Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Editor’s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. The innovative system promised to reduce local governments’ energy consumption and maintenance costs and improve their constituent relationships.

Case Study 8

Case Study Business Model CFO Software 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

When innovations threaten to disrupt an industry by replacing an old business model with a new one, incumbents need to invest in that model in order to survive. But what if an innovation poses a threat, and you can’t yet tell whether it has genuinely transformative potential? These are rarely studied questions.

Company 8

Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

As the chairman and CEO of Mzinga ® , a company that provides social software to businesses, quite literally, it’s my job to be social media savvy. Essentially, these statistics tell us that companies need to embrace and capture the voices of their employees and customers if they want to innovate and thrive.

Media 67

Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2011

Intranet: Like many companies, we have an intranet, and this is where groups of domain experts across disciplines and locations can share knowledge in the form of presentations, whitepapers, and case studies. He can be found on Twitter at @Richardsona.

Knowledge Management 15

Knowledge Management Management Directory Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

It is also an entertaining case study in the power of grassroots innovation and open-source creativity, a positive symbol of how unchecked human energy, shaped by a few simple rules, can unleash truly amazing results. Is a colorful symbol of the performance of open-source innovation. Who gets to perform?

Creativity 8

Creativity Participative Audience Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

Fast forward more than a century to the launch of the Toyota Prius, which succeeded not by going full electric, but making a gas-powered car, something people were already familiar with, more energy efficient. There are case studies in other sectors too: Just look at Chobani. Distinct, but optimally so.

Productivity 10

Productivity Products Succession Transportation 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

These three mini case studies will show you just how profound those shifts will be. A new category means new skills: Suddenly, many of Lowe’s 240,000 retail employees must be able to talk software and apps, and know how to connect IRIS to all these other products, so the company is training them.

Industry 10

Industry Retail Software Marketing 10