HR Digest

MAY 3, 2021

As the COVID-19 crisis takes a sharp turn from government to business, the issue of redefining jobs moves up the agenda. This very nimble organization allows Amazon employees to build their own path by owning their development, their career, and their future. They get to build the future. Looking ahead, we will focus on three things.

Quality 59

Quality Engineering Technology Resources 59

Deming Institute

MARCH 14, 2017

Gipsie loved to travel to experience diverse cultures and history, taking many trips to Europe, Africa and Asia. A resident of Brentwood, Tennessee and an avid supporter of the Nashville Symphony, Gipsie was an international consultant to organizations on management, quality improvement and statistical methodology. Edwards Deming.

Deming 28

Deming Sharpe Seminar Quality 28

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

"Unleashing Collective Genius" As globalization takes a sharp turn from government to business, the issue of global talent mobility rapidly moves up the agenda. It can empower people to take a point of view and allow the organization to benefit from diverse points of view. For example, we worked with Washington University in St.

Resources 40

Resources Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Learning-by-Doing 40

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

In today’s workplace, diversity is more than just a buzzword; it’s a way to build a stronger business. At Pinterest, we understand that diverse teams yield smarter , more innovative results, which are essential in the competitive, dynamic tech industry. Setting diversity goals isn’t enough.

Diversity 8

Diversity Engineering Goal Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2012

In 2005, HP split off the printer business from the personal computer business, dissolved the Customer Solutions Group (CSG) which was a sales and marketing organization that cut across product categories, and pushed selling responsibilities down to the product business units. The merging of the two businesses is a reversal for HP.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Organization Sharpe 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2018

This restaurant holds two major lessons for organizations around the world that are built on innovation and want to keep their creative edge. Innovative organizations don’t worry about how to maintain excellence so much as how to find the new excellence. Always keep evolving. Bottura expects his meals to evolve over time.

Creativity 10

Creativity Sharpe Diversity Wilde 10

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Achieving coherence requires a sharpness of focus that few companies have mastered. Moreover, fixed assets are more difficult to leverage across diverse businesses than capabilities, and they tend to expire, become obsolete, or give way to related services. It’s a ‘sharp pencil’ capabilities system rooted in superior information.

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

You're Not the Boss of Me

MARCH 20, 2009

This is one pretty sharp boss!) Susan Mazza March 22, 2009 at 2:05 pm This is a great example that fun doesn’t have to cost money or take a lot of time. Some people seem to think fun involves organizing an event. Announces Social Media, Branding & Diversity Strategies" by @ bizshrink.

Advertising 40

Advertising Blog Stress McCarthy 40

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2018

For example, Dr. Velma Deleveaux, a director at Booz Allen Hamilton, leads a Science and Engineering business. As sponsors, they are giving meaningful advocacy to others within the organization. The onus to improving gender diversity in STEM shouldn’t solely be placed on women’s shoulders, but systemic change can be slow.

Succession 14

Succession Reputation Focus Group Leadership Styles 14

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

​ For example, the job function I have now, digital marketing , didn’t exist when I left college, and had I focused on other areas without adapting as my career progressed, I might’ve missed my calling in digital marketing. Find work that keeps you sharp and keeps you in a learning mode.

Career 74

Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Income inequality has, for example, become a hot topic. Since unions fell into sharp decline in the private sector in the 1970s, the private-sector wage gap between blacks and whites has grown. Compensation Diversity Economy' What doesn’t get talked about so much, though, are the consequences. Who’s going to do them now?

Politics 11

Politics Sharpe Education Hotels 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

Much to my surprise, I found that these extremely successful family business owners don’t draw a sharp (and artificial) line between “us” and “them” – the mentally healthy and those less healthy. I do not believe that people on the edge of mania, for example, are more productively creative, insightful, or more brilliant.

Execution 15

Execution Emotional Intelligence Open-book Sharpe 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Leaders of philanthropic and other non-profit organizations naturally blame the economy for this problem; and many expect things to get worse as the economic malaise drags on. For more tightly focused not-for-profits , such as the Cleveland Clinic and the network of Food Banks around the country, the decline is not nearly as sharp.

Crisis 13

Crisis Mayo Strategy Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2014

For example, in interviewing people who detest video games, one set of researchers came up with the insight that a lot of games are too complicated and controllers are too hard to maneuver; the result was the Wii. In other words, Hermann concludes, "Comcast, the organization, is tormenting them both."

Norton 8

Norton Brand Sharpe Storytelling 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The manuscript is locked up but I am still finding examples. They are the "buckets" into which we organize the world. In a culture that flowers with an increasingly diverse variety, this is useful. Pinterest founders Ben Silbermann , and Evan Sharp are mapping American culture. And then I found a more original purpose.

Marketing 14

Marketing Bottom-up Sharpe Follow-up 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

Those who fail to recognize that the economy is improving are likely to play defense for too long, leaving opportunities for top-line organic growth on the table. The shifting energy equation, for example, sets the stage for growth. Keep a laser sharp focus on gross margin. Keep the pressure on productivity.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Market Segmentation Venture Capitalist Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Organizations like Kmara in Georgia, Pora in Ukraine and the April 6th movement in Egypt, received advice and training from the group and found similar success. It continues to live on in places as far-flung and diverse as Iran, Burma and Zimbabwe, just to name a few. The contrast is sharp and it is no accident.

Management 8

Management Bureaucracy Sharpe Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Look around your organization, at the people with whom you interact every day. A healthy range of diversity in terms of age, skin color, religious conviction, culture, or/and sexual orientation? Differences — Not Just Diversity. There are two aspects of individuality that we explore in the context of organizations.

Leadership Pipeline 8

Leadership Pipeline Diversity Creativity Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

Below are nine key steps we’ve taken to reduce bias in our selection cycle, convince people we’re serious and thus draw a more diverse group of outstanding speakers. Studies show that bringing in decision-makers from under-represented groups will help your organization attract more similar people. Diversity Gender'

Conference 11

Conference Stage-Gate Proposal Ries 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

In many organizations, in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, a certain cowboy strain of masculinity prevails, especially at the leadership level. “Loudership” is the term used by one organization we’ve worked with. A recent experiment I performed at a major STEM organization provides an example.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Workshop Diversity Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Was he suggesting that since it’s such a small organization, this national outrage was overblown? But I’ve found that managing an organization in which there are a range of passionately-held political views requires a proactive approach. For example, we have been examining how changing demographic trends in the U.S.

Politics 9

Politics Sharpe Media Diversity 9