Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim – 12th President, the World Bank. Authority on new technology and communication. Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Former Executive VP and Head of Strategy & Transformation at TMB Bank. President Dartmouth College.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

What is a business without proper technology? The answer often reopens the typical debate about technology; namely should a business invest in tech or should it instead focus on other factors of success such as hiring the right team, keeping track of the trends on the market and managing your brand reputation.

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Tips Technology Depreciation Entrepreneur 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Banks with cash didn't lend it. Gulf region didn't destroy the company, didn't stop offshore oil drilling for very long, and didn't produce the political will to push for alternative energy sources. Technology companies with the capabilities and courage to innovate were bright spots and signals of important trends for the future.

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Technology Innovation Offshoring Trends 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

If you believe the hype, technology is going to help us end global poverty. Berkeley researcher Kentaro Toyama has a blog dedicated to calling out naïve or inappropriate uses of information and communication technologies (ICT). To do that, it's vital that technology be suitable and relevant to the lives of its users.

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Technology Microfinance Banking Document 16

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

Business drivers examined include: Building high-performance cultures; engaging employees; cultivating a customer-focused culture; creating alignment and accountability; enhancing organizational talent; building strategic partnerships and relationships, driving process innovation and driving efficiency. Wellins, Ph.D.,

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Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

energy industries, from oil and gas to ethanol, wind, and solar, have long enjoyed lavish government subsidies and other support. One reason that clean energy tends to be more expensive than fossil fuel is that it can be. But those days are coming to an end. As long as it's subsidized, there is little pressure to compete on price.

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Energy Price Long-term Banking 10

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? Walt Disney, one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time realized the value of action when he said: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.&# Do you have great vision? Are you a master of strategy?

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Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 387

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

This kind of innovation is almost a textbook example of frugal innovation. What’s more, many of the innovations originate in relatively poor, underdeveloped regions or are designed to serve low-income customers, which means that the innovators have no choice but to be frugal. housing sector.

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Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. In fact, most differences don’t require intervention as they actually contribute to a dynamic, creative, innovative culture. Thank you for sharing Mike!

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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.

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Real Estate Magazine Rogers Long-term 66

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

New research , funded by the Tony Elumelu Foundation and conducted by my team at the African Institution of Technology , shows that within Africa, innovation is accelerating and the continent is finding better ways of solving local problems, even as it attracts top technology global brands.

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Innovation Engineering Entrepreneur Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

If you believe the hype, technology is going to help us end global poverty. Berkeley researcher Kentaro Toyama has a blog dedicated to calling out naïve or inappropriate uses of information and communication technologies (ICT). To do that, it's vital that technology be suitable and relevant to the lives of its users.

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Technology Microfinance Banking Document 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

” Together they capture the difference between technological progress, which in certain periods occurs exponentially, and the “progress” we make in changing human nature — which is to say, no progress at all. When the purposes, processes, and technologies of work change, we need to make some change in how we manage.

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Technology Management Drucker Gordon 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

President Obama gave a stirring speech last night, saying "We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world." He used the word "innovate" more times in his State of the Union than any other U.S. But the obstacles to boosting innovation in the US are far higher than the President acknowledged.

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Policies Innovation Fast Follower Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Over the past few decades, Silicon Valley has been such a powerful engine for entrepreneurship in technology that, all too often, it is considered to be some kind of panacea. The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 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. Innovation on a budget. He concentrates on removing what he calls “log jams”: things that sap energy, introduce inefficiency and create tension.

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Tools Black-Scholes Magazine Rogers 56

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

To stay competitive, organizations need to continually find opportunities for innovation in key processes such as customer service and product development, and adoption of a new process almost always requires the implementation of new information technology. Avoiding a new technology may not be an option, but it shouldn't come first.

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Process Innovation Hammer Resistance 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

These stock buybacks have come under criticism as a bad investment – the argument being that companies sitting on record amounts of cash ought to invest in innovation, salaries, or at least dividends, rather than pumping up their own stock price through buybacks. The list goes on. Not so fast. However, not all investments are equal.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

You can’t drive your vehicle on an empty tank, nor can you lead your life or teams with zero energy. My energy levels are based on the foods and beverages I consume. The energy, focus, and creativity I gain from staying active and healthy allow me to work better and longer. Your leadership is like a bank account.

