Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

Silicon Valley has a problem when it comes to diversity — and everybody knows it. The diversity problem is even starring in a popular show on HBO, Silicon Valley. Ethnic and gender diversity are important to business, we are assured, because they promote the kinds of product and process innovation that boost the bottom line.

Diversity 8

Diversity Innovation Bottom-up Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Reading the headlines, you might think that the most urgent question about national success in innovation and growth is whether the U.S. Germany does a better job on innovation in areas as diverse as sustainable energy systems, molecular biotech, lasers, and experimental software engineering. or China should get the gold medal.

Innovation 15

Innovation GDP Telecommunications Industry 15

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Here are ten companies that have done ‘different’ better than the rest. …And the Clients Went Wild! : And the Clients Went Wild! Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

Wilde 62

Wilde Tactics Advertising Brand 62

leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

And to others, anything social media falls in what they believe is the age of experimentation: the “Wild West” of the Internet. While I’m a big proponent of innovating with social media strategies, the days of the Wild West are – in a word -- over. 79% of companies use, or are imminently planning to use, social media.

Wilde 165

Wilde Media White Paper McKinsey 165

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Most companies have mission and vision statements, but those tend to communicate very little about a company’s purpose. They all use the same words, such as “respect,” “teamwork,” and “innovation.” The actual purpose of the company can differ wildly across companies.

Company 8

Company Middle Management Survey Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2018

Many companies have soared on the wings of radical ideas, from Polaroid’s instant camera to the sharing economy of firms like Airbnb. That success could have bred complacency , followed by failure, as so often happens in companies across industries. Instead, at Osteria Francescana, success set the stage for further innovation.

Creativity 11

Creativity Sharpe Diversity Wilde 11

Women in the LEAD

JANUARY 25, 2010

  Business, professionals, academics, innovators, entrepreneurs, governments and public bodies alike have to care and have to take up these challenges practically. We need to find different models for social and economic progress or face repercussions and continued cyclical economic time bombs. 

Letter 49

Letter Globalization Simon Committee 49

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

He embodies the cognitive diversity of SFI, having made seminal contributions to fields as disparate as genetics, microbiology, human history, and society. He laments the current fad of celebrating failure, a prescription I often hear in my role of working with executives eager to enhance corporate innovation capabilities.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Wilde Uncertainty Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2011

In misguided attempts to boost productivity and direct innovation, managers can kill both creativity and passion — the intrinsic motivation required to stay deeply engaged in work — by destroying people's autonomy. Work gets delayed because people feel like they have to wait and "check in" before they can begin or change anything.

Chemicals 15

Chemicals Creativity Micromanagement Wilde 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

Samsung's predicament is a classic example of the new-product juggling act that every company has to perform: While trying to keep its rivals at bay, it must at the same time compete with its own existing products. How then can a new front-runner better manage market expectations and also strive to be more innovative?

Brand 8

Brand Customer Loyalty Hedge Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

Others gain new responsibilities in strategy, M&A integration, or innovation. In many companies, "digital" is a cacophony of disconnected, inconsistent, and sometimes incompatible activities. One company had three simultaneous mobile marketing initiatives, conducted by different groups, using different tools and vendors.

CIO 8

CIO Technology Apparel Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

Technology is changing every facet of work, including how companies profile and select their employees. As with many other innovations in the space of HR technologies, evaluating claims about the accuracy of this method is difficult until independent academic research has been conducted. Think of the voice profiles of a singer.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Technology Wilde Document 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2016

Encryption means that only the sites you visit can see the contents of your interactions with them, which is how e-commerce companies, apps and other can provide customized suggestions, responses, directions, and advertisements. The agency is proceeding under a false premise.

Advertising 9

Advertising Proposal Information Content 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2012

"Project Frozen Dumbo" aims to collect genetic material from wild elephants in South Africa to stop the cycle. Leaders seeking to drive innovation ought to ask themselves the degree to which their ideas are suffering because of innovation inbreeding. Large companies are amazingly diverse places. Bring in outsiders.

Innovation 13

Innovation Wilde Long-term Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

Pepsi never earned that particular mission and therefore consumers saw little need to reward the company for its efforts. Now consider the Business Innovation Factory (BIF) , an organization that seeks to bring cutting edge innovation techniques to social initiatives, many of which are similar to those Pepsi Refresh sought to promote.

Media 8

Media Marketing Strategy Groupthink Kaplan 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2014

You see both the innovation and the ethos of cool. I mean, has it led to technological innovation? Absolutely, an efflorescence of technological innovation. Has it led to an incredible diversity of consumer goods, and to the time for those who make them to enjoy them? That’s what you see in Google.

Information Technology 11

Information Technology Bureaucracy Technology Open-book 11