Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2015

If there’s consensus on anything in Washington these days, it’s on the need for some reform of the patent system. That bill, known as the Innovation Act, was reintroduced last month in the House by its author, Rep. The Innovation Act’s provisions would make an important dent in the worst excesses of the system.

Innovation 8

Innovation Technology System Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Innovative. That’s because the primary obstacle is invisible: the internal resistance that all human beings experience, often unconsciously, when they’re asked to make a significant change. amriphoto/Getty Images. Collaborative. When we feel uncomfortable or stressed, we tend to double down on what has worked for us before.

Skills 12

Skills Decentralization Agility Resistance 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

Much of how I view sustaining an innovative business culture comes from observing my husband maintain those cell cultures. Most innovative companies have an impressive ability to generate lots of ideas. But because his colleagues solicited his feedback and worked on getting a consensus, he didn’t become resentful.

Innovation 8

Innovation Restructuring Rogers Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2014

It’s not hard to see why a partnership between a strong, but staid incumbent and an innovative startup appears attractive. ULA benefits from access to Blue Origin’s innovative designs and lean operations. Processes and Priorities create problems because they are shaped by shared experiences and are resistant to change.

Industry 9

Industry Disruptive Innovation Innovation Engineering 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2017

Since change that is imposed is often resisted, this lack of involvement is undoubtedly a contributor to the high failure rates of major change programs. Bureaucracy frustrates innovation. Eighty percent said new ideas were likely to encounter indifference, skepticism, or outright resistance. Where do you start?

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Survey Politics Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Resistance, or in the best case, lack of cooperation can be expected from entrenched interest groups, particularly from the leaders of state-owned enterprises and local officials. China’s new leaders face unprecedented challenges in terms of the complexity of policy measures and their implementation.

Policies 8

Policies Uncertainty Long-term Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

I wanted to accept the consensus as a sign that the company had rounded the corner on its 3-year slog to be more relevant in their market. And then this small voice, untraceable for a moment because it was so small, started to explain how this plan would put the company in 2nd place in almost every aspect of innovation or time to market.

CEO 16

CEO Engineering Consensus Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

The blockchain is truly an innovative approach to governance for networks and machines. But we must resist the temptation to anthropomorphize code and misapply machine governance to social systems. Any change to the network rules requires coordination and consensus among all of the stakeholders.

Decentralization 10

Decentralization Consensus Resistance Politics 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Garth tuned that feedback out, launched and built the company with cofounder Annett Schaefer-Sell, and ultimately turned it into a national phenomenon which Adweek called “the most innovative new media company of the past 10 years.” “It’s very hard to make money on… consensus. Resist instincts to kill.

Consensus 12

Consensus Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Video 12

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 15

Management Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Influence 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

It may be possible to create alignment among the leadership team, but that consensus will break down once the individual members return to their working groups. You need the right mix of cohesion and diversity in order to achieve both innovation and operational efficiency.

Organization 8

Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

It may be possible to create alignment among the leadership team, but that consensus will break down once the individual members return to their working groups. You need the right mix of cohesion and diversity in order to achieve both innovation and operational efficiency.

Organization 8

Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 8

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. Third, it’s exclusionary, denying billions of people access to basic financial tools.

Finance 8

Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 9, 2020

Urban-rural differences in partisan political loyalty is as familiar in the United States as they are in other countries,” the researchers say. “The general consensus has been that the origins of this divide lie within the personal characteristics of the people who live in rural or urban communities.

Politics 92

Politics Long-term Consensus Education 92

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

Over the past 30 years, the biggest multinational corporations have taken advantage of open borders to spread their innovations and cut their production costs and tax burdens. This shift is undermining the liberal “Washington Consensus” that has guided policy making since the 1990s. Donald Trump won the U.S.

Politics 10

Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 10