Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

This "power of the purse" is growing rapidly; expectations are that it will swell to $18 trillion by 2014. Specifically, we find that companies fail to realize the full innovative potential of women in their midst because leadership either doesn''t know how to elicit their insights or lacks the perspective necessary to endorse their ideas.

Innovation 8

Innovation Banking Proposal Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

Classic leadership lessons apply. To create the conditions that support innovation, leaders need to build connections across companies, industries, and sectors. The Open Automotive Alliance started in January 2014 with Google and General Motors as founding members; other technology companies and auto competitors soon joined.

Project 8

Project Transportation Construction Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The index was constructed in the same fashion as other indexes that seek to isolate an industry sector (banking, biotech), geography (China), or size (large cap), for example. Further, Nike was ranked the #7 most innovative company by Fast Company in 2014 , and the 13 th most admired company by Forbes magazine.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Fashion B2B Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Like any mandatory meeting, such events can easily become predictable and stale if the leadership doesn’t connect the mission to each team-member’s personal values. Sometimes it’s not the most complex solutions that pay big dividends in building a constructive culture. It seems to be working.

Bond 8

Bond Video Audience Learning-by-Doing 8

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. DDI’s High-Resolution Leadership study reviewed true assessment data from 10,000 global leaders and found no difference in the battle of the sexes for leadership skills. Wellins, Ph.D.,

Diversity 120

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Zimbabwe’s new leadership faces a challenging task. For example, after opening its first store in 2014, fast-food chain KFC recently opened its fifth branch in the country. When this occurs, it will drive considerable opportunities for healthcare and construction firms. Years of economic mismanagement.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In this letter, I’d like to explain more fully why I view the $51 billion already spent by Apple on open market (including accelerated) share repurchases under your leadership as a major misallocation of resources for both the company and the U.S. of Apple’s buybacks reported thus far for fiscal 2014. Social innovation.

Innovation 8

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

The f ive forces framework for strategy may be valid in one arena, blue ocean or open innovation in another, but each approach to strategy tends to be presented or perceived as a panacea. Then, they construct a plan to build and sustain advantaged positions, and, finally, they execute it rigorously and efficiently.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

In innovation circles, empowerment is now a familiar theme; project teams working highly autonomously have been behind many of the world’s most innovative offerings. This, I believe, is why creating innovation platforms is so valuable. Yet it also matters to these businesses to keep launching innovative new offerings.

Innovation 8

Innovation Strategy Drucker Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2014

Channels, after all, are an artificial construct designed, first, to support corporate goals and organizational structures; and, second, to support the needs of customers. ” Gartner finds that, today, 83% of enterprise marketing organizations have an innovation budget that reflects, on average, 9.4% of marketing spend.

Storytelling 8

Storytelling Brand Audience Marketing 8