Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The Nike Foundation also leans on its expertise in innovation and scale to find solutions to poverty, while keeping its operations separate from the business. Day says, "we have been able to use the best of our Nike DNA, but have the freedom to operate as an independent force for change in the development sector.

Core Competence 15

Core Competence Market Segmentation Globalization Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Today, many high-profile companies— Cisco , Google , IBM , Samsung , Siemens , Disney , Volkswagen and Deutsche Bank , to name a few—contain such roving consulting groups to help solve the most critical strategy and operations problems throughout the business. Exceed client expectations. Measure success.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

That exceeds its operating income of $52.5 Some, like the development of specific technology for a new product, largely benefit one firm. As Ed Lazowska , who co-chaired President Bush’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, says, “In it’s essence, innovation is combination. billion by more than 7%.

Innovation 8

Innovation Short-term Long-term Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2013

At Boeing, all enterprise technology (including digital) investments are managed by the CTO, which enables significant synergies. For Commonwealth Bank of Australia, convergence involved bringing together operations and IT into a new unit, Enterprise Services (ES), headed by the CIO. Coordination. CIOs Must Lead Outside of IT.

CIO 8

CIO Organization Committee CTO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2014

France: Pushing quotas and operational roles. There has been a subsequent improvement from 11% to 15% of female Executive Committee members, and 70% of companies in the top 20 now have at least one woman on their senior executive teams – up from 60% last year. Likewise, the number in line or operational roles is essentially static.

Execution 9

Execution Committee Diversity Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

For example, Walmart doesn't succeed just because of a strong operations group. Many companies try to build complex capabilities by assembling small-scale functional teams — committees of people from the relevant professional groups to tackle particular problems.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Real Estate Short-term Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2015

Lola is a labor and delivery nurse, an administrator and partner in a 65-bed long-term-care facility, president and consultant in a software technology company, director of operations in a long-term-care consulting company, chair of several hospital committees, and volunteer for a women’s fertility organization that travels to Africa.

PR 8

PR Long-term Consultative Career 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Major institutions such as banks have a long history of establishing redundant systems to survive cyber-attacks. They must prepare for cyber crises that could cripple not just their own operations, but spread through their industry and across others as well. Some are even adopting operating offline as their preferred approach.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Industry Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2017

Their operations involve partnerships, specializations, and supply chains. Rather than thinking of a clandestine hacker working out of a basement, you will be better served to picture a sophisticated, professional operation working out of an office tower. After all, most want to make a profit. Lies, Deceit, and Email Attacks.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain System CFO Operations 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

I further made recommendations that future charitable requests would go through committee and that the client’s partners and key executives were better suited by serving on community boards, thus polishing their own luster. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2013

American corporations operated in a very different environment in the postwar period. Second, due to developments in financial technology that weakened their ability to profit from lending, the large commercial banks turned toward fee-for-service activities, morphing increasingly into quasi-investment banks.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis CEO Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican. Both Republicans and Democrats say the most effective board committee is audit/finance.

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8