HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

But as a company who also values innovation and “looking around the corner,” we are always challenging the status quo—so absolutely, there is always room for improvement! 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

HR Digest

MAY 26, 2023

76 percent recognized that software-related jobs such as IT is probable to witness a positive impact and wide-scale adoption of generative AI in their businesses. 62 percent of participants believed that AI could encourage innovation to guide the development of novel products and services.

Productivity 52

Productivity Products Efficiency Human Capital 52

HR Digest

MAY 15, 2024

Instructional Design : Develop engaging and effective training content, incorporating a variety of instructional methods, such as interactive presentations, hands-on exercises, case studies, and virtual simulations, to cater to different learning styles.

Analysis 132

Analysis Training Compliance Objective 132

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. Cameron sighed.

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Case Study Business Model CFO Software 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

In the creative economy, innovation is more important than ever. Innovation is the only insurance against irrelevance. Innovation, in operations, products, business models and ecosystems, isn't merely a competitive advantage, it's the competitive advantage. We all get it: innovation is the lifeblood of every organization.

Innovation 15

Innovation Process Competitive Advantage McKinsey 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Plenty of people — including here on Harvard's blog — espouse the theory that big companies can't innovate. A look at any performance measure shows that innovation can come from either size, and that both arguments are oversimplifications. And the CEO sees enabling a culture of collaborative innovation as key.

Operations 15

Operations Innovation Industry CEO 15

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 23, 2018

Software doesn’t always end up being the productivity panacea that it promises to be. As its victims know all too well, “death by PowerPoint,” the poor use of the presentation software, sucks the life and energy out of far too many meetings. But that’s more a leadership challenge than a technical issue.

Software 8

Software Learning-by-Doing Technology Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Innovation is one those evergreen themes: it is a rare CEO who doesn't list innovation as one her top four or five priorities. But innovation is an elusive beast. We can look to companies renowned for innovation — like Apple and Google — and try to learn from them. So what to do? But that's a flawed approach.

Company 8

Company Stage-Gate Innovation Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Ongoing algorithmic innovation assures that next-generation bots will be far sharper and more empathic. For Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Tencent, and Facebook, making bots and software assistants more human — and more humane — has become a strategic UX imperative. That’s Chatbot 1.0.

Software 8

Software Technology Learning-by-Doing Training 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

If you’re annoyed at your colleague’s desire to call the shots, she’s highly likely to feel the same way about you, adds Brian Uzzi, professor of leadership and organizational change at Kellogg and coauthor of the HBR article “ Make Your Enemies Your Allies.” Case Study #1: Ask for clarity.

How To 8

How To Project Software Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2013

At the same time, compensating people for collaboration can be tricky, says Deborah Ancona, a professor at MIT Sloan School of Management and coauthor of X-Teams: How to Build Teams That Lead, Innovate, and Succeed. Ancona says that many companies include teamwork as a core competency in their leadership development models.

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Team How To Case Study Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

The United States is home to some of the key pioneers of Technik whose innovations help society adapt to the future. Those companies' hardware and software platforms are the foundation for almost endless innovation by diverse users worldwide, a contribution no Europeans or Asians can match.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage GDP Technology Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

I still remember when Steve Jobs was featured in business school case studies as an example of bad leadership style. But unlike most Japanese innovations, it did not come from a big established firm. When things go poorly for a nonconformist, how easy it is to call them the fool.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Business Incubator IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

People are also being asked by their bosses or HR to attend conferences, read case studies, watch videos, and try their hand at simulations, all with the goal of picking up new ideas and techniques. Leadership also wanted to improve service delivered to property taxpayers and municipalities.

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Project Parcell How To Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2014

Leaders might want to say that they are blind to race or gender or sexual orientation, but that attitude can prevent them from seeing instances of ostracism, as well as the unique perspectives that employees can bring to problem-solving and innovation. “If Case study #1: Foster interactions. Case study #2: Help people shine.

Team 8

Team Diversity Real Estate Case Study 8

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

JANUARY 13, 2017

Case Study #1: Offer solutions and be open to advice. A year into her job as vice president of product strategy at Ceridian, Lisa Sterling was promoted to chief people officer of the Minneapolis-based provider of human resources software. He also gave her some good coaching and advice about leadership. ”

How To 8

How To Project Advice Case Study 8