Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

Managers use measurements every day to guide their analyses, decisions, and planning. Indeed, measurement is much more difficult than most managers appreciate. Managers must protect themselves by understanding weaknesses in measurements and taking these weaknesses into account as they use them. It should be trustworthy, right?

Advertising 8

Advertising Collins Wilde Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

This means self-driving cars have shifted from a period of wild experimentation directly to market adoption — what Paul Nunes and I describe in our 2013 HBR article as “big bang” disruption. It’s not just the rules of the road that will be affected by driverless cars.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

Especially in this job market. In 2012, some estimate that information is doubling every 18 months and that the doubling time is shortening such that it will be doubling in a matter of days or weeks by the end of the year. But to be fair, Moore made what was seen as his seemingly wild prediction 47 years ago.

Retail 13

Retail Gordon Education Industry 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Identifying this so-called “growth gap” is critical, because the bigger the gap, the more a company needs to look beyond its current offerings, markets, and business models to find growth opportunities. By reaching new customers in current markets? By stealing share from current competitors?

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 8

Management Craft

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Originally published on Management Craft December 30, 2009. Originally published on Management Craft April 20, 2012. Originally published on Management Craft April 26, 2005. Why do I share this story on my little management blog? I hope you enjoy these pieces and launch into the New Year with exuberance and peace.

How To 69

How To Course Chaos Theory Hotels 69

Management Craft

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Originally published on Management Craft December 30, 2009. Originally published on Management Craft April 20, 2012. Originally published on Management Craft April 26, 2005. Why do I share this story on my little management blog? I hope you enjoy these pieces and launch into the New Year with exuberance and peace.

How To 40

How To Course Chaos Theory Hotels 40

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

While "running out" isn't really the right phrase, it's clear that delivering many commodities to market is getting harder and more expensive (we don't dig for oil a mile under the ocean for the heck of it). The best analysis of the resource scarcity mega-trend came from asset manager Jeremy Grantham. Right now, the U.S.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

When it comes to choosing media to support a new product launch, consider the target market. Here are some tips brand and marketing managers can use to leverage converged media to their advantage: 1. When Hostess declared bankruptcy in 2012, Twinkie fans mourned the loss of the classic American snack. Marketing'

Media 8

Media Tactics Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Your company might not be as extreme as Jack Welch’s GE, which famously relied on forced rankings to cull weaker managers (a system still in use by more than half of Fortune 500 firms as of 2012), but chances are your company has given you a number that puts you in a specific spot on the employee continuum. So now the U.S.

Performance Review 9

Performance Review Review Quinn Health Care 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2011

Neither wants to hand the other a "victory," especially with the 2012 elections possibly hanging in the balance. We can learn from myriad labor-management conflicts where both parties assumed the other would surely back down, only to be surprised that the other did not, and there was a devastating "lose-lose" strike or lockout.

Budgeting 11

Budgeting Crisis Politics Uncertainty 11