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. Michael Tardif. Strategic plan as jigsaw puzzle.

Creativity 58

Creativity Strategic Planning Construction Politics 58

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

It serves vastly diverse populations: toddlers and caregivers, new immigrants, lifelong learners, famous novelists, and scholars. How to provide hyper-local services tailored to the diverse needs of its patrons while also upholding a consistent and high standard of service? in less than five years. Shared Spaces.

Library 8

Library Strategy Reference Bottom-up 8

Curious Cat

MARCH 10, 2015

Field operations are decentralized into four areas of the city – central, south, east, north and west. Operating the department based on the Principles of Quality Leadership. This is his fourth book on improving policing and he authors a blog: Improving Police. At this point, only the EPD has a building.

Case Study 40

Case Study System Decentralization Management 40

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2016

It’s helpful to inform candidates who decline offers that their participation in a “declined offer interview” will be much appreciated, that there are no hard feelings, and that when requested and feasible, their individual feedback can remain confidential or anonymous.

Company 8

Company Human Resources Open-book Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2011

The Internet compounds this narrowing by invisibly removing subjects and people from our online searches and even our casual exploration of websites, explains Eli Pariser in his new book, The Filter Bubble. Who are some of the most diverse people on the periphery of your network that you might benefit from getting to know better?

Tips 13

Tips Conference Bottom-up Diversity 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

And how can you be sure that people who aren’t from the dominant culture participate and are heard? Approach your cross-cultural meeting with an open mind. Say, for instance, you want to encourage more open conflict and feedback at meetings, but your workforce is conflict averse. What the Experts Say.

Meyer 8

Meyer How To Bond Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

This serves as the basis for his new book, True North Groups , coauthored with Doug Baker , who led HR at Medtronic. The new book is about how to create a great personal board of directors or tribe, along with all the norms, practices, and feedback mechanisms to support your leadership (and life). It is a very timely book.

Open-book 9

Open-book Chemicals Chief Operating Officer Goleman 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2012

Technology, for a free-lancer like me, creates a powerful and not entirely mad illusion that we work in a peopled environment of rich diversity and experience. The more I participated in the ambient, informal life of the office, the more committed I became to the work of the company. There's a new lonely crowd in the workplace.

Silverman 17

Silverman Real Estate Fashion Open-book 17

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The book presents case studies of each type, an explanation of the key characteristics, and a discussion of what you can do to be better at that type. Landlords decide how to generate the most value for themselves and dictate the terms of participation for the tenants. However, once they do, landlords define the rules of participation.

Sports 260

Sports Creativity Bottom-up Motivation 260

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

So I reached out to Brandon Webb, an innovative SEAL trainer/educator, and CEO of Force12 Media for real-world perspective on what industry could learn from a special operations sensibility. The training transformation made the SEALs culture more open to innovation and exchange. That scares me. Incorporate New Ideas from the Ground.

Training 8

Training Education Incentives Leadership 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 25, 2010

Brave soul replied, “I’m pretty sure that’s what they want too but the affect your body language and behaviour has on the team makes it difficult for them to participate” Unconvinced but intrigued now, the Boss said, “Okay then, tell me more” “Well, when you came into the room this morning, you didn’t acknowledge anyone. Don’t they get that?”

Self-aware 40

Self-aware Management Blog Open-book 40

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Wall Street began charging a “conglomerate discount,” saying that diverse operations were hard to analyze with confidence. True synergies across the diverse operations were often hard to see. This is standard practice, after all, in the paper printing industry.

Engineering 8

Engineering Learning Curve Fixed Costs Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

In this adaptation from the new book, Your Strategy Needs a Strategy (HBR Press, 2015), BCG strategy experts make sense of the all the different, and competing, approaches to strategy: Which strategy is right for your business? When and how should you implement it?

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Lead Change Blog

JUNE 23, 2016

Unfortunately, her title is a strategic, operational, financial, and cultural derailing eventuality to the intended track of her purpose, vision and values. The CEO user base is diverse, yet it can be compared to an almost 100% installed “operating” system matched with immeasurably supportive “hardware.”. The CLO Challenge.

CEO 166

CEO Leadership Chief Executive Officer Human Resources 166

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2013

He believed that the most disruptive innovations don't occur inside a single domain, but at the intersection of multiple diverse domains (such as the arts and the sciences). This post is adapted from the book Jugaad Innovation: A Frugal And Flexible Approach To Innovation For The 21st Century (Random House India, 2012).

Innovation 9

Innovation Attrition Software Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2015

You may have to learn some intensive juggling, but evidence we’ve gathered from a study of fascinating people from many walks of life suggests that sometimes more — a lot more — is better, especially when “more” entails a diversity of tasks.

PR 8

PR Long-term Consultative Career 8

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

An example of the importance of flexibility would be that when staff are highly motivated and competent, a combination of highly delegatory and moderate participative styles of leadership would be most appropriate. Some individuals openly seek out positions of leadership, while leadership is thrust upon others.

Blog 406

Blog Leadership Leadership Styles Learning-by-Doing 406

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

From the way that it deployed advanced digital media to the way that it incorporated rank-and-file supporters into its messaging apparatus, the Obama for America operation in 2008 demonstrated the power of conducting a campaign as though it were a conversation. Effective organization conversation, we argue in our book Talk, Inc.

Operations 15

Operations Media Long-term Open-book 15