HR Digest

DECEMBER 26, 2019

The Human Resource industry has seen some significant changes in the last two decades. Here is a list of HR leaders who are bringing in diversity, engagement, and innovation to their jobs. Innovations have been incorporated in payroll, global mobility, and expense reimbursement of the vast employee base.

Mayo 98

Mayo Human Resources Airlines Agility 98

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

“Thinking back to when airlines introduced self-baggage drop, or supermarkets brought in self-checkouts, people embraced it to an extent, but there still needs to be a person nearby to guide people through the technology,” they continue. “We’re incredibly social creatures.

Advice 127

Advice Banking Airlines Technology 127

In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 2, 2013

The consumer packaged goods industry, at one time the mecca of marketers, has long given way to the goods and services of the exciting information age. Airlines, cable providers, telecommunication firms, and credit card companies promise customer service every day. Marketing is the creator and curator of that disparity. Few deliver it.

Marketing 257

Marketing Levitt Telecommunications Brand 257

Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2019

We find that while we talk about the need for creativity and innovation, employees don’t feel supported or inspired by their leaders and were not given the time or resources to develop new ideas. They march through the phases robotically, as if they have discovered a magic formula for innovation. Step two always follows step one.

Creativity 267

Creativity Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Construction 267

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 22, 2020

Currently, however, statisticians typically rely on surveys of airline activity to gauge the scale of the industries contribution. ” The flight trails allowed the team to generate monthly indicators for the precise flight volumes in each country, and for each airline. . Flight data. ”

GDP 80

GDP Airlines Survey Travel 80

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 9, 2021

Instead, privatizations have produced mixed results, with considerable variations across countries and industries. For instance, the data suggest that when commercial enterprises, such as banks and airlines, are privatized, they are able to produce significant efficiency improvements as a result.

Policies 130

Policies Airlines Efficiency Incentives 130

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

But pursuing incremental improvements while rivals reinvent the industry is like fiddling while Rome burns.” ” Welcome to the era of growth through innovation. When I first met then Southeast Airlines CEO, Herb Kelleher, we were both working the booth at the 1997 BookExpo at Chicago’s McCormick Center.

Six Sigma 150

Six Sigma TQM Airlines Wilde 150

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Unlike traditional metrics like TSR (total shareholder return), climate-linked incentives in the energy industry so far do not include evaluation against a peer group,” the researchers explain. “As So far, the use of climate-linked incentives involves a degree of experimentation, and there will be scope for refinement over time.

Metrics 87

Metrics Execution Supply Chain Incentives 87

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 16, 2012

Guest post by Rick Lash, from the Hay Group: The matrix has often been described as a new type of organizational structure that is flatter, more interconnected, more global and more innovative. Innovation and the Ghost Organization. Dinosaurs in an Asteroid Storm. They make bold connections outside their own area of expertise.

Environment 250

Environment Self-aware Leadership Emotional Intelligence 250

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Mulligan : I don’t think that any of us imagined the speed at which whole industries, and the jobs they provide, would be massively affected. Think of the restaurant industry or the airline industry. Mulligan tackles in, Hire Purpose , education, training, the classroom, the workplace and workers.

Skills 65

Skills Company Shaw Crisis 65

Ron Edmondson

MAY 16, 2011

There is a fairly new player in the transportation industry that I knew nothing about until recently. I love innovation and change, so I find this company encouraging in numerous ways. Over the years, as airline competition made prices more reasonable, bus transportation seems to have become less popular. Have you seen them?

Transportation 37

Transportation Innovation Travel Airlines 37

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Since the industrial revolution days, companies and economists have been after means of increasing productivity. With objective management, employees are forced to be innovative as well as creative in their operations. By that, the employees stand at a better position to offer innovative ideas that will increase productivity.

Productivity 69

Productivity Products Metrics Micromanagement 69

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

But since deregulation in 1978, airlines in the U.S. airlines filed for bankruptcy. Airlines suddenly leveled off. In the past few years, profits have become positive across the industry, and market caps are soaring from prior lows. airlines earned an estimated $12.4 So what happened? In 2012, the major U.S.

Airlines 8

Airlines Industry Transportation Travel 8

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The CEO of eBay said in an interview, “Most good innovation comes from customers. On Southwest Airlines Flight 22 from El Paso to Phoenix, the flight attendant accepted assistance from two adoring passengers to help pass out peanuts to fellow passengers. Brand lovers contribute ideas that help the brand innovate and grow.

Brand 150

Brand Airlines Wilde Tools 150

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 30, 2021

The authors also highlight how the growth in low-cost airlines has made it easier for workers to find work in other countries. The situation is somewhat different in the United States, with the highly industrialized nature of agriculture meaning that roughly two million farmers are able to produce what 10 million farmers do in Europe.

Supply Chain 122

Supply Chain Airlines Globalization Price 122

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Mulligan : I don’t think that any of us imagined the speed at which whole industries, and the jobs they provide, would be massively affected. Think of the restaurant industry or the airline industry. Mulligan tackles in, Hire Purpose , education, training, the classroom, the workplace and workers.

Skills 50

Skills Company Shaw Crisis 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2016

Why is the airline industry so terrible? This benefits customers – both the high-end customers being chased by incumbents, and the low-end or middle-market consumers being served by disruptors — and the industry at large. In computers, Dell and Gateway were both disruptive to the PC industry by targeting the low end.

Airlines 8

Airlines Travel Industry Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Warren Buffett got burned with an airline investment in the 1990s. He blamed the industry’s notorious low profitability on the “kamikaze pricing tactics of certain carriers” and vowed to not invest in this “death trap” sector again. The industry was indeed unprofitable for decades.

