Skip Prichard

MAY 10, 2021

For example, we can see data dashboards, organization charts, spreadsheets, new strategic plans, or the latest new technology trend bouncing around social media. In this environment, we can mistake implementing a tool, such as AI, for solving a problem. Innovation happens because of constraints, not despite them. Kristen Cox.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2012

On the contrary, they may become the most powerful tools yet developed to raise the productivity of high-skill knowledge workers — the kind of workers who help drive innovation and growth, and who are going to be in increasingly short supply. With consumers spending gobs of time in online communities ( more than 1.5

Media 15

Media Productivity Products Technology 15

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

Social Nation : How to Harness the Power of Social Media to Attract Customers, Motivate Employees, and Grow Your Business by Barry Libert It’s time to join Social Nation and prosper! And these days, there’s no better way to do that than through social media – in essence, by building your company’s own Social Nation.

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Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Innovative companies have innovative cultures. Think of Google, or of how GE has sustained an innovation culture that goes back to its founding father, Thomas Edison. As mysterious as it can sound, creating a culture of innovation isn’t rocket science. Provide “Worthless” Rewards.

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Innovation Business Model Incubator Industry 8

HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2023

HR professionals are now expected to align HR practices with organizational objectives, and HR analytics serves as a powerful tool in this endeavor. Competitive Advantage: Organizations that embrace HR analytics gain a competitive edge by leveraging data to drive innovation, improve efficiency, and make better decisions.

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Metrics Trends Compliance Analysis 98

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. The Obama campaign's techniques, tools and technologies deserve detailed and dedicated attention from every organization that takes data-driven decisions seriously. They're right.

Marketing 8

Marketing Chief Technology Officer Case Study Critical Success Factor 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Buyers increasingly expect to check with their peers before they'll purchase from a company — using social media, peer communities, old fashioned live events and conferences, personal and professional networks, and other connective tools. Social media understands this and facilitates it. Traditional media also gets this.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Buyers increasingly expect to check with their peers before they'll purchase from a company — using social media, peer communities, old fashioned live events and conferences, personal and professional networks, and other connective tools. Social media understands this and facilitates it. Traditional media also gets this.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Then came the cloud, which only heightened frustration with IT's lack of velocity in delivery, and managers flocked to outside vendors to automate various business processes, from customer relationship management to supply chain reporting to social media analytics. Finally, changing central IT's role can generate widespread support.

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Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

Through a study of AI that included a survey of 3,073 executives and 160 case studies across 14 sectors and 10 countries, and through a separate digital research program , we have identified 10 key insights CEOs need to know to embark on a successful AI journey. Take a portfolio approach to accelerate your AI journey.

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Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2015

You can use this free tool we created to replicate this analysis in your own organization.). However, case studies conducted to tight specifications in other journals, such as one on PepsiCo or another on Barnes Hospital in Health Affairs , have confirmed losses as well. Others might be spending more or less on wellness than $1.50

Health Care 8

Health Care ROI Case Study Morale 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. Nonetheless, the case study demonstrates that measuring the value of sustainable business can be done, and that sustainable business itself can be cost-effective.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

Others gain new responsibilities in strategy, M&A integration, or innovation. In the four years since our book was published, the CIO-Plus idea has gained real traction, and there are numerous stories and cases studies on the phenomenon. Still others move on to business roles including CEO. Does your CIO have digital expertise?

CIO 8

CIO Technology Apparel Information Technology 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

PL and CM: Walmart and Pfizer’s former consumer healthcare division are a couple of great case studies in capabilities coherence. Pfizer’s consumer healthcare (PCH) division offers a great start-to-finish case study of capabilities-driven strategy development and the returns it affords. About the Authors.

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Resources Industry System Strategy 51

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2011

The participants attend training sessions addressing such current topics such as creativity, innovation, and self-awareness; work in teams on a project related to a pressing banking issue; and meet Garanti's top-level executives to listen to their stories of success in their careers.

Banking 12

Banking Crisis Restructuring Reputation 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Interviews, case studies and ethnographies tell us proximity matters to certain industries. Using their cellphone data and a social-media tool we tracked their geographical movements and documented exactly where they went and when, compiling a real-time, minute-by-minute, day-by-day, snapshot of what they did.

Fashion 8

Fashion Industry Parcell Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Some of us decided to try, and last year for the first time we put out the idea of “Giving Tuesday” – or, more properly styled for the age of social media, #GivingTuesday. In the latter half of November 2012, there were more than 800 media hits for #GivingTuesday. Encourage innovations on the theme. Learn from experience.

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Decentralization Media Follow-up Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2011

Since then, we've embraced the tool across our company to try to become an outside-in, customer-focused organization. This tool has deepened our focus on organizing ourselves around the needs and expectations of our markets. We then triangulated this to better understand the impact of social media on NPS. This is critical.

Brand 13

Brand Case Study Video Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

This year our Volkswagen Super Bowl team had three weeks start to finish to develop a social experience, getingethappy.com, and companion digital media campaign. There's nothing that will help you get to more innovative work with your clients and partners quicker. We worked with them to define a new approach.

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Advertising Brand Creativity Content 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

They're interested in gaining experience in general, rather than in gaining access to specific tools they can use as stepping stones to the realization of their own pet projects. Some of our marketing-oriented consultants, for instance, jumped at the chance to develop our firm's social media strategy.

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Entrepreneur Incentives Hammer Project 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention.

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NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2013

Thanks to social media, that''s become an ever-more potent force — arguably more compelling than anything lawmakers might do. It may prove the best case study yet in how to — or not to — manage privacy fears. Innovations in Digital and Mobile Marketing An HBR Insight Center.

Morale 8

Morale Learning-by-Doing Technology Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

So when we were first contacted about a possible collaboration by the Management Innovation eXchange (MIX), which sees its role as "creating organizations that are fundamentally fit for the future — and genuinely fit for human beings," we were immediately excited by the possibilities. With the Management 2.0

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

Bringing new technology and tools into your organization can increase productivity, boost sales, and help you make better, faster decisions. However, 63% said the pace of technological change in their workplaces is too slow, primarily due to a “lack of urgency” and poor communication about the strategic benefits of new tools.

Technology 8

Technology CRM Training System 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Retailers provide many case studies in capabilities-driven success, one of the most compelling of which is the big discounter triad of Walmart, Target and Kmart. We define capabilities not as "people capabilities," but as the interconnected people, knowledge, systems, tools and processes that create differentiated value.

Succession 15

Succession Retail Merchandising Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Each of these executives offered plenty of ideas when the discussion turned to promotions, social media tactics, and marketing messages. And since then, countless case studies and analyses have been published about the importance of optimizing a business around the customer experience.

Brand 8

Brand Reis Objective Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2017

Blockchain is a different construct, providing a universal set of tools for cryptographic assurance of data integrity, standardized auditing, and formalized “contracts” for data access. Here’s the idea: Blockchain was originally conceived of as a ledger for financial transactions.

Health Care 8

Health Care Decentralization White Paper Technology 8