Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

Suddenly it hit Bob: he hadn’t checked to make sure engineering had included the new wiring diagram in the customer’s shipment that was due to go out first thing in the morning. Hershman and Dr. Michael Hammer. Hershman is the Chief Executive Officer of Hammer and Company. Without the diagram the equipment would be useless.

Hammer 50

Hammer Chief Executive Officer Metrics Process 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

In his new book, Retromania , English music critic Simon Reynolds claims that innovation in popular music is in decline. If this is true, a big cultural change is upon us — the end of popular music as the great lab bench for our culture, as the defining innovator of our time. The innovation was now spreading.

Early Adopters 13

Early Adopters Hammer Innovation Charisma 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

These companies are investing millions into intelligent systems for situation assessment, prediction analysis, learning-based recognition systems, conversational interfaces, and recommendation engines. The very nature of the role aims at bringing the hammer of AI to the nails of whatever problems are lying around.

Technology 8

Technology Hammer Analysis Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Shifting from Drucker's erudition and measured tone to Hammer's revolutionary and provocatively violent declarations ("don't automate, obliterate") was a bit dizzying. In transition periods, during big technological shifts or the ends of recessions, companies often turn their aspirations to growth through innovation. As the U.S.

Prahalad 16

Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Leadership 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

The geofilters combined amusing visuals and messages with the web address of Snapchat’s job page, all in the hope that a Twitter engineer taking a quick Snapchat break might come across the targeted “Fly Higher!” Following are three such innovative approaches for connecting with top talent.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Hammer Media 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2016

Nineteen days later, as rescue crews grew desperate, a 24-year-old field engineer named Igor Proestakis decided to travel to the site with what he hoped was a breakthrough idea: using a particular drilling technology, called cluster hammers, to cut through the collapsed rock. Innovation in Cities. Insight Center.

Engineering 8

Engineering Project Benchmarking Hammer 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8