Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

Here are a selection of tweets from March 2011: To lead by example is difficult when you're a follower of fear. - Forbes: Porter or Mintzberg – Whose View of Strategy is the most Relevant Today? Jack Myers Curated List of Recommended TED Talks from TED 2011. Stanford GSB: Why Failure Drives Innovation. A Changed C.E.O.

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Mintzberg Porter Micromanagement Middle Management 217

Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 8, 2011

Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! I’m looking forward to reading it (my copy is on the way) and after I’ve read it I will share more. Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

Price 185

Price Porter Workshop Learning-by-Doing 185

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

Nearly every criticism the authors levy in their op-ed is answered in 12 blog posts , a magazine article from January/February 2011, a video interview , and a slideshow that integrated community and commentary, which were published between last October and this May. Our goal is to increase demand for local trades, not drive them away.

Suri 14

Suri Godin Real Estate Construction 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Many organizations still operate by Porter's Value Chain model , where Z follows Y, which follows X. Case in point: Gap missed many of its performance numbers in 2011 by believing that their only interaction with their customers happened at the cash register. Conversations, not chains. Sharing, not telling.

Banking 16

Banking Business Model Supply Chain Mass Marketing 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The company would double the size of its business, he said, by channeling its efforts toward achieving eight ambitious goals by 2020 — among them, doubling the proportion of Unilever's portfolio that meets the highest nutritional standards, and halving the water associated with the consumer use of its products.

Globalization 14

Globalization NGO Leadership Development Politics 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

That breakthrough is value-based care, the goal of which is to lower health care costs and improve quality and outcomes. The goal of value-based care is to fix that. Health care spending topped $2 trillion in 2011. Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth. Others must, too.

Health Care 9

Health Care Supply Chain Cost Quality 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2012

With six to eight boutiques opening every day, at prices 50 percent below retail, Mack says the goal is to make every day "Black Friday" — without selling out too fast given the 72-hour lifetime of each boutique. In less than two years, it has attracted three million "members" who collectively spend over $100 million a year.

Retail 15

Retail Fashion Merchandising Apparel 15