Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

As companies devote increasing time and energy in gathering massive quantities of data, many neglect a critical first step: Get most responsibility for data out of the IT Department. It is the business that bears the consequence of poor decisions, increased costs, and angry customers. Nor does IT feel the pain when the data is wrong.

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Technology Sharpe Middle Management Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

If all went well, Blue Sky would soon be using Prime's components in its energy-efficient cars and trucks. "At While Blue Sky is an SOE, I think they really want to differentiate themselves, and they're willing to use a lot of our technology.". At last," the chairman had said, "we have a foothold in the electric vehicle market.

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Case Study Technology Tacit Knowledge Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

The shifting energy equation, for example, sets the stage for growth. Shale gas will allow the US to be energy independent, create an export industry, and reduce energy costs. Lower costs are already making some industrial sectors more competitive. Don''t become lax on cost as you begin to sense rising demand.

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Budgeting Market Segmentation Venture Capitalist Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

Some departments started trying it and some developed a few sharp ideas, which generated excitement. Some of the managers underscored the importance of the ideas to surviving the video technology change from VHS to DVD and losing work to other plants. It made their jobs better, reduced costs, and improved customer satisfaction.

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Process How To Attrition Operations 14

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Do you tuck tail and run desiring to avoid conflict at all costs? If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. Therefore the art you speak of sculpts with a very sharp blade – the tongue. Here's the post.[link]

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Now both my sons are doing the tough balancing act, but their priorities are keeping their leadership skills sharp – leading family and companies. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. link] Bert Decker Great post Mike. I had to learn that lesson, and almost blew it many years ago. Our Freedom.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. Clearly, something else, beyond the disruptive technology itself, is behind the demise of companies like Kodak.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

economy as a whole, rather than the narrow, specific slices of technology or communication, the first decade of the 21st century did not generate expected growth in jobs, revenues, profits, or stock prices. The business press puts a tremendous focus on technology and innovation, but what it doesn't do is put it into context.

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Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

In my experience, even very sharp business leaders tend to misunderstand three facts when thinking about climate change. Given our current rate of emissions, we''ll need a sharp slope towards a "carbon zero" world in order to stay within that budget. The first is how much action we need to take. and internationally.

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Sharpe Technology System Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

This all came into a sharp focus when I realized, to my horror (but probably not to my surprise), that I had read just four books in all of 2014. Understanding Our Brains, Part 2: The energy costs of flitting around. Every time you pop out of your work to read an email, it costs you not just time, but energy too.

Books 8

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

But entrepreneurial know-how and energy can work very effectively in the context of plugging-in as a supplier, as Steve Cronce and thousands of others are learning. Global supply chains can cut across many “cultures”: national, industry, technology, market segment, and more.

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