Core Competence Ethics Operations Technology 
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
Zeitgeist, German for "spirit of the time," is the complex interplay of economic, technological, political, and social forces that can determine which ideas will flop and which will fly in a particular moment. During difficult economic times, organizations often seek ideas on how to cut costs or perform operations more efficiently.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 8, 2015
Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces. Experimentation is vital.
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Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
The rising ability to identify, capture, and repurpose the data byproducts of an ongoing business is coming to rival the perceived "core competence" of the core business itself. But that mind-set's simply too focused and operational. The proliferation of digital media means that all organizations are becoming data-rich.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 8, 2013
This framework has the potential to reverse the typical role of CSR, currently viewed as a way to "give back" to communities that a business operates in. There are significant ethical issues with applying this model to HIV in the USA. We worked with a diverse network of partners as part of PopTech's Innovation Accelerator program.
Strategy Driven
MARCH 11, 2011
Core Business. Enron (like many other companies) got into areas beyond their core competencies. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Technology companies must now learn the lessons that steady-growth companies in other industries absorbed.
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