Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 4, 2013

They are built to be performance engines. A well-run performance engine is the master of many challenges. Innovation requires experimentation: the performance engine demands efficiency. Innovation sometimes fails; the performance engine struggles to forgive. How Good Are You in Managing Office Politics?

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Innovation Execution Govindarajan Engineering 91

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

Vijay Govindarajan Ravi Ramamurti. In 2012, Dinesh Seemakurty, a bio-medical engineering student at University of Southern California was visiting India. His life was set. He decided to leave Phillips to commit to the cause of fighting blindness — a risky decision for a 43-year old. Further Reading. Add to Cart.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Entrepreneur Innovation 8

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 20, 2020

Certainly the pandemic has spurred innovation and we’re delighted to see the adoption of some digital health solutions at a faster pace,” says Leslie Harris, Managing Director of EIT Health UK-Ireland. Tuck Business School’s Vijay Govindarajan underlines how important our ability to forget is to innovation.

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Innovation Govindarajan Short-term Banking 103

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Your current business is the performance engine. What’s missing from the managerial toolkit is a way for managers to allocate their—and their organization’s—time and attention and resources on a day-to-day basis across the competing demands of managing today’s requirements and tomorrow’s possibilities.

Innovation 8

Innovation Hedge Management Govindarajan 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble suggest that companies can consciously manage the balance between the "performance engine" (that minimizes mistakes) and the "discovery team" (that encourages experiments) by being clear about what core capabilities should be forgotten and borrowed.

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Innovation Gilbert Govindarajan Christensen 14