Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

North American restaurant chain Panera Bread is experimenting with a nonprofit variation, where the company donates a number of existing stores to its "Panera Cares" foundation. At these locations, any money made goes first to fund operations, and additional profits go to local charities. BONUS BITS: Telecommunications Takedowns.

Apparel 8

Apparel Telecommunications Transportation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Many companies extol the value of work-life balance for their employees, but the reality for senior executives? What they don't understand is that modern-day telecommunications, the hair-trigger requirements of financial markets, and the pace of global organizations create 24 x 7 work lives for most executives. There isn't any.

Stress 15

Stress Telecommunications Goleman Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2018

But it’s poised to transform all sectors, from retail, telecommunications, and agriculture to health, trucking, and the penal system. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. When Chang was at Twitter, that company was focused on growth. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

Ethics 8

Ethics Learning-by-Doing Industry Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

Khazanah recognized that Malaysia needed future national leaders with a wide variety of experiences that were far more varied than any of the individual companies in their portfolio could offer alone. Khazanah convinced their portfolio companies to trade their leaders. The main driver for me was to be CFO of a quoted company.

CFO 8

CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I also argued in my last post that the CEO has a critical and unique role to play in process improvement, enabling a companys activities to be redesigned across functions and divisions. But if board members conclude that their companys vitality depends on process improvement, what kind of CEO should they choose?

Process 14

Process CEO Insurance Banking 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Ellen Kullman (DuPont), Maria das Graças Silva Foster (Petrobras), and Chua Sock Koong (Singapore Telecommunications) lead three of the most powerful companies in the world. For many women in the developing world, a better approach may be to gain employment in existing companies.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Flextime Globalization Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

I often find myself immersed in the perfect pacing of a well-constructed mystery, the flawless delivery of that once-in-a-lifetime monologue, the scale and grandeur of the next big blockbuster — I get so caught up in all of it, sometimes I forget that I generally go there to tell companies their businesses are in trouble.

Rogers 14

Rogers Telecommunications Disruptive Innovation Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

We have reviewed hundreds of corporate announcements and websites, interviewed numerous leadership experts, and conducted an analysis of CEO changes and successions over the past five years at S&P 500 and Global 100 companies. Attuned to the times, he or she has a stronger chance to uncover and release a company’s latent potential.

CEO 9

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

We operate in a business landscape driven by an obsession with youth. I used to work in the red-hot center of one of the most youth-oriented companies on the planet, Nickelodeon. An obsession with youth is not a phenomenon unique to a company like MTV Networks, focused on programming for people under 30. I should know.

COO 13

COO Chief Financial Officer Telecommunications Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Now consider the joint judgment involved in a process of co-creation , whereby companies collaborate with customers or other partners to bring new offerings to market. He is author (with Josiah Ober) of A Company of Citizens: What the Worlds First Democracy Teaches Leaders About Creating Great Organizations.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 10, 2011

Pursuing Entrepreneurial Companies: Grad Advice. When a company has clout, there isn’t much incentive to re-invent. To ‘entrepreneurs in waiting’ who want to begin their careers in a corporation, I suggest the following: 1. Sixty-five innovative operations - four in the state of California alone. In the CEO Afterlife.

CEO 170

CEO Advice Company Competitive Advantage 170

HR Digest

JULY 22, 2019

Robotic loaders and remotely-controlled trucks are significantly reducing operational costs in the mining sector. More people are becoming skeptical about choosing certain careers, while employers in some sectors are getting more assurance of not having to push so hard on talent management in the future. billion by 2023.

Industry 87

Industry Operations Transportation Technology 87