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The Horizons Tracker
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
Edwards Deming and encapsulated by Japanese car giant Toyota, whose quality circles, kaizen, and takt time quickly spread throughout the manufacturing sector. This is a world that tries to overcome the innovator’s dilemma by learning new things even when their current strength remains powerful.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. Beyond wages, other forms of investment in human capital include education and training, improved healthcare, and other, less obvious investments, such as the time and space to explore new ideas and professional development opportunities.
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Harvard Business Review
MAY 8, 2012
Six Sigma , Kaizen , Lean , and other variations on continuous improvement can be hazardous to your organization's health. Admittedly, continuous improvement once powered Japan's economy. Sure it's important to inject discipline into product and service development, but not so much that it discourages creativity.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 4, 2013
It has a more rigorous organization structure that divides responsibilities between the innovation team and development team, and strengthens management around the opportunity pipeline. These teams have disciplined processes to get the technology to market, generally with a one- to two-year product horizon.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 9, 2012
Train and coach that talent to continually develop the competencies (learned skills and knowledge) that salespeople need to add value for customers. These sales force effectiveness drivers are the spokes of a wheel that powers the sales force. Breakage in any single spoke creates weakness in the wheel, leading to suboptimal results.
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