Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2017

Interestingly, individuals working in customer service, sales, production, logistics and R&D were more likely to feel that bureaucracy was growing than those working in functions like HR, finance, planning, purchasing, and administration. Bureaucracy frustrates innovation. How do you overcome pockets of resistance?

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Survey Politics Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

Determined to get closer to their customers and become more agile and innovative, global organizations like IBM and GE are embracing the matrix organizational model. Influence and conflict management capabilities help leaders to build consensus around a common purpose and deliver the collaborative solutions that the matrix requires.

Management 14

Management Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Influence 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

Second, because it’s centralized, which makes it resistant to change and vulnerable to systems failures and attacks. But the solution to this innovation logjam has emerged: blockchain. The unstoppable force of blockchain technology is barreling down on the infrastructure of modern finance.

Finance 8

Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8