HR Digest

MAY 1, 2019

Today, as Diane Gherson, CHRO IBM, transforms global workforce outcomes through talent analytics and data, she is not afraid to put forward profoundly ambitious and path-breaking ideas. The contribution of technology in improving customer experience is well documented, but little has been done in using it for enriching workplace experiences.

Agility 90

Agility Self-aware Innovation Human Resources 90

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

On January 9, 2013, because Sidney will be honored on the famous parquet floor of TD Garden, more kids suffering with cancer will have an opportunity for joy, inspiration and valuable distraction from their pain. Vala said he had goosebumps and when he told me, I certainly did. This feast has become an annual tradition and on Sept.

Power 132

Power Storytelling Health Care Sports 132

Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 9, 2018

And yet, the undeniable truth is that the longevity of today’s organizations is no longer dependent on what technologies you use, where you operate, or even what you create.

Leadership 257

Leadership Mentor Long-term Audience 257

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

Investing in technology can help lift people out of poverty, and investments that use technology for development are good for business, creating millions of new customers. Using information and communications technology (ICT) for development is fairly common, but surprisingly, most digital divide projects don’t generate revenue.

Technology 8

Technology Globalization Project System 8

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

As technology becomes more disruptive and we see more importance placed on big data and artificial intelligence, what will matter most are those things that make us human – the soft skills. Best Leadership Books of 2013. Actions have consequences and continuity of character matters. Related Interest: Best Leadership Books of 2015.

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Books Leadership Cialdini Govindarajan 150

Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

Herminia Ibarra – Thinkers 50 #8 Management Thinker 2015-17, #1 Leadership Thinker 2013-15, Professor at London Business School, former professor Harvard, best-selling author of Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career. Mike Sursock – Head of Operations Group at Baring Private Equity Asia.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching Human Resources Magazine CEO 70

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Over the past two decades, technology has advanced exponentially; and with that burgeoning growth, IT organizations have seen tremendous expansion. Customer centricity as a strategy reorients the entire business-operating model around the customer; it means understanding the customer’s point of view and respecting the customer’s interest.

Organization 58

Organization Open-book Innovation Technology 58

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so.

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Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

One of the biggest challenges facing any company in global expansion mode is how to maintain swift and sure communication. operates in 13 countries, spanning a dozen languages. It was purely a practical choice, drawn from my own experiences in the global marketplace. out of a possible 990 in February 2013. What do you do?

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Software Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

People were asked about GM products, upholstery textures, colors, vehicle designs, and technology, and their feedback was incorporated into GM vehicles. social media users actively seek customer service through social media, according to Nielsen and McKinsey Incite , we’ve made getting globally aligned one of GM’s priorities.

Media 8

Media Automotive Globalization Active Listening 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

Advances in technology — especially digital technology and the increasing role of software in products and services — are demanding that large, successful organizations increase their pace of innovation and make greater use of resources outside their boundaries. Innovation Strategy Technology' So how does it work?

Venture Funding 14

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Agility Business Model 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

Just as America''s visa rules enabled the rapid growth of India''s information-technology companies over the last two decades, the Obama Administration''s recent drive to reform immigration regulations could prove to be a turning point for them. In the same way, India''s information technology giants must bite the bullet today.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Information Technology Automotive Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

After Mugabe claimed victory in a disputed election in 2013, however, corruption increased , while the strengthening U.S. Technology : Providers of mobile banking and cash transfer solutions are doing particularly well in the economy due to the country’s multi-currency exchange regime and low availability of U.S.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

One of the most enticing global entrepreneurial opportunities these days is taking a digital business model that works in the U.S. Several students in my Leading Global Ventures class at Harvard Business School have done just that over the past few years, and many more would like to follow suit.

Business Model 8

Business Model Hotels Supply Chain Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

There is a lot at stake here for GE’s operations strategy. In January 2013, Chip Blankenship, CEO of GE Appliances issued a challenge to the newly formed team: “You’re going to change every part the customer sees. In January 2013 the team came out with a “minimum viable product.” and compete successfully.

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Ries Waterman Finance Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Even more striking, new research from the McKinsey Global Institute analyzes firm-level financial results and finds a stark contrast in performance between the biggest U.S. manufacturing more globally competitive has to involve shoring up small and midsize suppliers across entire industries. But the challenge is bigger than that.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

IT was using AI to resolve employees’ tech support problems, automate the work of putting new systems or enhancements into production, and make sure employees used technology from approved vendors. In stark contrast, very few of the companies we surveyed were using AI to eliminate jobs altogether.

Company 12

Company Survey Finance Engineering 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

In the 1960s and 1970s, he was already anticipating some of the implications of the Big Shift just beginning to emerge: the transition to an information economy, the centrality of knowledge work, and the transformative impact of digital technology on all types of work. The result is relentlessly mounting performance pressure.

