HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

Adobe For All is a core platform of our employee experience, and during the pandemic, our employee networks went global as they stayed connected and engaged virtually. As a global software company, we have decades of experience with software teams who are geographically distributed.

Software 98

Software Engineering Learning-by-Doing Diversity 98

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Global Practice Chair, Strategy N2Growth. The clock is ticking, change is accelerating, and a disruptive technology or business model is just around the corner. By Mark Hefner. ADVANTAGE STRATEGY. Five Paradigm-Shifting Principles. Repeatable processes and procedures add great value in stable and predictable times.

Process 150

Process Agility Competitive Advantage Strategy 150

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

3D printing is poised to redefine global manufacturing and distribution. It could upend supply chains, business models, customer relationships, and even entrepreneurship itself. Imagine the changes afoot in the pharmaceutical, medical device, automotive, and consumer electronics industries.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Execution Analysis Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

In 2016, former American Express CEO Ken Chenault tasked chief human resource officer Kevin Cox with finding new opportunities that would drive innovation and revenue growth. In Amex’s first revenue challenge, business leaders purchased five ideas on the spot and designated four as pending. American Express.

Development 9

Development Participative Conference Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Energy, agriculture, insurance, retail, human resources — no industry is unaffected. The new business model has yet to solidify, and the leaders have yet to emerge. Think of the colleges that are increasingly able to identify students at risk of dropping out and intervene before they do. They’re also sharing risk.

Health Care 8

Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

The fact that there will be a global system of interconnected computer networks, sensors, actuators, and devices all using the internet protocol holds so much potential to change our lives that it is often referred to as the internet''s next generation. So will some six billion devices.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Business Model Software Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

Sustainability pressures force changes in how we build our supply chains, how we design and manufacture products, how we deliver services, how we create and execute our business models and strategies, how we develop financial metrics to measure success, how we attract and retain 21st-century, holistic thinkers, and on and on.

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Business Model Trends Quality 11

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For example, when my book publisher was hit by Hurricane Wilma, (thus my upcoming book was literally blown away), I turned to graphic design where I had received all my training and contacts—but with a much different business model.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

— data from the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor showed that the vast majority of the 69 countries surveyed reported higher entrepreneurial activity among immigrants than among natives, especially in growth-oriented ventures. Similarly, about one-fourth of all technology and engineering companies started in the U.S.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Retail Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

In fact, only eight percent of companies’ CEOs believe that their business model will remain economically viable if their industry continues to digitize at its current course and speed. They’ve treated human resources and human resource management as a tier-one asset.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

With the ad market under $70 million, many of our local competitors were rapidly experimenting with new types of revenue and business models and were far ahead of us. Only legal, finance, and human resources still reported back to headquarters. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

When your company is in trouble — a new competitor or technology threatens your business model, your cost structure changes, the economy tanks — you have one job as a leader: to get the company back on track. The crisis provides compelling reason for change and, if companies can weather it, they can emerge stronger.

Crisis 8

Crisis Banking CEO Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

Another global retail giant, The Coca-Cola Company, has been celebrated for its water stewardship initiative. Greg Koch tells the story of how plant managers around the world have absorbed their connection to the communities in which they do business, and work hard to earn the "social license" to operate.

Organization 13

Organization Cooper McKinsey Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

First, fixating on ROE fails to maximize the benefit of business to society because it measures value in terms of returns to only one stakeholder; second, it allocates human resources as if maximizing the efficiency of financial capital were critical to growth of social welfare.

ROE 12

ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 12