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JUNE 13, 2010

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Blog 100

Blog Talent Management Human Resources Welch 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2012

If you've had a bad experience with an operational improvement effort (like Six Sigma or Business Reengineering), or if you haven't given it much attention lately, you should take a fresh look. Many companies and executives have been disappointed with these efforts when results weren't sustained and inefficiency crept back in.

Operations 15

Operations Six Sigma Supply Chain Webinar 15

The Idolbuster

JANUARY 28, 2013

But Ressler and Thompson present a way to make it possible, with a website filled with business cases and slide decks to help you justify a radical change to the way your company operates. In one example, Suntell, a company that sells loan risk management software adopted a ROWE strategy. 2010 Jan;95(1):21. [ii]

Politics 49

Politics Case Study Succession Environment 49

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

If we're to actually get better at innovation, we need to understand the operating conditions that lead to it and move past the bigotry and biases. To do so, let's look at two distinguished firms side by side to see how innovation is entirely independent of size and more a function of different operating rules.

Operations 16

Operations Innovation Industry CEO 16

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2010

He is Chairman and CEO of Mzinga ® , the leading provider of social software, services, and analytics that improve business performance. Using these whitepapers, youll learn how to create a performance measurement system that drives superior performance by aligning managerial decisions and employee actions with your corporate strategy.

Guidelines 62

Guidelines Management Media Newsletter 62

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

If you were to make a list of up-and-coming business trends, social media strategies would probably be near the top. If you don’t want your company’s social strategy to fall flat, there are some guidelines you’ll need to follow. As the Chairman and CEO of Mzinga, a company that provides social software to businesses.

Media 50

Media Follow-up Software Newsletter 50

You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 4, 2010

Distraction…A Challenge to Good Leadership → January 5, 2010 · 1:37 am ↓ Jump to Comments When the Grasshopper Teaches the Master My son has been helping me learn more about Social Media. It is the core facet of how humanity has operated since history began; to share resources, to learn, and to instruct in kind.

Learning-by-Doing 41

Learning-by-Doing Media Blog Technology 41

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Companies that correctly match their strategy-making processes to the competitive circumstances of their industry, business function, or geographic markets perform better than those that don't. The answers give rise to four styles for executing strategy: classical, adaptive, shaping, and visionary.

Strategy 8

Strategy Organization Committee Environment 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

MedStar operated nine hospitals, but realized that its long-held objective of increasing revenue and profits at those venues was unsustainable, given the outcries over runaway medical costs. “We needed an enduring strategy independent of any legislation,” recalls MedStar executive vice president Eric R. Insight Center.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

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.” In the elevator business, you can be hugely successful and highly profitable by going unnoticed.

Magazine 51

Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 51

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Bill’s passion an his sales skills were clearly evident, but his presentation came across as a wannabe self-help guru more than a CEO of one of the world’s best software companies. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. I found your Day 1 recap very informative.

Blog 302

Blog Brand Media Influence 302

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

To do so, it had to come up with a brand of management all its own, centered around “people analytics,” a quantitative approach to hiring and operations. Earlier this year, Google’s SVP of People Operations, Laszlo Bock, wrote about its latest “people analytics” experiment.

IPO 14

IPO Management Engineering Innovation 14

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Thanks for a wonderful 2010. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Great professional achievements are tarnished against a backdrop of personal failure. You've helped me a great deal in this area Mike. Thanks for the great reminder. Be well Gwyn. All Rights Reserved

Blog 376

Blog Career Learning-by-Doing Advice 376

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2011

Perhaps the best example of such a complementary supplier is the app developer that provides software programs that you might download on an iPhone or iPad, just like Coke and Huggies supply products that make supermarkets valuable. IBM let Microsoft own the operating system and build its own platform tied to IBM's new one.

Software 14

Software Strategy Innovation Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2015

A study published by the National Venture Capital Association reveals that 40% of publicly traded venture-backed companies operating in high-tech manufacturing were founded by immigrants. They take international strategy seriously. The engineering team builds software with international users in mind.

Company 8

Company Globalization Software Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

operates in 13 countries, spanning a dozen languages. That''s not a cost-effective strategy. Translation software? That''s fine for short bursts of communication, but would you trust a more complex discussion to the software? I began Englishnization in 2010. points in October 2010 to 737.3

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Software Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

We became involved with the company, which produces inventory software, in 2004 when one of us (David) was sent by the prior majority investor to shut the fledgling company down. Instead, seeing the potential in the product and commitment of employees, we came up with financing to buy out the investor and keep the company operating.

Team 15

Team Leadership COO Software 15

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. As the company’s vision became the new normal, it was easy to forget that the strategy was, at the outset, plainly illegal. To be fair, Uber didn’t start it — Lyft did.

Licensing 8

Licensing Transportation Document Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. a 525-employee software company, began applying agile methodologies in 2005. This takes time. Systematic Inc.,

Agility 8

Agility White Paper How To Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

These hybrids pursue a social mission while engaging in commercial activities that generate revenues that help them sustain their operations. Frogtek and many other hybrids sell goods and services, and rely on revenues to sustain and scale their operations. Take, for example, the issue of economic development.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Microfinance Market Segmentation Incubator 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Think of word processors replacing typists or engineers using AutoCAD software. In fact, we find that the same firms that upskilled by 2010 drive the persistence later in our sample period – the companies that reacted to the recession by looking for more skilled workers were still pursuing that strategy five years later.

