Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Over the past six years, we have put in place a 30-person consulting team at EMC Information Infrastructure (EMC II) using a model we have found to be successful, winning projects away from external management consulting firms at a fraction of the cost, and with great “client” (that is to say, EMC) satisfaction. Measure success.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

Questions alone might be clever, but as Jeff Dyer, Clayton Christensen, and I found in our research behind The Innovator''s DNA , they rarely produce positive impacts. What you discover in this questioning quest might not only surprise you, but may also unearth an entirely new direction for your team, organization, or career.

Brainstorming 8

Brainstorming Christensen Disruptive Innovation Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2016

When I asked professional contacts for their advice to interns, they consistently listed punctuality as a critical success factor. Renowned management thinker Clay Christensen recommends spending time formulating the right questions. Ryan, an executive in a municipal government, says, “Always be on time.

Critical Success Factor 8

Critical Success Factor Ryan Christensen Advice 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

My own publisher, HBS Press, published two the very same month as my book — one of them co-authored by heavyweight Clay Christensen. What if success or failure is just one unexpected moment away? Ask for the keys to career success and you'll get logical explanations, recommendations, pathways and approaches.

Succession 17

Succession Diversity Open-book Innovation 17

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2012

Human Resources" have changed when most of the people who create value for your organization are neither hired nor paid by you. From isolated organizations to communities. The social era will reward those organizations that understand they can create more value with communities than they can on their own. Everything.

Christensen 16

Christensen Business Model Decentralization Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

When I suggested to Clayton Christensen that we partner with Hatkoff to create the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards , Clay’s response was : I trust you Whitney. She loved her job, and with a background in public affairs in communications had been successful in both international business and management roles.

Innovation 11

Innovation Christensen Decisionmaking CTO 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

Associate director for the Motivation Science Center at the Columbia University Business School and author of Nine Things Successful People Do Differently. The key to success (scientifically speaking) is perseverance. But those paths, the ones you learned about in your career offices aren''t the only ones afforded to you.

Advice 12

Advice Learning-by-Doing Career Open-book 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

A creativity consultant said to signal that it was a new era in the organization, all of the top executives should dress up as innovation superheroes. If your organization does indeed have mechanisms to take idea fragments, process them, and turn them into fully fleshed out innovations, by all means open up the idea spigot.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Six Sigma Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

They can be wildly successful, but they can also crash and burn. Now consider the Business Innovation Factory (BIF) , an organization that seeks to bring cutting edge innovation techniques to social initiatives, many of which are similar to those Pepsi Refresh sought to promote. Clearly, social initiatives are not a panacea.

Media 8

Media Marketing Strategy Groupthink Kaplan 8

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

In the two decades since the institution was forged, they believe that the foundations for success have been established, with the centrepiece being the Education City district that houses the educational, scientific and entrepreneurial efforts of the city. Unlocking human potential. Institutional advantage.

Resources 78

Resources Innovation GDP Education 78