The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2021

As Michael Hammer famously warned back in 1990, it’s no use applying new technologies to old processes, so in order to get the most out of AI and automation, jobs are having to be redesigned so that man and machine can work well together. Redesigning the business.

Supply Chain 68

Supply Chain Technology Hammer Report 68

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

In his 1990 classic HBR article " Reengineering Work: Don't Automate, Obliterate ," Michael Hammer argued that IT must drive radical process innovation. Hammer nonetheless argued for using the power of information technology to redesign a cross-functional process, then deal with the people issues.

Process 12

Process Innovation Hammer Resistance 12

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2014

We use Lominger’s competency modeling and their Learning Agility tools in some robust ways. Their boss is always hammering, er…, asking them about it. Those that get picked for a post will receive a free copy of my eBook. This question from Jen: “How do you make succession planning a ‘real thing’?

Planning 236

Planning Succession Metrics Commitment 236

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2018

If your employees aren’t behaving well, and you’ve already gone through the trouble of hammering home the organization’s civility message, ask yourself, “Have I also equipped them to succeed?” ” Don’t assume everyone instinctively knows how to be civil; many people never learned the basic skills.

Team 8

Team Franchising Hammer Training 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

Similarly, large companies are finding themselves equally burned by loose and lean as they were by agile or long-launch waterfall. When process is a hammer, the risk is that everything becomes a nail. Lean is a process, and so too is empathy-driven design.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Reis Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2014

And: A diverse team is essential to survival, a point underscored by the impossibility of winning in D&D unless you have a warrior to beat things up and absorb damage, a wizard to fight magical foes and occasionally drop the hammer on something big, a cleric to heal your party members, and so on.

Management 8

Management Engineering Hammer Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2017

If your employees aren’t behaving well, and you’ve already gone through the trouble of hammering home the organization’s civility message, ask yourself, “Have I equipped them to succeed?” ” Don’t assume everyone knows how to be civil; many people never learned the basic skills.

Cooper 8

Cooper Hammer Training Film 8