Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Special guest blog post by Don Esch, President of Bettcher Industries of his story at BW-Center For Innovation & Growth 's Innovation Summit. The Change: Was It Innovation, Serendipity or Providence? Undeterred, we issue our Letter of Intent to the State; one of hundreds.

Succession 70

Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

The 1990s saw the rise of the strategic CFO, and more recently many companies have created a chief strategy officer (CSO) position. Such friction is destructive — and a huge missed opportunity, because the CFO and the strategy head are far more effective when they collaborate. Tapping the most promising growth spots.

Strategy 8

Strategy CFO Finance Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2013

But this makes the still lingering CMO-CFO disconnect even more significant, as both executives are now stewards of that critical corporate data. We found that we shared a passion for finance, the stock market, innovation, and marketing (and, candidly, politics). But determining which sales are truly incremental isn't always easy.

CFO 8

CFO Advertising Finance Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Acutely aware of the competitive edges timely data offers sophisticated investors, the company's ever-entrepreneurial cofounder once proposed that Google launch a hedge fund. The same investment logic holds for Apple's innovation ecosystem; the flow and fortune of its third-party apps development alone would yield valuable insight.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2011

As my consultant friend Chunka Mui proposed in a recent post at Forbes.com, the best way to make a big change is to "think big, start small, fail quickly, and scale fast." Process champions must have them ready for the day when the CEO or CFO effectively says, "Show me the money.". Engage the finance organization.

Process 14

Process Six Sigma Finance Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

The innovative system promised to reduce local governments’ energy consumption and maintenance costs and improve their constituent relationships. The board had unanimously approved the proposal from Cameron and his COO, Stacy Hamiko, to shift to that strategy. He clearly had a strong opinion on this, as any good CFO would.

Case Study 8

Case Study Business Model CFO Software 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

That positive, innovative approach is not only far more likely to lead you to a beneficial solution, but also to a place of trust. The town had already rejected at least two vendors’ proposals before Haydock gave his pitch. “Negotiation isn’t about conceding, it’s about being creative,” Weiss adds.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain How To Price Case Study 8