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

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

A regional bank wouldn’t allow sales teams to share a new marketing campaign on their personal Twitter and Facebook pages because they couldn’t officially represent the company. Time was wasted, energy was depleted, and the mood shifted from possibility to pessimism. Here’s how. Involve legal from the beginning.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

The article is a call to arms for corporate innovators to seize the opportunities that only a big company can realize and to corporate leaders to ensure they create a culture conducive to transformational innovation and impact. So it might seem counterintuitive to suggest that large companies are where the innovation action will be.

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CO2

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Modern day technology has given us the best quality of life to date. Your bank account may beg for you to quit. If you’re looking to succeed as an entrepreneur, accept the fact that some of your ideas may need some re-working in order to reach their full potential. Opportunistic Opportunity is everywhere. You’ll lose confidence.

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Entrepreneur Succession Positioning Creativity 78

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

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. However, no one is saying “before we can do analytics we must explain the take-to-the-bank value of analytics to decision makers.”

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Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 52

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Digital technology is the biggest agitator of the business world today. Mobile technology, social media, cloud computing, embedded devices, big data, and analytics have radically changed the nature of work and competition. And digital innovations will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Digital transformation is.

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Management Drucker Technology Information Technology 9

CO2

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Modern day technology has given us the best quality of life to date. Your bank account may beg for you to quit. If you’re looking to succeed as an entrepreneur, accept the fact that some of your ideas may need some re-working in order to reach their full potential. Opportunistic. Opportunity is everywhere. You’ll lose confidence.

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Entrepreneur Succession Positioning Creativity 60

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In research for our book, Time, Talent and Energy, my co-author Michael Mankins and I found that such investments do indeed pay off: The top-quartile companies in our study unlocked 40% more productive power in their workforce through better practices in time, talent and energy management. Yet, only one in eight employees are inspired.

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Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

With the pace of digital “always on” streaming devices and technology innovation accelerating, one might think technology would continue to pose a challenge for businesses. An upstream energy equipment manufacturer, for example, used this approach to better understand the amount of time production equipment sat idling.

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Banking Hypercompetition Constraint Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2011

The beneficiaries will be small businesses that provide innovative products, services and solutions. Gone were the days where careers were routed through banks and mining companies. There is no week in big cities when a technology event is not happening. We have also observed more funding opportunities for technology companies.

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Banking Technology Transportation Incentives 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reported that companies waste 30% of the energy they consume. For many businesses, this is equivalent to overspending on energy by that amount to achieve current production levels. You’d think that increasingly sophisticated technology would help reduce this waste.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

Technology has connected more people in more places at more times than ever before. For example, Kyle is an EVP of large bank. It’s in the new that insights, ideas, and innovation comes from. Motivational architects work by addressing four fundamental human needs: Safety, Energy, Purpose, and Ownership.

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Leadership Open-book Learning-by-Doing Quality 108

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

With the pace of digital “always on” streaming devices and technology innovation accelerating, one might think technology would continue to pose a challenge for businesses. Within the next three years there will be over 20 billion connected devices (e.g. 13,500 sites, 20 TB, 15 seconds to render).

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Banking Hypercompetition Constraint Analysis 8

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. For me, the point of his story was simple but profound: empathy is the engine of innovation. These are exactly the sorts of soul-destroying experiences that energize innovators.

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Innovation CEO Benchmarking Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

He’s unleashed huge innovations and presided over unprecedented growth. Ridge’s devotion to building an organization of “learning maniacs” who are zealous about engaging with new technologies and business models. But it’s the mindset he personifies that defines the fast-growing bank.

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Banking Learning-by-Doing Business Model Energy 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

President Obama, with his counterparts in Canada and Mexico, agreed to some aggressive regional targets on renewable energy and efficiency. At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. All of this will affect companies of all stripes.

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Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. The transformational force that has brought affordability and accessibility to other industries is disruptive innovation. Regulation should facilitate it.

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Health Care Disruptive Innovation Christensen Business Model 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

financial services sector went from 13,000 of independent banks to half that number, while the top ten banks grew from 20% market share to 60%. As of 2013, the top ten banks had 70% of the market. In chemicals, energy, technology, beer and more, you can see a multi-decade trend toward the consolidation of behemoths.

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