Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Organizations deploy automation technologies as the primary resource in their Business Process Management. Gone are the days were BPO meant Business Process Outsourcing, with Robotic Process Automation technology fueling new millennium enterprises, BPO has taken on a new meaning, Business Process Optimization.

Engineering 50

Engineering Process BPM Taylorism 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Application of design thinking to help solve myriad problems that are not typically associated with design is illuminated in a new book through vignettes drawn from such diverse realms as politics and society, business, health and science, law, and writing. Implementing a strategic technology plan. Strategic plan as jigsaw puzzle.

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Creativity Strategic Planning Construction Politics 58

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Each issue is packed with thought-provoking content and insight into the business issues that affect all companies competing in today’s technology-driven marketplace with recent contributions by best-selling author and researcher Tom Davenport; social media guru Chris Brogan; and Myron Scholes, world renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner.

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Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 51

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

While consumers are free to pick and choose the technology they will buy, the information they will access, and the degree to which they will network and with whom, managers and employees within companies are more constrained by the processes, structures, functions, systems, and technology the company invests in and deploys over time.

Technology 8

Technology CIO Maturity Information 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

the well-known test preparation company, where he developed and launched the online college that offers Associates and Bachelors degrees and certificates in Business, Information Technology, Nursing, and Law. He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc.,

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Library Kaplan Newsletter Audience 70

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Of all the ways the world changed in 2014 — economic, cultural, technological, all three — which will matter most to us in 2015? Hacking Tech’s Diversity Problem. Leadership & Managing people Information & technology' Which research best answered questions we hadn’t even thought to ask?

Management 11

Management Retail Information Technology Advice 11

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

the well-known test preparation company, where he developed and launched the online college that offers Associates and Bachelors degrees and certificates in Business, Information Technology, Nursing, and Law. He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc.,

Planning 50

Planning Audience Succession Library 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

But maybe the thrill of accomplishment in these pockets is diverting senior managers’ attention from another, even more critical opportunity: Digital technologies are also rapidly changing how managers can acquire and assess the information they use to develop and execute on enterprise-wide strategy.

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

We have closely studied three of these models: The Helix Center at Imperial College London, the Center for Innovation at the Mayo Clinic, and the Consortium for Medical Technologies at Massachusetts General Hospital. How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. Insight Center. Health Care’s New Frontier.

Health Care 10

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

By helping business leaders to improve their businesses, the CIO becomes an obvious candidate to fill any open role that involves technology, process, or strong governance. But there is another leadership role that has arisen in many organizations in recent years: the Chief Digital Officer (CDO).

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CIO Technology Apparel Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

With guidance from Paul English, chief technology officer of Kayak, we borrowed a common tool from business — professional virtual communities (PVCs) — and adapted it to leverage the wisdom of the crowds. In health care, we thought, they could be a rapid, practical means for diverse professionals to share insights and tactics.

Globalization 9

Globalization Health Care Information Technology Chief Technology Officer 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Success requires getting a diverse group of managers to coalesce around change—breaking down barriers across a wide phalanx of IT, business-lines, analytics, and training experts. The possibility of failure is high when companies don’t commit senior leadership. Putting leadership capacity where it’s needed.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Information Technology Metrics CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Recognizing that the company's command-and-control culture wouldn't work in the 21st century, he defined leadership as leading by values and created a unique collaborative organizational structure. Never confuse charisma with leadership. His first act was to abolish IBM's corporate executive committee. Directness.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

Many firms appear to agree that marketing is too important to be left without high-level leadership, and that CMOs should be in the C-suite bringing a marketing perspective to inform strategy. Why Technology Won’t End the Marketing Hierarchy. Leadership Marketing' The New Marketing Organization. An HBR Insight Center.

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Power PR Marketing Public Relations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2014

Among health care leadership, it can have the unintended effect of promoting inaction over change and innovation. If health care leaders can let go of the status quo the result will be a pluralistic, diverse and flourishing health care ecosystem—an American success story. Health Information & technology Innovation'

Health Care 8

Health Care Information Technology Learning-by-Doing Information 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

Most held a strong respect for authority, rooted in their early observations that those in positions of leadership were doing admirable things and warranted respect. In many cases, leadership demanded compliance, promoting risk-aversion and compliance, rather than respect.

Education 14

Education Compliance White Paper Politics 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

The data provocateurs I’ve worked with form a diverse lot: scientists, HR specialists, people at the lowest management levels, division presidents, relative newcomers, and seasoned veterans. Driving data quality across an entire company takes top-down leadership, but provocateurs are a crucial first step.

Quality 11

Quality Resistance Learning-by-Doing Finance 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The information most likely to influence the future comes from looking out the window, not in the mirror. Sheer computing power isn’t the key differentiator either, because the predictive future relies less on additional statistical mastication than on a greater diversity of inputs. Information & technology Leadership'

Company 8

Company Intangible Assets Information Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. In a world with severe healthcare resource constraints, mobile digital technology can be a major " force multiplier." There are now more than 5.3

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Wireless Health Care Pharmaceuticals Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Managers and other business leaders face a dilemma: with increasingly diverse environments to manage and rising stakes to get it right, how do they identify the most effective approach to business strategy and marshal the right thinking and behaviors to conceive and execute it, supported by the appropriate frameworks and tools?

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The first concerns the challenge of creating the meaningful use program for the HITECH Act when I served as national coordinator of health information technology from 2009 to 2011, at the beginning of the Obama administration. Site visit teams were diverse and representative of major Partners institutions and stakeholders.

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System Skills Health Care Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

These must qualify as “specialty occupations,” which typically require a bachelor’s degree (or the equivalent) and are found in fields such as science, engineering, information technology, medicine, and business. “The workers coming in on H-1Bs are a diverse crowd,” Hanson says.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

For example, it can take five years or more to develop today’s high potentials into leadership roles. Human resources Information & technology Talent management' But there’s a catch: Very precisely matching talent to “the future” is of little value if that future doesn’t happen. Increasingly, you cannot.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Information Technology Uncertainty Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2013

As forms of online learning and screening get more sophisticated, adding more elements of participation and linking more explicitly to career gatekeepers, will we be plugging leaks in the diversity pipeline—or adding more? Hiring Information & technology Talent management' Talent and the New World of Hiring.

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Talent Management Class Information Technology Objective 8