Skills 8

Skills Sample Technology Depreciation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2011

For those of us not in operations, supply chain, or logistics, it's a vaguely familiar line item we learned about in finance class. As we've found so many times before, data and software can play a critical role in making operations more efficient and sustainable. But inventory is not a minor issue. billion out of inventory.

Energy 11

Energy Supply Chain Operations Benchmarking 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

It started as a business strategy that wrapped a handful of greener products into one brand story about helping both the environment and customers. Starting in mid-2010, GE asked the world for their ideas about "Powering the Grid" and, later on, "Powering Your Home." In 12 months, GE received an astonishing 5,000 business plans.

Innovation 11

Innovation Kleiner Entrepreneur Brand 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2011

AT&T was the only telephone operator in the United States; telephony was just one of many high-impact industries that were highly regulated and protected from competition. Along came Apple's iPad (introduced in April 2010), and those projections immediately dropped for the second and all-important third quarters. Roughly half of the 4.4

Competitive Advantage 14

Competitive Advantage Film System Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

Blockbuster went bankrupt in 2010. ” And Zingales fears that a version of this motto aptly describes the true strategy of at least some of corporate America. They have gotten to where they are because they operate in sectors where there are network effects.” Then Netflix happened. Power to protect money.”

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Kaplan Innovation Industry 8

Terry Starbucker

MARCH 15, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The Missing Link In Building The Perfect Team by Starbucker on March 15, 2010 They are often thrown into their jobs head first. Mark Silver March 17, 2010 at 8:43 am Yes and yes. Sound familiar? Popularity: 2% [ ?

Team 261

Team Training Blog Skills 261

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

After all, it grew from $7 billion in 2003 to $171 billion in 2013 by entering established (albeit still-emerging) markets with superior products — something the model suggests is a losing strategy. When Innovation Is Strategy. Google’s Strategy vs. Glass’s Potential. Innovation Strategy' in Innovation.

Industry 9

Industry Wireless Advertising Content 9

QAspire

JULY 6, 2010

By Jay Chhaya, July 7, 2010 @ 9:09 am Firstly, I would like to Thank Tanmay for bringing out one of the most important and crucial sphere of Management, The Change Management. By Paul Slater , July 7, 2010 @ 4:40 pm These 5 pointers on what not to do if you want to implement lasting organizational change are excellent.

Management 149

Management Compliance Process Blog 149

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

It came by great gas mileage on the back of a scam: The car’s supposedly low emissions were fraud — perpetrated by VW engineers who designed the car’s software to lower emissions during testing, only to let them bump back up in real life use. The time has come to stop using hope as a strategy.

PPM 8

PPM Policies Engineering Airlines 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Implement and update the model Using analytical software such as SAS, build and implement the model.

Resources 50

Resources Process Constraint Objective 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2012

When Palmisano took over in early 2002, IBM had four main businesses each organized on a global basis: hardware, software, services (such as back-office outsourcing), and personal computers (PCs). Step 1: Craft the strategy and organization to implement the vision. The financial results were magnificent: profits in 2010 were $13.06

Software 15

Software Outsourcing Committee Consultative 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

In 2010, Gap announced a brand new logo, then retreated after a week. An effective strategy must therefore either prevent discontent in the first place, or prevent it from spreading to a wider population. The third step is to understand the most effective strategies for countering insurgency. The same strategy applies to brands.

Brand 15

Brand PR Strategy Politics 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

In 2010, I wrote an HBR article predicting increased interest in supply-chain transparency: firms needed to develop strategies for knowing and explaining where stuff comes from. In a wide range of industries — electronics, software, toys, aerospace — provenance is increasingly a critical concern.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Reputation Brand Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

A friend of mine, Godfrey Sullivan , asked me to consider running the operations for the Americas unit at Autodesk. I was being asked to be the complementary half: the internal candidate would be the outward-facing VP running the Americas, but I would run the internal operations of the $200M+ business, owning the title "revenues manager."

EPS 15

EPS Strategy Reference Execution 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2016

Currently, modern technology — fueled by software, the internet, and the cloud — makes it possible for a challenger to enter the market at minimal cost. From around 1990 to 2010 Microsoft arguably ruled the information-technology industry.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage Advertising Marketing Disruptive Innovation 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

They are on top of the latest trends in SEO, SEM and copywriting strategies. Neil Patel Neil provides constant value to his readers through amazing long-form content with tons of strategy built into every post. Growth Tools Their current strategy of tackling a sought-after topic and adding new sections weekly is pretty unique.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

As it happens, the "Nokia Bridge Program" is a socially-minded strategy for both easing the pain of layoffs, and intentionally supporting the more talented. Until 1977, IBM — in those days the first-choice mainframe supplier to governments, enterprises, and armies — operated freely in India. The result?

Company 8

Company Bureaucracy Restructuring Bottom-up 8