Strategy Driven

MARCH 4, 2021

The modern business world relies on technology and with the rise in remote work , caused in part by the Coronavirus, more companies across the corporate landscape have needed to embrace innovative software solutions to stay productive and cost-efficient. Project Management Tools. Customer Relationship Management.

Software 118

Software Tools CRM Video 118

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 28, 2021

Given the intensity of the cloud marketplace today, it seems incredible to countenance that Amazon largely had the market to themselves for a number of years, before the likes of Azure launched in 2010. leading to a projected market of $331 billion by 2022. leading to a projected market of $331 billion by 2022.

Globalization 124

Globalization Marketing Case Study Project 124

Chart Your Course

APRIL 29, 2013

Innovation has always been what makes good businesses great. And innovation does not happen without change and risk. Your business is adding a new time-management system, which requires employees to log their hours on specific projects. For instance, a business wants to expand its social media marketing. Create a vision.

White Paper 231

White Paper Human Resources Consensus Case Study 231

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Flip the book over, and you have Gutsche’s updated and expanded, bestselling, Exploiting Chaos , book now called, The Innovation Handbook , featuring memorable real-world case studies and plenty of thought-provoking questions to inspire next steps for innovation. It's the ideal guide to turn your big idea into a reality.

How To 65

How To Handbook Tactics Open-book 65

The Center For Leadership Studies

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Endurance in the business of custom learning development is a key indicator that a provider is agile, innovative, responsive and able to consistently exceed client expectations. The focus here is on learning as much as you can about the depth and breadth of their expertise with custom projects of various scopes and deliverables.

Compliance 83

Compliance Training Industry Learning-by-Doing 83

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

Retaining quality and impact: Increased flexibility where training retains certain principles such as a clear link to the labour market, work-based learning, independent accreditation and assessment, and capturing outputs for individuals, employers, and the economy. So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in.

Productivity 52

Productivity Products Short-term Proposal 52

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

Retaining quality and impact: Increased flexibility where training retains certain principles such as a clear link to the labour market, work-based learning, independent accreditation and assessment, and capturing outputs for individuals, employers, and the economy. So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in.

Productivity 52

Productivity Products Short-term Proposal 52

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 4, 2023

According to a recent joint report from CMI and the Social Market Foundation , one in four senior NHS managers are seen as ineffective. Part of Kim's CMI project work involved creating a template for one-to-one staff-manager conversations within the GP practices - not something most of them were used to.

Chief Operating Officer 98

Chief Operating Officer Management Leadership Crisis Management 98

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

Editor's Note: Like HBR's traditional case studies, this online-only "flash" case study dramatizes a dilemma frequently faced by leaders in real companies. We've been co-running the steering committee for this innovation project for almost six months now. This is a great project. What's the problem?

Case Study 9

Case Study Innovation Committee Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

Let’s say you’re working in a new market, far away from headquarters, and you need to get approval for an initiative that is somewhat outside the company’s current strategy. A case study we just published on Samsung’s European innovation team offers some helpful insights. What do you do?

Innovation 8

Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Project 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

It is the only Chinese company that receives more sales revenue from markets outside China (67%) than from inside it. isn’t one of those markets. Overtime projects that do not reveal direct positive consequences for customers are not rewarded. Editor’s note: It’s worth noting that the U.S.

Case Study 8

Case Study ESOP Incentives Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 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 projections look mostly good, as we expected,” Ahmet said. “The market research from Capital is promising. “They’re good.

Case Study 8

Case Study CEO Banking Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Editor’s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. It’s the Indian labor market. Some studies show that the more frequently employees move around within an industry, the more innovative it becomes.”.

Case Study 8

Case Study Cost Proposal Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Enrollment in learning programs has surged over the last few years to generate a global executive education market of over $70 billion a year. 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.

Project 8

Project Parcell How To Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Game-changing innovation is a beautiful thing. New markets are created. The problem is that large companies find game-changing innovation staggeringly difficult to achieve. Apple was the only incumbent in this period to grow by creating new markets repeatedly through disruptive innovation. What's not to like?

Innovation 9

Innovation Incubator Disruptive Innovation McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2013

His "Obama for America" fundraising , analytics and "get out the vote" operation was a masterpiece of agile electoral innovation and entrepreneurship. I've seldom read a briefing so artfully — and accessibly — capturing the critical success factors that turn innovative tools into successful outcomes. They're right.

Marketing 8

Marketing Chief Technology Officer Case Study Critical Success Factor 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2012

Do the same thing in product development and you will eliminate all innovation. Markets and technologies change; obstacles and opportunities emerge. Failure to respect these critical differences can undermine the planning, execution, and evaluation of product-development projects. MORE ON KNOCKING DOWN BARRIERS TO INNOVATION.

Innovation 12

Innovation Objective Uncertainty Productivity 12

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

This emerging social era is about engaging everyone around you to redefine what you do and how you do it – including sales, marketing, R&D, customer support, and product development. The book provides a social assessment for leaders, managers and employees to scientifically evaluate your individual social skills and competencies.

Media 67

Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

In The Essential Advantage : How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy , Booz & Company’s Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi maintain that success in any market accrues to firms with a coherence premium – a tight match between their strategic direction and the capabilities that make them unique. Let’s go after it.”

