Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2012

Some senior leaders simply lean harder on their operating units, increasing their targets and demanding more growth. But when the retailer took a more careful look, it found that its best opportunity was to get people to buy more in the categories they were already shopping (such as apparel or electronics or groceries). Celebrate it.

Retail 11

Retail Long-term Short-term Apparel 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

And 43% cited technology expertise, HR-talent management, international-global expertise, and succession planning as the skills missing most on their boards. The industry with the greatest skills gap was IT & telecommunications, whose boards are in serious need of international-global expertise and HR-talent management.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

And the more growth opportunities stretch beyond a company’s current capabilities, the more the company needs to build systems to manage the unique nature of these opportunities (the kind we describe in more depth in our recent article “ Build an Innovation Engine in 90 Days ” and our 2012 e-book Building a Growth Factory ).

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Until recently, determining who works when involved store managers manually slotting each employee into shifts on paper. Starbucks’ experience is common among a number of retailers who have taken their passion for engineering and optimizing schedules too far.

Software 9

Software Management Retail How To 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The best analysis of the resource scarcity mega-trend came from asset manager Jeremy Grantham. So it's no wonder that business started to wake up to the serious danger that storms and shortages present to their operations, both from direct damage to property and from massive production interruptions (i.e., business continuity").

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Inevitably, not all of the final pitches were winners but, to Facebook, the potential for uncovering groundbreaking innovations is worth pulling a couple hundred engineers away from their everyday tasks. It could also be a process or a set of operating norms that set the stage for bigger changes.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Banking Brainstorming Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

We're delighted to announce the winners of the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge , the third leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. The athletic apparel giant has also engaged a broad base of partners (and competitors) in innovation toward that goal. It's not enough to change one company.

Organization 14

Organization Cooper McKinsey Long-term 14