Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

The innovator's quest has been to find the win-win proposition: a great new product that can create differentiated value for consumers while supporting differentiated profits for the producer. The innovator's job is now to create wins across the board. MORE ON KNOCKING DOWN BARRIERS TO INNOVATION.

Innovation 13

Innovation Supply Chain Telecommunications Core Competence 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

For industries that depend on innovation, sustaining it is a constant challenge. These two actions cost almost nothing compared to vast sums often spent — and arguably, often wasted — on efforts to foster innovation. Yet they have already generated tens of millions of dollars in value for Roivant.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Incentives Industry 9

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. It is important to identify swings and trends so that innovation can remain a strength of your business. The sharp focus and direction on your objectives and goals can only be maintained with constant monitoring of your procedures and processes.

Succession 50

Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 14, 2014

Training a newly formed Afghan Air Force is the epitome in complex continual change management. tool knife from the rig on my body armor and let the pristinely sharp blade slice effortlessly through the tape and label—while being ever so careful to avoid harming whatever wonders lay inside. I drew my standard-issue Gerber?tool

Emotional Intelligence 150

Emotional Intelligence Participative Short-term Letter 150

Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2021

The higher cost of 3D display technology and the availability of content continue to bottleneck the growth in this industry but it’s changing and changing fast. Peruvemba has also held senior level positions at Sharp Corp, Cambrios, Novasentis, TFS Inc., He has BS and MBA degrees and a post-graduate diploma in management.

Technology 99

Technology Content Video Globalization 99

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Media multitasking makes managers less thoughtful and more inclined to exercise poor judgment, Nass says. At the very least, managers should insist that employees bring no electronic devices to meetings. UK e-cig advocate Clive Bates hopes so: "The market is producing, at no cost to the taxpayer, an emerging triumph of public health."

Management 8

Management Health Care Insurance Sharpe 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

Nearly everyone in health care wants to cut waste and reduce unnecessary costs — until the conversation turns to advanced chronic illness and end-of-life care. How the most innovative providers are creating value. The solution: Help seriously ill people choose exactly what kind of care they want — and want to avoid.

Health Care 9

Health Care Sharpe Document Cost 9

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Achieving coherence requires a sharpness of focus that few companies have mastered. This perspective is a shift from existing strategy perspectives as it affects nearly every major decision a company makes, from growth initiatives, portfolio strategy, and M&A opportunities to its approach to budgeting and cost cutting.

Resources 51

Resources Industry System Strategy 51

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Being sharp means being succinct. For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. If you rely on searches for your background research, so will those you work with (if they are sharp). Additionally know what you have to trade. Rehearse your pitch. Mine your backyard.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Yes, a rifle or laser-sharp approach will take more planning and forethought, but in the end you’ll probably save time and resources. A laser-sharp strategy is much more practical, productive, and economical. In business, a shotgun approach gets the job done…but usually doesn’t yield outstanding results.

Bottom-up 50

Bottom-up Sharpe Follow-up Retail 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

In the mid-90s as CEO of Medtronic, I was concerned about whether we could sustain the remarkable success in innovation that we had enjoyed during the previous 10 years. This process of "disruptive innovation" enabled new competitors to create entirely new product categories. Nevertheless, we steadfastly supported the venture.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Christensen Telecommunications Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

The sharp recession triggered by the 2008 financial crisis and the uncertainty created by the 2011 debt crisis have fundamentally reset the world. Aravind's success can only partially be explained by India's lower costs of labor. The real magic is in process innovation. Which manager typically ends up getting it?

Company 12

Company Succession Constraint Sharpe 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

A 2015 McKinsey report on 366 public companies found that those in the top quartile for ethnic and racial diversity in management were 35% more likely to have financial returns above their industry mean, and those in the top quartile for gender diversity were 15% more likely to have returns above the industry mean.

Diversity 8

Diversity Team Price Sharpe 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

For example, this study examining the rivalry between sales and marketing showed that conflicts between managers from these historically warring functions were not driven by interpersonal issues. How to Manage a Toxic Employee. Marketing and R&D’s combined value could be creating innovations that prioritize the customer.

How To 8

How To Sharpe Operations Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Setting up small, high-performing virtual teams has enormous potential for companies to increase sales, penetrate new markets, improve business processes and come up with the next generation of disruptive innovations. There is no Plan B,” says Micah Sharp, GM of Red Giant, “It’s us.”. But putting together a great team is tricky.

Team 8

Team Sharpe Disruptive Innovation Bottom-up 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Do you tuck tail and run desiring to avoid conflict at all costs? By understanding and managing the perception of others my managing our own attitudes and acceptance of others even when they don’t agree with us is vital to our ability to expand our own knowledge and skills and to be perceived as a true leader.

Blog 419

Blog Gordon Learning-by-Doing Open-book 419

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

A recent study by three professors at Purdue’s Krannert School of Management is part of a growing mountain of evidence of the superior and more lasting performance of companies where the founder still plays a significant role as CEO, chairman, board member, or owner or adviser. This begs the question, why? And engagement matters.

Company 8

Company Venture Capitalist Long-term Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Compulsory price labeling (an practice unknown in traditional art fairs) on all artwork tells visitors exactly what each piece costs. The environment provides a sharp contrast to the hushed tones of traditional art fairs. The real luxury innovators don't look for opportunities among the usual rich suspects. million worth of art.

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Marketing Sharpe Price 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

Time away while accumulating new experiences can stimulate imagination and support innovation. But if leaders take off and leave the work for others to do, resentments build up, no matter how much a particular manager thinks he or she has left clear instructions. Pauses refresh. What is the vacation timing? Context matters.

Contingency Plans 16

Contingency Plans Sharpe Bond Planning 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

With scarcely any help from management, knowledge workers can increase their productivity by 20%. Yet here is the challenge you face as a senior executive: You cannot manage your knowledge workers in the traditional and intrusive way you might have done with manual workers.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Peer Review Short-term 8

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. I had to learn that lesson, and almost blew it many years ago. link] mikemyatt Thanks for stopping by Bert. I Think Not.

Blog 414

Blog Career Learning-by-Doing Advice 414

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

A vast ideological gap on macro-economic policy divides Washington and much of the nation, but there is almost universal agreement on one solution: innovation. Innovation is now perceived as a panacea for job creation, income generation, economic growth, dollar strength, and the revival of the U.S. as global hegemon.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

The overriding importance bestowed on the budget in India dates back to the central role played by the munim in traditional Indian businesses, a trusted person who kept accounts, managed the purse strings, and ensured a balanced budget. It is about making timely sharp turns, planned and executed with reason.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Cost Globalization Sharpe 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Manage culture by setting expectations appropriately. Innovative, proudly geeky Norwegian software company, Trolltech , an open-source pioneer, landed a contract with the mobile division of Sharp, the Japan-based consumer electronics global powerhouse. Manage the arduously long sales cycle.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Once the $1 million revenue milestone is crossed, entrepreneurs find it easier to find additional customers, manage working capital, and access funding, whether it is credit or equity. At 1/12th the cost, 1M/1M provides far more value. This is where numerous ventures fail. Of 1M/1M he says, “The value of your program is amazing.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Finance Incubator 54

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

However, the region has long been volatile and unpredictable (from coups and sharp changes in government policies, to currency shortages, to terrorism and large-scale population displacements), so operating under uncertainty is not new. Many companies are assessing their exposure to specific policy decisions (e.g., if the U.S.

Depreciation 9

Depreciation Contingency Plans Policies Marketing 9