Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2016

Recruiting is like a hammer. Framing went from being a constraint in the building process to becoming a stage that could be easily scaled up. In construction, hammers are still used, but the scope of their use is much smaller and the projects they are used on are much more targeted. Succession Planning That Works.

Planning 50

Planning Hammer Succession Constraint 50

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

This manpower should consist of teams built around the innovators themselves to help with things like marketing, change management and investment appraisal. “We must extend beyond the creation of new technologies, to also include their broad dissemination and deep absorption, in order to prosper from new technologies.”

Innovation 104

Innovation Productivity Products Technology 104

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

The editorial page of the New York Times recently hammered Mitt Romney with a piece called " A Big Storm Requires Big Government." Such constraints would likely encourage less risk taking before a disaster.

Real Estate 10

Real Estate Incentives Insurance Hammer 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

Remember Long-Term Capital Management ? If all you have is a hammer, then everything will look like a nail. Business leaders must pay attention to what can feasibly be achieved within organizational constraints — or have a clear path to removing them. Design appropriate to the aim.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

“Everyone who has worked with American management can testify that the need to satisfy the pension fund manager’s quest for higher earnings next quarter, together with the panicky fear of the raider, constantly pushes top managements toward decisions they know to be costly, if not suicidal, mistakes,” he wrote. .”

Hedge 8

Hedge Short-term Long-term EPS 8