Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 6, 2013

More broadly, they are anyone who influences others toward the achievement of goals. In the process, they helped close the gap between who we were and who we were capable of becoming. One of the ways that a good leader can help bring about personal transformation is by being a Velvet Hammer. Most leaders aren’t CEOs.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2018

“The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape…That’s what this degree of yours is — a blunt instrument. Not every speaker will knock it out of the park, but all have the same goal: to impart some wisdom that will hopefully inspire the next generation.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Instead, smart organizations are driving analytics to an even deeper level within business processes— to make real-time operational decisions , on a daily basis. If you needed a hammer, for example, someone would manually produce one for you. Centuries ago everything was manufactured by hand.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Instead, smart organizations are driving analytics to an even deeper level within business processes— to make real-time operational decisions , on a daily basis. If you needed a hammer, for example, someone would manually produce one for you. Centuries ago everything was manufactured by hand.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

As the market has matured, AI is beginning to move into enterprises that will use it but not develop it on their own. They hope AI can improve productivity, automate existing process, provide predictive analysis, and extract meaning from massive data sets. This is not what you’ll get if you hire a Chief AI Officer.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

As a practitioner of a design-led form of product development, and in my own research and writing about an empathetic approach to product design, I’m overtly critical of the Lean manifesto. As Eric Reiss describes , “The goal of such early contact with customers is not to gain definitive answers.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I must confess that not being particularly academic in my own learning process, I found The Fifth Discipline a little dry. There is a proverb that says, “ If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail&#. Mental Models: are, simply put, about assumptions and biases in our thinking. Great post!

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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. When we asked them about why they care about sustainability, they did mention the business case we’ve all been hammering home for years — and they do believe it.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

It’s not implausible to imagine that one day a “strategist in a box” could autonomously develop and execute a business strategy. An integrated strategy machine is the collection of resources, both technological and human, that act in concert to develop and execute business strategies. Unique tools, data, or process.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Written for all leaders who need to develop and renew their leadership skills. That’s why in most organizations good news zooms to the top, while bad news – data that reveals goals missed, problems lurking, or feedback that challenges or defeats our strategy – flows uphill like molasses in January.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

“This is the first time I’ve been through this process myself.” “I did talk to that leadership development firm last year,” he said. Lance knew that as part of this process he’d need to examine his own leadership. They certainly didn’t have time for infighting like this. Nina shrugged.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Don’t think you’re going to sit down and hammer it out in an hour. Strategy and business development executive with substantial experience designing, leading, and implementing a broad range of corporate growth and realignment initiatives. It should match what they’re looking for. And be sure to avoid clichés. .

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

I encourage my clients to check in with how their work process feels at different points throughout the day and make adjustments to improve the quality of their work experience. If one approach isn’t working, try another rather than continuing to hammer away fruitlessly. Then move forward by experimenting and reflecting.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

I encourage my clients to check in with how their work process feels at different points throughout the day and make adjustments to improve the quality of their work experience. If one approach isn’t working, try another rather than continuing to hammer away fruitlessly. Then move forward by experimenting and reflecting.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

By now, your company probably has a new busi­ness incubator, an idea wiki, a disciplined process for mining customer insights, an awards program for successful innovators, and maybe even an outpost in Silicon Valley—all fine ideas—and yet, most likely, it still struggles to meet its growth goals and seldom thrills its customers.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

While the ministers have not yet agreed on tools to achieve these goals, their accord to pursue them is promising. Among the many reasons I think the Trump administration should ease up on its attacks on the WTO is the fact that they are making it more difficult to recruit developing-country members, even though many share U.S.

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