Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Over a period of years, every GE senior manager would learn the lean startup methodology, and GE would be the showcase for how modern companies use entrepreneurial management to transform culture and drive long-term growth. In 2015 Trian Partners, an activist investor, bought $2.5 Innovation at GE was on a roll. Then it wasn’t.

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Upgrade inventory systems with the latest technology. Investing in new technology can reduce excess inventory and handling, and cut down on the amount of perishables that ultimately go to waste. too short, long, big, small or uneven in shape, too red or not red enough, and so on). Partner with farmers in the supply chain.

Retail 8

Retail Supply Chain Crisis Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

By the time of the Paris climate meeting in 2015, which resulted in the more robust global agreement now supported by every country in the world except the United States, it was clear that we needed to consider a more ambitious target, 1.5°C The UN then asked the IPCC to study what it would take to achieve that goal. Getting to 1.5

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Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

Most cities fall well short of that ideal. metros that increased their productivity, average wages, and standard of living from 2010 to 2015, only 11 metros achieved inclusive economic outcomes. Long-term thinking with short-term flexibility. A recent Brookings analysis found that of the 30 U.S.

Real Estate 13

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Sensors, the cloud, mobile and broadband wireless, and other such technologies are increasing the flow of digitized information exponentially. Those sessions produced a highly sophisticated system that achieved the end goal: a wonderful end-to-end experience for consumers. Get people aboard through short duration training programs.

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Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Twenty years ago, Louis Gerstner transformed IBM by emphasizing consulting and technology services — not just technology — to solve customer problems. How technology is changing the way we work. To address medium-term opportunities, IBM formed partnerships with hospitals (e.g., Can the elephant dance again?

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Short-term ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

While the middle class has been eroded by currency depreciation and recession, the Russian consumer remains technologically savvy, interested in quality Western brands, and able to spend. This worked, because both crises were short-lived (lasting approximately 1-1.5 years) and were followed by rapid recoveries.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

From time to time, the basis of competition in an industry shifts so dramatically that shifting with it requires a new long-term vision that calls for the organization to do things it never would have done in the past. Connecting Three Different Business Portfolios.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Like leading the way in cup technology with the first U.S. In one study, participants viewed a short 40-second Starbucks commercial that either praised a customer for making an ethical purchase (it used phrasing such as: “Everything we do, you do. Everything we do, you do. hot cups made with 10% post-consumer recycled fiber.

Ethics 9

Ethics Licensing Self-aware Morale 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

Most AI problems comprise defining an objective or goal that becomes the computer’s number one priority. In fact, even if we don’t like to describe AI learning in terms of curiosity, it is clear that AI is increasingly a substitute for tasks that once required a great deal of human curiosity.

Learning-by-Doing 10

Learning-by-Doing Video Short-term Process 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2016

By supporting worker mobility, cities can both foster the growth of denser talent networks within their borders and increase the likelihood of technological and other productive innovation. They also said they were looking for growth and development at work , not simply short-term goals and personal financial gain.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Incubator Innovation Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2015

Sites like Delicious, Flickr and 43Things were ushering in the new phenomenon of “user-generated content,” and technologies like RSS and tagging were providing new ways for regular web users to organize and share content. Is that still the right advice in 2015?

Fashion 8

Fashion Blog Audience Real Estate 8

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 31, 2016

A 2015 PwC study of 6,000 senior executives , conducted using a research methodology developed by David Rooke of Harthill Consulting and William Torbert of Boston University, revealed just how pervasive this shortfall is: Only 8 percent of the respondents turned out to be strategic leaders, or those effective at leading transformations.

Development 100

Development Argyris Learning-by-Doing Innovation 100

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

At the same time, technologies like selfie sticks, Fitbits, and wearable video cameras are making people comfortable monitoring their own calorie consumption, sleep patterns, heart rate, friends, family, and daily experiences. In both cases, the assignment was clear, the duration short but intense.

Document 8

Document Marketing Learning-by-Doing Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

This short paper outlines how climate is “already costing local economies billions” and describes how hundreds of billions of property are at risk. And China took serious action, setting a cap on coal emissions by 2020 , which will help it reach the goals of the carbon agreement with the U.S. (a In the U.S.,

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2014

Does this create pressure to adopt the same technology or the same processes? Pixar announced in September that the release of The Good Dinosaur , originally scheduled for 2014, would be postponed to 2015. Our goal isn’t to prevent all the problems; our goal is making good movies. manufacturing infrastructure.

Creativity 10

Creativity Film Management Short-term 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2016

Crowdfunding has been growing explosively, with over $2 billion raised via equity and reward crowdfunding in the United States in 2015 alone. For example, the hot technology of the moment, virtual reality (VR), was largely ignored by traditional funders after the disappointment of VR technology in the 1990s.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Project Diversity Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In 2015, the world pivoted in a historic way toward sustainability. In response to Trump’s election and his statements doubting climate change, many countries that signed the Paris climate accords in 2015 made it clear they would power on (China in particular — see story number three, below). Then came 2016.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

It’s a truth that becomes all the more obvious when we remember that the key to your organization’s success and future prosperity is no longer based solely on the processes and technologies found within your company’s walls, but within the talents, insights, and experiences of those you lead.

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Power Film Leadership Emotional Intelligence 277

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

To be sure, these roadblocks to further trade and investment will damage Mexico’s economy in the short and medium terms. However, I fear that Mexico continuing its existing trade-based economic strategy will not necessarily produce different results in the long term — as it wouldn’t for any other developing country.

Cooper 14

Cooper Long-term Industry Health Care 14