article thumbnail

How I Became A Leader Without Any Formal Training

Lead Change Blog

I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for Apple’s Chief Technology Officer, Kevin Lynch. That’s a colossal amount of time, but what impresses me the most is the way in which he appears to have developed strong leadership skills from virtually nothing. I Embraced Failure. I Teamed Up With a Mentor.

Training 210
article thumbnail

Lessons in Leadership to Last a Lifetime

Leading Blog

Fortunately, Akamai’s VP of Human Resources, Steve Heinrich, recognized what was happening and brought in Chuck McVinney, a management consultant with expertise in teamwork and leadership training. The workshop content wasn’t complicated, but if you’re currently running a research lab, odds are, you’ve never seen it.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

CMI Highlights – 26 July 2023

Chartered Management Institute

Check back every week for new listings 26 July View all 2023 CMI Highlights Dear CMI, Exciting news: the shortlists for CMI’s prestigious Volunteer of the Year and Chartered Manager of the Year awards have just been released, as have our four Partner Awards : Student, Apprentice, Training Provider and HE Partner of the Year. Interested?

article thumbnail

CMI Highlight – 26 July 2023

Chartered Management Institute

Check back every week for new listings 26 July View all 2023 CMI Highlights Dear CMI, Exciting news: the shortlists for CMI’s prestigious Volunteer of the Year and Chartered Manager of the Year awards have just been released, as have our four Partner Awards : Student, Apprentice, Training Provider and HE Partner of the Year. Interested?

article thumbnail

Is Outsourcing R&D Hurting U.S. Manufacturing?

Harvard Business Review

In recent years, however, the ability of our research ecosystem to sustain a leading global position has come into question, especially as new competitors emerge, such as China, which churns out huge numbers of new scientists and engineers and increases its research and development (R&D) expenditures at a 20% annual rate.

article thumbnail

How Online Grocer Ocado Is Automating Warehouses Using Swarms of Robots - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM OCADO 

Harvard Business Review

By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado. These high-fidelity mathematical models enable you to run experiments, optimize algorithms, play back production data, and even generate artificial data to train machine-learning models before the real data are available. Industry 4.0

article thumbnail

Four (More) Reasons Why It's Time to Shop for the Best and Brightest

Harvard Business Review

With access to Xerox's corporate office, Brown was able to engage senior management and help them see the power of the idea that the document was, as he puts it, "the most beautiful manifestation of a knowledge-sharing device." The top shops also excel at developing their leaders. Buy new businesses for the people, not the products.