HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

The pandemic gave us the opportunity to really test our agility and innovation, and I am proud to say we exceeded expectations, ” she says. “ Our values informed our guiding principles, developed by our CEO and implemented by our Executive Committee, for operating through COVID-19.

Leadership 52

Leadership Agility Diversity Competitive Advantage 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Over the past few decades, Silicon Valley has been such a powerful engine for entrepreneurship in technology that, all too often, it is considered to be some kind of panacea. The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2014

This approach to entrepreneurship increases your market knowledge: as a potential user, you know the problem, how you’re currently trying to solve it, and what dimensions of performance matter. And you can use this knowledge to avoid much of the market risk in building a new product. Disruptive innovation Entrepreneurship'

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Advice Disruptive Innovation CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

But most businesses fail because our assumptions about customer demand are wrong — because of market risk. Test market risk first. These tests substitute human labor for technology, and the human component means we can gather more information from potential customers about their problems and our potential solutions.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Early Adopters Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

But most businesses fail because our assumptions about customer demand are wrong — because of market risk. Test market risk first. These tests substitute human labor for technology, and the human component means we can gather more information from potential customers about their problems and our potential solutions.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Early Adopters Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

If the customers haven’t changed much, point to changes in the competitive environment that make your strategy less sound today than it was when it was developed. Mine societal, economic, political, regulatory, and technological trends to identify any external changes that necessitate a shift in your strategy.

Strategic Planning 8

Strategic Planning Due Diligence Proposal Rogers 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2013

By inextricably linking the two, we confine the practice of real, turbo-charged capitalism to business, and we dangerously limit the capacity of non-business organizations to innovate, fund, and bring to scale the kind of breakthrough ideas that will begin to solve the huge social problems we face today. This we call prudence.

Learning Curve 8

Learning Curve Advertising GDP Pharmaceuticals 8