Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. The definition of a market, customer, partner, or even competitor is now a moving target.

Strategy 8

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

and European elections, to management of the Syrian War, it’s clear that relations between the West and Russia have become increasingly hostile. Yet Russia remains an important part of most Western multinationals’ emerging markets portfolios. From the conflict in Ukraine, to Russian meddling in U.S.

Policies 9

Policies Supply Chain Politics Operations 9

Center for Creative Leadership

JUNE 22, 2020

Carefully developed long term plans can become obsolete overnight as we face futures that are undeniably different than what we anticipated. To think strategically is the ability to prioritize and manage paradox given the complex relationship between the organization and its market ecosystem.? Think strategically.

Leadership 106

Leadership How To Long-term Short-term 106

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

But that technology is still in its early stages, and as it develops you can be sure that bad actors will be working on ways to defeat it. Corporate marketers and communicators, as the people who supply platforms with the money that is their lifeblood, are in a strong position to push for faster action.

Reputation 10

Reputation Company Video Crisis 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

Old efficiency thinking based on engineering and rational market models needs to be replaced by a creative intelligence based on imagining, building and managing new futures. These firsts-of-their-kind developments require unprecedented degrees of creativity.". Bruce Nussbaum is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Uncertainty 14

Uncertainty Supply Chain Scenario Planning Sharpe 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

First we see major shifts in demand: developing economies such as China and India are morphing from the world's source of low-cost manufacturing capacity to the world's best market opportunities. They will not, it must be noted, alter how the role of manufacturing evolves as economies develop.

Globalization 9

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

By using the technology to play the role of customer, investor, product developer, factory worker, and so on — making the kinds of choices they must make — board members could see the business (somewhat literally) from various stakeholders’ vantage points. (Some headsets really immerse you in the experience.)

Scenario Planning 8

Scenario Planning Tools Technology Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

Read more from Korn Ferry: How to Develop Leaders Who Can Drive Strategic Change. Agile businesses run planning and execution in parallel, investing in scenario planning so they can act promptly when opportunities arise. But for traditional firms, they’re a whole new world. They are also prepared to take risks.

Organization 8

Organization SPM Content Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

It''s the rare CIO who applies scenario planning to the business of IT. Yet, in a function driven by innovation and the uncertainties surrounding the application and implication of future technologies, not using scenarios is tantamount to management malpractice. IT management' IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

Scenario Planning 8

Scenario Planning CIO Planning Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

It reached a peak on June 12 and then proceeded to lose over 40% of its value by the end of August despite efforts by the Chinese government to prop up the market. This performance, combined with policies of the Chinese government, led investors to believe that future growth would be ever higher, creating the stock-market bubble.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Crisis management is so much more than handling of the media. Business development. We therefore mounted a full-scope crisis management initiative that focused heavily on after-the-crisis help for the victims and their families. The process of strategy development is not esoteric. Next comes Crisis Planning.

Crisis Management 80

Crisis Management Crisis Risk Management Budgeting 80

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Business development. Questions to follow in Budgeting as part of Strategic Planning and Visioning processes include: Does this process increase your accountability to funding sources and to the public? Are budgeting measures used to manage performance? Is the performance management system focused upon outcomes?

Strategic Planning 71

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 71

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

The product of an MIT CTL research initiative called Future Freight Flows, it is a method of convening conversations and achieving alignment, based on the practice of scenario planning. This makes scenario planning an effective approach for long-range freight transportation planning.

Planning 8

Planning Scenario Planning Transportation Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

Only a minority of firms is well ahead in planning and preparing a UK market strategy. At the recent Brexit Workshop we held for clients — in this case, 19 UK heads of some of the world’s largest multinational firms — 10 of them had not started or had only just begun planning for Brexit. How to Plan for Brexit.

Planning 8

Planning Supply Chain Strategic Planning Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Developments in the Middle East — first the removal of long-time Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011 and now Hosni Mubarak's stepping down in Egypt — suggest that authoritarian regimes in the region are not immune to "people power."

Strategy 13

Strategy Politics Short-term Long-term 13

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 8, 2019

Being a futurist means paying attention to new patterns or trends that are slowly percolating up through the market and/or society that have the potential to catch on in a major way. It’s about coming up with possible scenarios for the future given these developments.

Flextime 74

Flextime How To Scenario Planning Consultative 74

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2017

This transformation will not be easy, and we expect that while a number of companies will be able to adapt and grow their market share, others will go out of business in the process or shrink significantly. In the meantime, more shareholder proposals will address climate change issues, raising important questions for boards of directors.

Tips 8

Tips Supply Chain Proposal Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

The possibility of a contentious renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has led to delayed or canceled investments in what has been one of Latin America’s most economically stable markets. Renegotiating NAFTA. So, if a company manufactures products in Mexico to export to Canada and the U.S.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Depreciation Uncertainty Marketing 9