Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Alyssa Mastromonaco is no stranger to tough conversations: she served as White House deputy chief of staff for operations under President Obama, was an executive at Vice and A&E, and is Senior Advisor and spokesperson at NARAL Pro-Choice America. In the twenty-first century, human capital is the most valuable resource in our economy.

Open-book 15

Open-book Education Learning-by-Doing Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

” Human capital champions in higher education and industry typically prize knowledge over skills. So I reached out to Brandon Webb, an innovative SEAL trainer/educator, and CEO of Force12 Media for real-world perspective on what industry could learn from a special operations sensibility.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

The bank operates in almost 20 Asian countries, employs tens of thousands of employees and makes very good returns on a substantial asset base. long survived, then thrived, through disciplined attention to education and human capital development, and tends to value high performance. No, of course not. Singapore, Inc."

Strategy 14

Strategy Banking Human Capital Resources 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Of course employees should feel and believe that their presence makes a meaningful difference. Just as harsh criticisms by exes demoralize and disrupt, their constructive contributions can have as profound an impact on human capital brands as current employees. That’s because love creates great expectations.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Banking Reference Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Despite the story the numbers tell — women receive less than three percent of all venture capital funding , and blacks even less than that — Ted said that the venture capital community was “color-blind” and “operates fully on a meritocracy.” And, of course, some of you are already there, trying to get the rest to join you.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Kleiner Entrepreneur Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Over my 15 years of teaching a course on IT in health care, I've seen that for CIOs who are MDs, the skill of delivering difficult messages becomes part of their tool set for communicating effectively with senior management. What were the areas of focus — technical, process, human capital, risk? What actions were taken?

System 15

System CEO CIO Chief Information Officer 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Among countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), women on average spend about 2.4 This is understandable — it's difficult to invest in long-term human capital if the country's roads are falling apart — but such an approach leaves many women struggling to figure out their own path forward.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Flextime Globalization Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Cosmetic course corrections will not restore trust and credibility. Invest in human capital. An increase in the dynamism and diversity of business environments means that people must adapt their skills more quickly. The New Science of Human Capital. What’s required for a new narrative to be credible?

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2019

Of course, learning organizations are not necessarily a new thing, but their nature has changed. Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends report shows how far many organizations still have to go. It’s created a world in which the speed of learning is a competitive advantage, both for individuals and organizations.

Competitive Advantage 50

Competitive Advantage Kaizen Technology Learning-by-Doing 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2015

This online tool allows any individual to create a mobile application for uploading to any operating system including Android, Apple, BlackBerry, and Windows. Students are able to create apps for each one of their courses in order to easily do research, communicate with classmates, at stay apprised of the schedule while on the go.

Tools 50

Tools Document Restructuring Software 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

All too often, however, startup leaders are less savvy when it comes to human capital, until it’s too late. But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties.

Compliance 11

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Conglomerates are defended for their synergies, and for the benefits of diversity as a hedge against failure in one sector (though this argument is often oversold by management, since shareholders can diversify and thus hedge risk for themselves). But conglomerates are inherently more vulnerable than other companies.

Welch 8

Welch Diversity Hedge Chemicals 8