by interests that do not serve the raison d’être of the organization.

Organization 44

Organization Blog Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 44

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

This organizational memory creates biases that get embedded in planning processes, performance evaluation systems, organizational structures and human resource policies. As a result of this successful transformation, Infosys grew 25-fold over the decade from 2000 to 2010 — from $200 million to $5 billion.

Human Resources 15

Human Resources Policies Budgeting Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

a cataract operation can cost $200 or less, compared with $3,500 in the U.S. The answer is yes, as we found in the example of Ascension , the largest nonprofit health system in the United States. In a 2010 review of its purchasing strategy, Ascension concluded that it didn’t really have an effective purchasing strategy at all.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Cost Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

The answer is to make things simple, says Bill Allen, head of Group Human Resources at Copenhagen-based A.P. Because of this simple operating system, Maersk was able to bounce back quickly from the effects of the global recession so that 2010 results were the best in company history. Moller-Maersk.

Management 14

Management Decentralization Report Bottom-up 14

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. Systems intelligence – sensing the big picture and how things connect. 2010), and even looking into the impact of facial features (DeBruine, Lisa, 2002).

Team 52

Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

This organizational memory creates biases that get embedded in planning processes, performance evaluation systems, organizational structures and human resource policies. As a result of this successful transformation, Infosys grew 25-fold over the decade from 2000 to 2010 — from $200 million to $5 billion.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Policies Budgeting Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Bottom line: sophisticated technologies will serve to complement and enhance the creative talents of humans by freeing up their time that has – to a great degree – been occupied by rote tasks such as completing insertion orders for ad buys. Projections put about 22% of all digital media being automated next year – up from just 4% in 2010.

Advertising 9

Advertising Industry Technology Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

It must be lived by top management as exemplified in their behavior and in the design of their management and human resource policies and practices. Without a set of policies and practices that reflect the human values of love, responsibility, authenticity fairness and trust, a firm has the name but not the game.

Company 8

Company Teamwork Commitment Airlines 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2013

Understanding the implementation plans for the health care law passed in 2010 is a complicated job for even the most seasoned policy wonks. A cascading series of deadlines, operating systems, and reporting rules have to be arranged, tested, and communicated. Can we really do that in this environment?".

Health Care 8

Health Care Parcell Politics Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. Zhou reportedly felt that the original Yahoos were overpaid and lazy, whereas the Yahoo team felt bullied and believed Zhou wasn’t focused on the Yahoo operations. Both were offered free to consumers and merchants.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Census and American Community Survey for the years 1980 and 2010 to examine three major factors that contribute to gender equality in the labor force: women’s representation in management, the occupational gender segregation among managers, and the gender wage gaps that vary across managerial occupations. And if so, how? million by men.

Management 10

Management Real Estate Human Resources Diversity 10