Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The founder of a health-oriented app business stays motivated, despite setbacks and dead ends, by participating actively in forums dedicated to the health problems his business is aimed at solving. Artisans' cooperatives help market products from diverse artists. This lifts his spirits and inspires talented people to join his team.

Entrepreneur 16

Entrepreneur Cooper Apparel Bureaucracy 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2011

They quickly learned that the conventional approach of a few executives (and maybe a handful of outside consultants) drafting a strategy behind closed doors to present to the wider organization would never fly in a company that valued openness and participation as fervently as Red Hat. Even if those ideas actively contradict what you think.

COO 12

COO Learning-by-Doing Bureaucracy Strategy 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2014

Airbnb is not only challenging the biggest hotel chains but also challenging the bureaucracy, going after the New York City housing and tax laws that stand it its way. Likewise, internal team members have some of the best creative ideas but are sometimes afraid to participate. Such systems are taking on incumbents in every industry.

Marketing 8

Marketing Disintermediation Hotels Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

Most were eager to participate in the post-war boom that created a promising economic climate. Understanding individuals' backgrounds and resultant perspectives or mental models both within generations and across geographies helps leaders grapple with the diversity, challenges, and potential of a global workforce.

Education 14

Education Compliance White Paper Politics 14

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

How diverse is the planning committee? Running a bureaucracy. Let your people participate in devising the indicators. How well can management interpret and apply findings to the decision process? Does your strategic plan adequately describe what you do? Do performance measures provide an early warning system for problems?

Strategic Planning 71

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 71

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2017

We have all heard about a gap when it comes to participation of women in the tech industry. ” What this speaks to is an opportunity for the tech industry — both to address internal diversity issues and to address how companies think about the products they create around the world. michael suriano/unsplash.

Globalization 8

Globalization Participative Telecommunications Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2013

Frustrated employees were complaining about the lack of amenities — such as child care facilities — on campus and the stifling bureaucracy which, for instance, made expense reimbursment a time-consuming process.

Innovation 8

Innovation Attrition Software Globalization 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

What is their commitment toward literacy, social services, health care, the environment, multicultural diversity and other key issues that really create a better life? Products and services assist the bureaucracy to do its job more efficiently but cannot claim credit for Big Picture success of a client’s entire industry.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50