Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Global supply chains can cut across many “cultures”: national, industry, technology, market segment, and more. Luckily, this single contract was pivotal in helping HarQen reposition themselves from a technology-driven voice response company, to a market-driven recruiting systems one.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2018

“As a manager, it’s necessary to ask questions about your employee’s preferences in a respectful way,” says Adina, a manager at a global technology company. When there are employees from diverse backgrounds at an event, go out of your way to introduce women and people of color to important stakeholders, says Collins.

Management 10

Management Diversity Collins Committee 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

This simple exercise grows out of a powerful question I heard years ago from advertising legend Roy Spence , who says he got it from Jim Collins of Good to Great fame. Apple is an obvious passion brand in the performance-obsessed technology world — maybe the greatest passion brand in the world.

Company 10

Company Brand Banking Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2016

Technology may be heading toward self-driving cars and genomics-inspired medicine, but most people believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. ” I’ve just finished writing a book about companies in pretty ordinary settings (banks, hospitals, even a parking garage) that have won big by doing truly extraordinary things.

Collins 8

Collins Motivation Open-book Creativity 8