Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Years later, he bought a financially ailing airline and transformed it into Asia's most profitable and fastest-growing low-cost operator. He set a vision and strategy that was compelling and powerful, yet simple to understand. Managers are encouraged to innovate. He also focused on career development opportunities.

Airlines 14

Airlines Mentor Environment Case Study 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Everyone says they are in favor of open innovation and co-creation. But very often it goes against the grain of how they built their careers in the first place. But Sense's chief executive Jeremy Brown and director of strategy Brian Millar gave me some terrific pointers on co-creation, which I want to share with you here.

Workshop 15

Workshop Creativity Merchandising Airlines 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The great strength of the classic private equity model is the clear-sighted medium-term focus on strategy. Mars invested in China not only with a long-term purpose and commitment, but also with a clear medium-term strategy that was not swayed by short-term setbacks. Many successful examples can be found outside the Western world.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term Leveraged Buy-out Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Meanwhile, business was free to focus on generating growth, productivity, innovation, and, ultimately, societal wealth. Such ecosystems even the playing field for individuals and small firms to participate in technological progress, catalyzing both employment and innovation. “Strategies for Two-Sided Markets” 3.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 11, 2009

When you are trying something new and the risk of failure is high In any enterprise, innovation is crucial to growth and sustainability. Look at the active role played by the CEO of Southwest Airlines when the news broke about overlooked airplane repairs; amid scandalous cries about having cozy relationships with area FAA administrators.

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Delegation Crisis Blog McCarthy 40

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

They are not going to unfold their strategies below a very high level of abstraction. They are not going to unfold their strategies below a very high level of abstraction. For that they have underlings — even high-level underlings. Because it isnt their sport. Its not what got them where they are. Because it isnt their sport.

Process 14

Process CEO Insurance Banking 14

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 31, 2016

Systems and Structures The first three principles of strategic leadership involve nontraditional but highly effective approaches to decision making, transparency, and innovation. By setting up ways for people to bring their innovative thinking to the surface, you can help them learn to make the most of their own creativity.

Development 100

Development Argyris Learning-by-Doing Innovation 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Innovation, customer delight, and profits would all follow from it. ” He would later call this the most important insight of his career. Some managers would argue that it was a smart yet ultimately superficial change: a calculated strategy to get people to care more, work harder, and boost company profits.

Management 8

Management Long-term System Delegation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

The next morning they are due to fly home, but discover their budget airline insists that passengers print their boarding passes in advance or face an exorbitant fee at the airport. After their sharp exchange, they had devised a novel strategy for releasing a single from the album. Sadly, the Goffees have no printer. Excerpted from.

Leadership Pipeline 8

Leadership Pipeline Diversity Creativity Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

This popular triumph of the “ heuristics and biases ” literature pioneered by psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky has made us aware of flaws that economics long glossed over, and led to interesting innovations in retirement planning and government policy. That’s a good strategy if you have a business in a very stable world.

Uncertainty 9

Uncertainty Kahneman Banking System 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2016

One of the great innovations in business, which has held sway since 1976, is the idea that professional managers should have an owner’s mindset—that is, they should treat their company’s money as if it were their own. His budget reduction isn’t an insult, it’s a career-building opportunity.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Short-term Budgeting Long-term 8