Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

Notwithstanding the considerable career and financial (I am the primary breadwinner) risks involved, it was time to leave my comfortable perch and become an entrepreneur. Six years into my mid-career move, here are some lessons learned from my personal disruptive trajectory: If it feels scary and lonely, you're probably on the right track.

Disruptive Innovation 17

Disruptive Innovation Christensen Metrics Innovation 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

Especially in this job market. Here's what we believe, surveying the landscape: It would take something like 1,000 hours — and maybe a lot longer — to recover from a forced career change. In 1966, students arriving at an engineering college were told that they would be obsolete in seven years. And you may be right.

Retail 14

Retail Gordon Education Industry 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Germany does a better job on innovation in areas as diverse as sustainable energy systems, molecular biotech, lasers, and experimental software engineering. An American PhD student in computer science never even thinks about a career in the automobile industry — or, for that matter, other manufacturing-related fields. Innovation'

Innovation 15

Innovation GDP Telecommunications Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Ask them if they apply much else from else from economics in their actual business careers, and you’re likely to hear “not much.”. Economists and market design. Most markets “clear” by having prices signal producers to make just enough that purchasers are willing to purchase. Here a few notable examples.

Strategy 12

Strategy Black-Scholes Airlines Price 12

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

You can also consider a business that awakens a massive industry then dominates the market shares globally at the same time, busting misconceptions about the way the food service industry must treat employees. $16 In southeast Michigan – arguably the toughest labor market in the world. UAW wasn’t too happy about that.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

You can also consider a business that awakens a massive industry then dominates the market shares globally at the same time, busting misconceptions about the way the food service industry must treat employees. $16 In southeast Michigan – arguably the toughest labor market in the world. UAW wasn’t too happy about that.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2011

When an office bully starts running wild, there are often two employees to blame. Roger, a vice president of sales and marketing in the pharmaceutical industry, was one such Pleaser. Roger is the oldest son of an electrical engineer in the Midwest. Unfortunately, in many such cases, justice seems to proceed at a glacial pace.

Rogers 15

Rogers Morale Long-term Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2013

By helping local food processors produce safer and more nutritious foods, could we help create sustainable market access and better livelihoods for millions of African farmers and their families? Because PFS is helping COMACO grow, creating markets for her crops, Veronica's income is rising. Enlist on-the-ground support.

Technology 8

Technology Class Engineering Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

For Alexis Products to survive, Steph needed to either come up with another hit — quickly — or formulate a cohesive strategy to take on the language-learning market as a serious competitor. She was an engineer and programmer. The Brrrd has launched us into a market that's lucrative and fast-growing.

Case Study 8

Case Study Retail Learning-by-Doing Education 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

As the new CEO of Google, he has been handed the keys to one of the world’s most valuable brands , the top website to open to get to other websites , the most popular operating system for smartphones , and the most desirable employer for engineering or business graduates. To the average user, search engines feel interchangeable.

CEO 8

CEO Engineering Advertising Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

But they have one huge problem that literally keeps them up at night: Young people find their companies dull and don’t have much enthusiasm for a career in their field. I hear it time and again — How can we compete with Facebook or Google for young engineers? Who wants to work there as opposed to Apple or Google?

Insurance 12

Insurance Company Article Wilde 12

Management Craft

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Not performing because the engine is off. Also in the group was a woman who was a freelance marketing communications writer (someone who makes a living explaining businesses). In his email to me he wrote, “These last four days have truly been the most productive and rewarding of my entire career as a musician.”

How To 69

How To Course Chaos Theory Hotels 69

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The most disruptive, unforeseen, and just plain awesome breakthroughs, that reimagine, reinvent, and reconceive a product, a company, a market, an industry, or perhaps even an entire economy rarely come from the single-minded pursuit of the busier and busier busywork of "business." Theyve been finely engineered, instead, to do.

Short-term 15

Short-term Guidelines Mass Marketing Telecommunications 15

Management Craft

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Not performing because the engine is off. Also in the group was a woman who was a freelance marketing communications writer (someone who makes a living explaining businesses). In his email to me he wrote, “These last four days have truly been the most productive and rewarding of my entire career as a musician.”

How To 40

How To Course Chaos Theory Hotels 40

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

Not long after Alan Greenspan stepped down as Federal Reserve chairman in 2006, global financial markets began to unravel. Greenspan had a long career as a private economic analyst and forecaster behind him when he was appointed Federal Reserve chairman in 1987. It’s true of all commodity markets. Fear beats greed.

Long-term 12

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 12