Drucker 9

Drucker Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2014

Firms like Deloitte have predicted robust consumer demand for smart glasses, with global adoption reaching “tens of millions by 2016 and surpassing 100 million by 2020.” Google has never been afraid to branch out beyond its core business; it expanded beyond search into email, chat, mobile operating systems, and more.

Strategy 10

Strategy Early Adopters Innovation Proposal 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. ” Improving risk management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

This is very different from the way large businesses have operated for decades. What does it mean to operate in a digital business ecosystem? Digital business ecosystems dynamically create and operate value chains that extend their participants'' markets. But CIOs also need to not get caught up in the technology trap.

CIO 8

CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Please note that titles used here reflect the positions the individuals held in 2013, when we conducted the interviews for a separate article ). Their concerns fell into three broad categories: talent, operating in a global marketplace, and regulation and legislation. Operating in a Global Marketplace.

CEO 8

CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

However, in recent years a parallel explosion of digital tools and services has taken place in the manufacturing realm as well, drawing in computer-assisted design and 3D printing equipment to open-source operating systems, the cloud, and the Internet of Things (IoT). The Global Digital Economy. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

This transformation took time to play out and involved both displacements of incumbents operating in outdated modes and the emergence of new “feeder” roles for those aspiring to the C-suite. Lynanne Kunkle, VP-Global Talent Development and HR-Asia for Whirlpool, is a case in point. Even HR itself agrees.

CFO 11

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

They are called upon to advise companies that must manage risk in an increasingly complex global operating environment and navigate disruptive technologies that threaten their business models. Directors play a key role in setting corporate strategy and appointing senior executives.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Advice Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

After Jeff Immelt threw down the gauntlet for building a global software center, GE faced significant physical, organizational, and cultural challenges. Though technology would have allowed for a significantly virtual enterprise, it was important to Ruh to have a physical building where people could actually be located together.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

There is a marked dissonance between CIOs and the C-suite — a fact that we uncovered in new research conducted with HBR, The Economist, CEB, and TNS Global. The role and effect of technology should be a part of conversations on business decisions, and the CIO should have a pertinent and relevant point of view.

CIO 8

CIO Hamel Technology Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

The current mantra is “Move fast with stable infrastructure”, which speaks to the organizational design challenge of operating at scale in a fickle and volatile world. ” It further revealed a complex and siloed organization, with competing operating assumptions, values, and practices across the group.

Banking 14

Banking Strategy Film Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

According to a 2013 CEB study , “only one in four HR organizations have effectively integrated their talent management practices…with the company’s strategic objectives.” A good example is Cognizant, a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Delegation Management Document 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

For example, it took Umicore, a global materials technology group, five years (2002–2007) to lay the basis for its transformation from a commodity supplier of base metals into a premium provider of emission control catalysts, rechargeable battery materials and other value-added solutions. Allow time and persevere.

Company 10

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

However, oil prices have dropped more than 60% since the interim nuclear deal in November 2013. And alongside the country’s bad debt (some estimates say it is $40 billion ), sanctions were commonly evaded through money laundering , which discouraged foreign banks from operating locally.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

One representative example: April’s Education Innovation Summit , where more than 2,000 people energetically discussed how technology and markets are charting the future of education globally. Presidents and provosts will tell you: operating budgets are tight. Disruptive innovation Education Information & technology'

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Education Disruptive Innovation Asset Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Technology, marketing, retail, HVAC, construction, and manufacturing pros. billion in 2013 – up about 15% from the year before, according to our 2013 Marijuana Business Factbook. Banking and payment processing are significant issues, and many businesses that handle marijuana directly have to operate as all-cash businesses.

Industry 10

Industry Retail Banking Brand 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

The Conversation is also a 1974 film by Francis Ford Coppola whose themes include the role of technology in society and being so focused on what you are doing that you forget why you are doing it and become oblivious to what is happening around you. made me break out in cold sweats. CIOs today must adapt or risk being marginalized.

CIO 8

CIO ROI Agility Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

The transition to a global digital economy in 2014 was sporadic – brisk in some countries, choppy in others. This is happening in a country where online vendors largely operate on a cash-on-delivery (COD) basis. By year’s end, the seven biggest emerging markets were larger than the G7 , in purchasing power parity terms.

Constraint 8

Constraint Marketing Innovation Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Nixon''s role in the story has to do with global trade limits, which favored Bangladesh once South Korea had hit an export quota.) Then came ill-advised decisions — like making a flip phone when market research showed that no one wanted flip phones — and an accretion of layers of management that operated by consensus.

CTO 8

CTO Apparel Ryan Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, the world’s largest online B2B global trading marketplace, is probably the most obvious choice. For those operating in China, this is, indeed, a quandary. Can you, in fact, name ten Chinese entrepreneurs who you think dream dreams big enough to be likely to build the future? Can you name five?

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Proposal Stage-Gate Disruptive Innovation 8