Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

In 2012, one of us — Gregor Gimmy, a California-based serial entrepreneur and former IDEO consultant — accepted a new role at BMW’s corporate R&D headquarters. Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2012

That was the question we put to a global community of hackers and innovators in the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge. In just two-and-a-half months, we received some 148 entries from leaders, thinkers, and innovators of all stripes, from every corner of the globe. Management Innovation According to Nature's Genius.

McKinsey 9

McKinsey Innovation Diversity Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2014

In 2012, Electrolux leadership decided this had to change. To this end we eliminated silos between functions including marketing, sales, IT, consumer insight, and innovation and established “consumer experience teams” in each business and region. And we set up new, regular sharing sessions to improve cooperation among regions.

Marketing 8

Marketing Brand Globalization Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Indeed, these teams seem to use swarm intelligence, making decisions collectively and coming up with innovative moves on the fly. They have adopted a silo mentality of departmental self-interest, maintaining rigid, top-down hierarchies that act as a barrier to cooperative participation and promote a dependency on managers.

Cooper 16

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

For example, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk enjoy cult-like status and are widely regarded as modern tycoons of innovation. For example, open-minded and curious CEOs create an entrepreneurial culture, driven and intense CEOs create a culture of results and achievement, and altruistic CEOs create a culture of empathy and cooperation.

CEO 8

CEO Drucker Peer Review Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

How can these companies overcome the inevitable leadership, organizational, and cultural challenges involved? Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. By June of 2012 we were close to 100.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Increasingly, companies are applying data-driven methodologies such as carbon footprinting, product indexing, lifecycle analysis, and ecosystem services valuation to support smarter decision-making and business innovation. And business leadership knows it.

Analysis 8

Analysis Licensing Globalization Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2013

The interest in and widespread confusion surrounding these ideas is evident from the fact that the most searched word of 2012 on Merriam-Webster's online dictionary was "capitalism," followed by "socialism." Free enterprise capitalism is the most powerful system for social cooperation and human progress ever conceived.

Politics 11

Politics Cooper Ethics Conference 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Indeed, these teams seem to use swarm intelligence, making decisions collectively and coming up with innovative moves on the fly. They have adopted a silo mentality of departmental self-interest, maintaining rigid, top-down hierarchies that act as a barrier to cooperative participation and promote a dependency on managers.

Cooper 8

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

There is a much more important change in the global distribution of power underway, and the play for leadership of the World Bank signals that emerging markets will be increasingly bold in asserting their views about the management of the global economy. And apparently not in the fight over leadership of the World Bank.

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

When Deborah DiSanzo took over as CEO of Philips Healthcare in May 2012, she knew that engineering would continue to drive innovation. We are always on the agenda of the executive team and are a significant part of the leadership meetings,” says Bert van Meurs, CMO of Philips Healthcare Imaging Systems. Leadership Marketing'

CEO 8

CEO Marketing Hotels Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

In fact, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimates that almost a quarter (24.2%) of all New Zealanders with university-level educations have emigrated. Groysberg and Bell administered the survey to a second wave of New Zealand directors between December 2012 and March 2013. Global Disconnect.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Analysis Globalization Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2013

In late 2012, Bank of America announced that it was preparing to add more restrictions to its work-from-home program, reportedly to increase efficiency. Marianne Cooper''s study of engineers in Silicon Valley closely observes how working long hours turns pencil pushing or computer keyboarding into a manly test of physical endurance.

Morale 10

Morale Class Cooper Ethics 10