Remove 2014 Remove Construction Remove Diversity Remove Technology
article thumbnail

Organizational Performance Measures Best Practice 33 – Predictive Performance Indicators

Strategy Driven

Determining those managerial, behavioral, environmental, programmatic, and technological factors driving overall outcomes is both an art and a science. Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Organizational Performance Measures Best Practice 24 – Diverse Metric Groupings. Identifying Precursor Indicators.

KPI 50
article thumbnail

Attention Leaders: Five Attitudes to Take to work in 2014

You're Not the Boss of Me

I’m posting it again because well, I think it continues to be relevant in 2014. However, if you have something that would make the workplace of 2014 much better, attitude-wise, I encourage you to share it. That makes valuing diversity a business imperative. I expect the coming year would be the richer for it.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How the Architecture of Hospitals Affects Health Outcomes

Harvard Business Review

Cofounded by Michael Murphy, a Harvard-trained architect who has devoted himself to improving the social impact of built environments, MASS is changing the way hospitals are designed and constructed. In 2014, Murphy made a presentation on the history of hospital design at Ariadne Labs.

article thumbnail

Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business Review

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market. The soaring U.S.

article thumbnail

Research: Could Machine Learning Help Companies Select Better Board Directors?

Harvard Business Review

Because a CEO often effectively controls the director selection process, he will tend to choose directors who are unlikely to oppose him, and who are unlikely to provide the diverse perspectives necessary to maximize firm value. Could technology help? Nonetheless, boards remain highly imperfect. corporations between 2000 and 2011.

article thumbnail

Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. The research also provides a snapshot view and analysis of gender diversity across countries and industries. The disparity in gender diversity has little to do with competence levels.”

Diversity 120
article thumbnail

Navigating the Dozens of Different Strategy Options

Harvard Business Review

Managers and other business leaders face a dilemma: with increasingly diverse environments to manage and rising stakes to get it right, how do they identify the most effective approach to business strategy and marshal the right thinking and behaviors to conceive and execute it, supported by the appropriate frameworks and tools?