In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 13, 2012

And although I am no longer engaged in commercial business, I am once again “thinking business” and enjoying the rush of discovering the ideas and innovations of today’s entrepreneurs. That idea can also change you; believe me, there is nothing like a business breakthrough to set the right foundation for the rest of your career.

Entrepreneur 227

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Creativity Energy 227

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

Once I found my life work and pursued career choices that really turned me on, my health miraculously improved. I’ve missed only a few days in decades of work. ” Decades of research on the powerful links between leadership and emotional intelligence reinforce the energy connection.

Energy 52

Energy Crisis Absenteeism Leadership 52

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Kafka’esq bureaucracies can render even the most straightforward of cases torturous in their time and complexity. The project was chosen by MIT Solve as one of the most promising solutions in its Community-Driven Innovation Challenge, which came with a prize fund of over $1.5 Systemic hurdles.

Education 109

Education Business Incubator Incubator Course 109

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

” It’s a topic further developed by a second study from researchers at the Kellogg School. This doesn’t appear to be the case lower down, however, with career civil servants largely insulated from political cycles, with the proportion identifying as both Democrat and Republican staying constant throughout the study period.

Politics 109

Politics Analysis Bureaucracy Influence 109

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

Everybody hates it, but so much of life is ruled by it: bureaucracy. That's why we launched the Beyond Bureaucracy Challenge. We asked management innovators around the world to share their stories and hacks about: Making organizations more inspiring, engaging, and passion-driven. Packaging up Management Innovation.

Bureaucracy 14

Bureaucracy McKinsey Compliance Innovation 14

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2012

And although I am no longer engaged in commercial business, I am once again “thinking business” and enjoying the rush of discovering the ideas and innovations of today’s entrepreneurs. That idea can also change you; believe me, there is nothing like a business breakthrough to set the right foundation for the rest of your career.

Entrepreneur 154

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Brand Creativity 154

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2019

These challenges meant that they overwhelmingly elected to go to larger companies that can help them with the bureaucracy, rather than the startup where their talents might be better put to use. “Nations that prioritize its development, its attraction, its retention, and its movement across borders will be best positioned to compete.

Globalization 52

Globalization Offshoring Human Capital Innovation 52

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 13, 2021

The study suggests that refugees benefit when they reside in ethnic communities as these communities help the newcomers find work and navigate local bureaucracy. The researchers developed an algorithm that was able to assign placements for refugees based upon this data, with the assignments giving them the best chance of integrating.

Policies 90

Policies Analysis Bureaucracy Short-term 90

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

We are delighted to announce the winners of the Beyond Bureaucracy Challenge , the second leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. We asked some big questions in our quest to bust bureaucracy: What does it mean to build an organization in which everyone is aligned and inspired by a deeply-felt sense of purpose?

Bureaucracy 12

Bureaucracy Company Agility CIO 12

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2012

And although I am no longer engaged in commercial business, I am once again “thinking business” and enjoying the rush of discovering the ideas and innovations of today’s entrepreneurs. That idea can also change you; believe me, there is nothing like a business breakthrough to set the right foundation for the rest of your career.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Brand Creativity 92

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2015

Many politicians and commentators mention two critical factors in accomplishing this: increasing innovative capacity and reducing bureaucracy. Second, bureaucracy, laws, and rules exert particular influence in Greece because they help make life more structured and less uncertain. And it all starts in school.

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty Innovation Hofstede Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

For industries that depend on innovation, sustaining it is a constant challenge. These two actions cost almost nothing compared to vast sums often spent — and arguably, often wasted — on efforts to foster innovation. Yet they have already generated tens of millions of dollars in value for Roivant.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Incentives Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2013

You''ve been working at a small start-up for a while now when a large, deep-pocketed corporation comes knocking, asking you to join its innovation team. Or will you end up drowning in bureaucracy, pining for the white-knuckled start-up pace you''re used to? Should you take the job? Is the company "healthy but worried?"

Innovation 8

Innovation Uncertainty Bureaucracy Industry 8

Roundtable Talk

JUNE 22, 2010

Plan: Plans need to be continually reviewed to keep the team on track Productivity (Measures & Accountability): assigning tasks, measuring success and rewarding results are an oft overlooked element of successful team development.

Tips 34

Tips Team Bottom-up Teamwork 34

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Have you ever wanted to blow up the bureaucracy at your organization? Born partly out of frustration with traditional university bureaucracies, SFI has no departments, no formal hierarchies, and no tenure. That’s what SFI’s founders did. Instead of celebrating failure, we need to reframe the challenge.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Wilde Uncertainty Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The appointment of Mary Barra as CEO-to-be of General Motors is a signal to car-lovers everywhere that the company is serious about its products and vehicle innovation. The centrality of innovation to the future — electric cars, hybrids, self-driving cars, and beyond — makes her experience pivotal. This is a new GM.

Engineering 11

Engineering CFO Industry Bureaucracy 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Innovation is one those evergreen themes: it is a rare CEO who doesn't list innovation as one her top four or five priorities. But innovation is an elusive beast. We can look to companies renowned for innovation — like Apple and Google — and try to learn from them. So what to do? But that's a flawed approach.

Company 8

Company Stage-Gate Innovation Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

That was certainly true for Jane Harper, who spent a nearly 30-year career at IBM asking the kinds of questions most people don't want to touch. Share it here and join the Beyond Bureaucracy Challenge to share your stories, ideas, and practices about what it takes to make our organizations more inspiring, open and free.

Organization 15

Organization Open-book Bureaucracy CEO 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

We set out to change how the department thought about and treated talent through the full career cycle of our uniformed and civilian personnel, from their recruitment through their training, advancement, retention, and retirement. Developing Talent. Attracting Talent.

Talent Management 10

Talent Management Learning-by-Doing Advertising Training 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

The answers “I am not up to much” and “I have some time on my hands, actually” are not going to do much for your internal status and career. And thinking is in fact quite an important activity when it comes to assessing and developing a strategy.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Short-term Mintzberg 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

” In less mature economies and fragile regions of the world, entrepreneurs are just as, if not more, critical to livelihoods and development. Among the initial findings : more effective programs emphasize communication skills, networking, and organizational structure over developing finance and accounting skills.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Policies Entrepreneur NGO 8