Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

There was Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech, delivered at the age of 34, and Neil Armstrong walking on the surface of the moon at the age of 38. How would a "social enterprise" like PlanetTran, the hybrid car service, operate without Toyota, who makes the Prius, which constitutes their fleet?

NGO 18

NGO Armstrong Industry Advertising 18

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

Nearly 65 million surgical operations were performed last year in the U.S., resulting in an estimated 200,000 deaths from complications or other post-operative issues. Older procedures required cutting large openings to operate on a patient (e.g., commercial aviation, nuclear power, and naval aircraft carrier operations).

Innovation 8

Innovation Health Care Operations Compliance 8

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

Which leads me to this conclusion; one of the healthiest habits you can operate in is healthy thinking! Steven Armstrong of StevenArmstrong.ca. This has been the biggest contributor to how I operate now. What is that!?” While a joke, I find that at times, it is not as funny as you may have initially thought. I could breathe.

Succession 316

Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2013

Then the companies that considered themselves truly global went a step further, staffing their Chinese operations with Chinese managers. Now leading U.S. And how often do you really influence people by your words anyway? —Andy O''Connell. BONUS BITS: In Retrospect. Innovation'

Innovation 8

Innovation Armstrong Globalization Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

Smith was ready to be discharged home after his laryngectomy, an extensive operation that removes a patient’s throat due to cancer. In the opinion of Dr. Lu-Myers, he was a capable man who had passed his physical and occupational therapy evaluations with flying colors.

Health Care 10

Health Care Diversity Armstrong Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

Armstrong’s Killer App. Edwin Howard Armstrong was a science prodigy. In 1934, the same year that the FRC became the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Armstrong was perfecting a new radio technology that offered superior reception: “high fidelity.” Steve Jobs was the Baby Boomer version of Armstrong.

Armstrong 8

Armstrong Wireless Succession Licensing 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

The first which I attended was at the Armstrong-Johnson Ford dealership. It occupied one counter at 2-J’s Hamburgers, an established Austin restaurant, owned and operated by Ralph Moreland. In 1959, radio stations used to do live remotes from advertisers’ locations.

Franchising 64

Franchising Budgeting Pryor Consultative 64

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Otherwise they don’t trust you and they can’t really operate very well. I’m reading about … I’m very interested in Custer, for various reasons, George Armstrong Custer. They should reread what they write. That’s a true statement. I got through okay though.

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Drucker Class Armstrong Books 74

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2018

John Paul Getty installed a coin-operated pay phone in his villa to avoid subsidizing his guests’ phone calls; at the time, he was the richest man in the world. Tim Armstrong, during his tenure as the CEO of AOL, fired an executive on a live conference call after the exec snapped a photo of him for the internal website.

Succession 14

Succession Armstrong Self-aware Wilde 14