In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 15, 2012

Steve Jobs and Larry Page took note of the environment in which their companies would operate but fretted little about it. That’s because success for Page and Jobs hinged on the strategic choices they made – primarily which products and applications to bet on.

CEO 242

CEO Chief Executive Officer Critical Success Factor Discount 242

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

Organizational change is driven by marketplace factors: customers, competition, government regulation, and science and technology. If your personal ratings total more than 70, you work in a pretty innovative environment. Open-minded exploration of the marketplace drivers of innovation.

Critical Success Factor 15

Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

Strategy Driven

MAY 13, 2016

A shockingly large percentage of startups fail because they fall in love with their technology or innovation and miss the fact that it doesn’t solve a problem for the customers described in Question 2. Before that, he was the COO of ReadWriteWeb, one of the most influential sites about the future of technology and innovation.

Venture Capitalist 50

Venture Capitalist Critical Success Factor Entrepreneur COO 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

The Relational Leader : A Revolutionary Framework to Engage Your Team (Course Technology PTR, Cengage Learning 2010) by Frank McIntosh The Relational Leader presents a framework to use as a compass point so that you can project a consistent message and methodology to your people. People are the core of this leadership style.

Leadership 50

Leadership Newsletter Learning-by-Doing Critical Success Factor 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Note that whether the technology used is “leading edge” is secondary. They are essentially R&D investments in unproven ways to use digital technologies. They are driven by novel ideas or perhaps a new technology. For example, it might be a new business model shaped by digital. Implementation criteria.

Tools 8

Tools Competitive Advantage Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

Especially today , recruitment, retention, and development of human capital is a critical success factor for almost any organization. We then invested in technology to help managers do the basic transactions, focus the HR generalists' role, and grew our skills in OD, leadership development, and talent.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Critical Success Factor Human Resources Strategic Planning 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2011

Silos create an environment where sharing and collaborating for anything other than one silo's special interests is virtually impossible. They change because they are forced to by customers, by competition, by advances in science and technology, and by government regulation. Remember this! Companies don't change because they want to.

Organization 14

Organization Critical Success Factor Innovation Insurance 14