Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

a Boston-based innovation management collaborative. We use this simple framework to determine the success of an innovative effort. In other words, successful innovation requires motive, means, and opportunity. Innovation efforts fail anytime they fail to deliver on all three of these domains strongly enough.

Innovation 14

Innovation Hammer Discount Globalization 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Investment in AI is growing and is increasingly coming from organizations outside the tech space.

Survey 12

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

This healthy, innovative sector holds out vast promise, but missteps now could cost the United States its lead. has underwritten much of the technological innovation behind clean energy's progress. has underwritten much of the technological innovation behind clean energy's progress. The clean-energy field is evolving rapidly.

Energy 11

Energy Competitive Advantage Price Constraint 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

But they also face significant risk from startups that use new technologies to operate more-powerful, more-efficient, and more-scalable platforms. Microsoft Windows, for example, has been the dominant platform for users, developers, and hardware makers for more than 25 years. They used new technology to hammer ad-supported media.

Technology 8

Technology Hammer Operations Magazine 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Looking at LVMH’s efforts, I’ll highlight three areas where I see great impact and innovation: managing carbon and energy, building a connection with customers around brand purpose, and working closely with suppliers. The most innovative part of LVMH’s carbon strategy is the use of an internal carbon fund.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Payback Period Brand Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Tactics include, for example, labeling claims and how to be clear about what standards we might want to develop, and also about disclosure, when he mentions materiality. But I think the interesting part comes when they start to see it as an opportunity for innovations that are financially beneficial as well as socially beneficial.

Project 8

Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

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