Airlines 8

Airlines Price Hedge Industry 8

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

The most recent being Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation. Paul Nunes and I have known each other for many years, and we’ve both been writing about the subject of disruptive innovation from different vantage points and different angles. DAVID: Yeah. You call it this big bang disruption.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

The crossing of every “t” and the dotting of every “i” is critical in hundreds of industries. None of us want to see pipelines, oil rigs, or airlines compromising safety for speed. Leaders and managers who work in these industries need all of the information. Not everyone or every organization can, or should operate this way.

Power 100

Power Competitive Advantage Airlines Information 100

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

The ride-sharing startups are in the process of thoroughly disrupting the taxi industry. But it’s far too early to eulogize the taxi industry. While Uber deserves kudos for being innovative, let’s be truthful: Its success has come from creatively exploiting a regulatory loophole. Here’s how.

Industry 8

Industry Innovation Price Long-term 8

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 15, 2020

The airline industry has been one of the hardest hit, with roughly 100,000 fewer flights made per day. Data from plane tracking service Flight Radar reveals a 55% fall in flights in the last week of March, compared to the same period last year.

Travel 96

Travel Energy Efficiency Airlines 96

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2014

If I’m going to fly, I have to trust the airline to have sane, sober, skilled, alert pilots. As we let ourselves be vulnerable, we also leave ourselves more open to new ideas, new ways of thinking which leads to empathy and innovation. CS : Yes, I didn’t need to trust them personally, just professionally.

Efficiency 132

Efficiency Energy Senge Resources 132

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2014

In the case of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the most impressive fact few reporters choose to explore in any depth is that the Boeing 777’s engine was capable of communicating long after the pilots went silent. While many major industries have yet to create “IoT” products, that’s not the case with jet turbines.

Airlines 8

Airlines Supply Chain Management Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Southwest Airlines receives a job application every two seconds. Given the talent shortage facing our industry, you’d think we’d be tempted to snap up many of those candidates, particularly ones with backgrounds in engineering and technology.

Airlines 8

Airlines Review Engineering Career 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2012

What’s your industry reputation? How do both leaders and vendors perceive you in your industry? What are you doing to innovate it? They don’t have to talk about their competition – Apple is the innovator. Blackberry, American Airlines, Barnes & Noble, Microsoft, and Tiger Woods to name a few. Are you Amazon?

Brand 50

Brand Reputation Customer Loyalty Industry 50

Surviving Leadership

JUNE 29, 2017

Whether or not you personally like Southwest Airlines (and I love them, so there), you can’t argue with their success in a tough industry. It breeds innovation. It DOES impact the way people work, their ability to be successful, and how your customers view you. It pushes the company forward.

Human Resources 70

Human Resources Diversity Airlines Learning-by-Doing 70

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2014

It’s used to design and develop just about any product you can think of, from consumer goods to industrial equipment – or any service or experience ranging from retail customer service interactions to luxury hotel stays. Singleton told me that in his industry, they call this “data-driven product management.” Innovation Operations'

Software 8

Software Industry Productivity Products 8

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

With the rise of low cost airlines however, shops aren’t the only way you might be fleeced at the airport, and new research highlights how airlines could be using AI to help them price services such as checked bags and seat reservations. “However, not every customer has the same travel and budget needs. Put to the test.

Airlines 68

Airlines Discount Price Travel 68

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2015

The topic of conversation was the hotel industry. Both men thought that the industry was stale and too homogeneous relative to the diversity of customers it sought to serve. The industry had largely been unaltered since the onset of hotel chains over half a century ago. ” They two men were plotting to change that.

Industry 8

Industry Hotels Travel Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2014

Consider Southwest Airlines, which shook up the airline industry with its low-cost, high-customer service approach to air travel. That’s why leaders of large healthcare companies are looking over their shoulder and thinking, “What is that small startup that is going to shake up our industry?

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Airlines Retail 8

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Recent weeks have seen a spate of layoffs being announced by the retail, beverages and the airlines industries totaling nearly 200,000 in number. MGM Resorts International, United Airlines and Coca-Cola are the latest to announce that the furloughed employees have been let go. million, says a MarketWatch report.

Industry 75

Industry Airlines Retail Banking 75

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

The airline industry is a cautionary tale of what happens when companies emulate new business models without bringing over the associated mental models. For over 40 years, Southwest Airlines has been a disruptive force in the airline industry, creating an entirely new category and a record 43 consecutive years of profitability.

Airlines 11

Airlines Strategy Business Model Metrics 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2012

The point is, if you can think, you can innovate. You can be the one who figures out that putting the TV in everyone's airplane seatback could make for a great new airline. And I predict that the innovation will make the electric car the car of the future. If you can ask "why?" you can change the world. Menchie's Yogurt.

Innovation 14

Innovation Retail Airlines Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2014

Research by Hal Gregersen and Jeffrey Dyer in fact shows that questioning is one of the behaviors that successful innovators share. So I’ll pose a question now: What questions should corporate innovators use to increase their odds of success? It is the innovator’s job. What problem is the customer struggling to solve?

Innovation 9

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Learning-by-Doing Participative 9

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Remove them and you will find more time to focus on innovation. Innovate quickly. Innovate constantly. Get strategic. Keep it simple.

Real Estate 66

Real Estate Magazine Rogers Long-term 66

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2015

The CEO knew I was a fan of passion-fueled innovation and thought he had a story I’d find inspiring, hence the call. By most of these metrics, the care compared well with others in the industry — but this wasn’t showing up in the overall satisfaction scores. A year earlier he had taken up his new post at Lakeland.

Innovation 8

Innovation CEO Benchmarking Airlines 8