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. Finally, even large projects can be broken up into what a banking client of mine calls "human bites." IT as Process Creator. The result?

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

How do you get a five-ton spacecraft safely to Saturn and land a probe on its largest moon when your project involves three space agencies, 17 countries, 18 separate scientific payloads, and 250 scientists working across 10 time zones? Maintain a constant focus on talent development for their teams and, in particular, their project leaders.

Project 16

Project Survey Budgeting Conflict of Interest 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

“Organizations need to keep changing, adapting, and innovating,” he says. “That’s the language of marketing,” says Butman. Case Study #1: Gather feedback and, if necessary, adjust your message. ” Case Study #2: Use a relatable story to sell your idea; be patient with implementation.

Project 8

Project Restructuring Hotels Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We chose Brazil’s beef industry as the location of our case study , both for the size and complexity of the industry and for its impact on the planet. Specifically, our analysis found that the net benefits to ranchers ranged from $18 million to $34 million (12% to 23% of revenues) in net present value projected over 10 years.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2018

Consistent with these famous case studies, scientific research shows that creativity and innovation can be enhanced by reducing team harmony. Similarly, performing a project premortem to identify all the things that could go wrong before it even begins can surface hard truths while they can still be addressed.

Creativity 13

Creativity Team Christensen Innovation 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

How do you get a five-ton spacecraft safely to Saturn and land a probe on its largest moon when your project involves three space agencies, 17 countries, 18 separate scientific payloads, and 250 scientists working across 10 time zones? Maintain a constant focus on talent development for their teams and, in particular, their project leaders.

Project 14

Project Survey Budgeting Conflict of Interest 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2014

You’ve already put a great deal of work into preparing a solid business case for your project or idea. How do you present your case so that it’s clear and straightforward while also persuasive? With a business case, odds are that you’re trying to insert change,” says Duarte. What the Experts Say.

IPO 9

IPO Audience Chief Information Officer Case Study 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2011

He's figured out how to stay ahead of the transformations in technology, markets, and culture that have shaken his competitors in the financial-services world, and built a brand that stands for something special, hopeful, even meaningful in an industry that is profoundly broken. In Umpqua's case, it's the sound of music.

Banking 15

Banking Case Study Brand Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2011

But, as the story of Samsung demonstrates, recruitment is very much on the minds of emerging-market companies. So, within our new talent management project, we instituted an internship program and developed a new program dubbed "Talent Camp" to communicate and promote Garanti's reputation as a premier employer.

Banking 12

Banking Crisis Restructuring Reputation 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

I've worked with a wide range of clients as a consultant and have seen too many companies hire employees they thought were top talent, only to watch them spend company time on personal passions and then walk out the door when their side projects were ready to launch. Have they, perhaps, left off the CV some venture gone astray?

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Incentives Hammer Project 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

As I said at the time, it was a case study in poor policy and even poorer execution. The original reason given for the drastic demonetization action was to expose the so-called “black” market, fueled by money that is illegally gained and undeclared for tax purposes. Overnight, 86% of cash in circulation was voided.

Banking 10

Banking GDP Policies Real Estate 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

Yet a fundamental tenet of our project and the blog series about it is that slums present complex challenges that can't be fixed with a clever shack alone. Suri proposed potential solutions, including innovative materials, new ways of thinking of the construction process, and building up. For them, profit seems to be a dirty word.

Suri 14

Suri Godin Real Estate Construction 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2012

Case Study #1: Integrate your interests into the job. About five years into the job, he took on a project manager role, thinking it would allow him to interact more with people. He and his wife were having a second child and it wasn't a good time to make a move, especially given the tough job market.

Contract Manufacturing 16

Contract Manufacturing Case Study Delegation Learning-by-Doing 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

economy is sluggish, Europe is in a crisis, and emerging markets have slower rates of growth than in the past. For the $300 House project, we identified one non-consumer/future customer segment — rural India. And, just as importantly, we knew that we could not treat this customer as a "case study" for charity.

Education 14

Education Sample Case Study Survey 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

Tackling maintenance backlogs, future-proofing infrastructure to cope with climate change, and meeting development goals such as access to clean water and all-weather roads to transport goods to markets would cost a great deal more. We need to make better choices about the projects we''re investing in. We need to streamline delivery.

Transportation 8

Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Sesame Street , in fact, is a great case study of a brand that has managed to remain powerful over decades and across cultures. According to Rosenfeld, "unlike most of the other markets in which we co-produce, Sesame Street had never been broadcast in India. Being Willing To Try New Operating Models. Taking The Long View.

Globalization 8

Globalization Power Workshop Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2011

This tool has deepened our focus on organizing ourselves around the needs and expectations of our markets. To further bolster our NPS learnings, we launched a web mining project to capture the chatter in cyberspace around our brand and products. We then triangulated this to better understand the impact of social media on NPS.

Brand 14

Brand Case Study Video Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2011

A large division of this company had recognized the need to dramatically change its business model to survive and succeed in a changing market. Two years later the company was the poster child for reengineering success — the subject of speeches, a Harvard Business School case study, articles, and book references.

Process 15

Process Six Sigma Finance Short-term 15