Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

A terrorist incident, a breakdown of the London rail system, power blackouts, volcanic ash clouds , flooding, an outbreak of infectious disease—the London organizing committee (LOCOG) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) spent years thinking about every scenario they could imagine.

Risk Management 15

Risk Management Management Committee Insurance 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2017

For example, many studies have shown that internal focus (for example, focusing on your arm motion in a golf swing) is more likely to cause fatigue than external focus (focusing on the flight of the golf ball). This management of energy often requires switching between focus and unfocus. Not Operating at Your Peak.

Scenario Planning 12

Scenario Planning Self-aware Energy Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The restaurant chain, Olive Garden, uses predictive analytics to guide its food buying and retail staffing plans. Consider, for example, the work that Apple is doing with Epic (an electronic health record provider for hospitals and large medical groups). We can connect insights and execution at a pace never before possible.

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The restaurant chain, Olive Garden, uses predictive analytics to guide its food buying and retail staffing plans. Consider, for example, the work that Apple is doing with Epic (an electronic health record provider for hospitals and large medical groups). We can connect insights and execution at a pace never before possible.

Strategy 8

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

For example, sometimes when a senior manager makes a request, it causes a cascade of activity that is far beyond what she intended. To minimize their negative impact, there are two steps that managers can take: Plan ahead (as much as you can). Have you ever worked on a project that produced unexpected results ?

Airlines 11

Airlines Supply Chain Scenario Planning Travel 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

and European elections, to management of the Syrian War, it’s clear that relations between the West and Russia have become increasingly hostile. For example, in 2014, at the onset of the sharp deterioration in U.S.-Russian This will likely continue to make business planning even more difficult. Jennifer Maravillas for HBR.

Policies 8

Policies Supply Chain Politics Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

An obvious scenario, one that some companies might find themselves dealing with in the not-too-distant future, is a faked video of their CEO making racist or sexist comments, or bribing a politician. But equally damaging could be a video about, for example, corporate spending.

Reputation 10

Reputation Company Video Crisis 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2011

For example, when it comes to preparation for a possible showdown involving North Korea, there has been no discussion or scenario planning between American and Chinese top brass — not a recipe for good crisis management. State Department.

Politics 14

Politics Gordon Scenario Planning Globalization 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

Practically speaking, can organizational leaders integrate mindfulness practices into strategic planning processes? It’s essential to step back and ask not only whether the team has identified the right plans or solutions but whether they have identified the right questions and problems in the first place.

Strategy 8

Strategy Goleman Strategic Planning Parcell 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

Old efficiency thinking based on engineering and rational market models needs to be replaced by a creative intelligence based on imagining, building and managing new futures. For example, in Japan, the utility company believed its nuclear problem was water — not enough water to cool the reactors and ponds.

Uncertainty 13

Uncertainty Supply Chain Scenario Planning Sharpe 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

In 2013, we conducted a number of interviews and surveyed 270 female managers in Fortune 500 organizations to determine what they liked and disliked about business meetings. According to Gail’s manager, she had a solid reputation, and her work was considered to be impeccable. Let planning trump politics. The problem?

Politics 8

Politics Strategy 360-Degree Feedback Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

Examples include collaboration platforms such as MeetX , Virtualboardroom , Diligent , and Boardpad.) It would be an antidote to the insularity that so many boards are criticized for, and a useful complement to the simulations and war-game tools that help with scenario planning and anticipating competitors’ moves.

Scenario Planning 8

Scenario Planning Tools Technology Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Scenario planning is as essential for strategy formulation as it is for the design of next generation technologies and industries. Thinking in terms of scenarios forces people to rigorously examine fundamental assumptions and unexpected risks. Fantasy Sports Competition. Comparative Coding.

Class 9

Class Education Supply Chain Sports 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Consultants came to their assistance with solutions to short-term concerns ranging from moving out cash to halting expansion plans. There is a danger that even after dealing with the crisis, managers will continue to give short shrift to their nonmarket and other fundamental corporate choices.

Strategy 13

Strategy Politics Short-term Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

McKinsey has identified more than 20 distinct submarkets in China, for example. Advanced economies, for example, depend more on high-skill talent to support what we call "global innovation for local markets" in industries such as pharmaceuticals and autos. Innovations Are Changing The Way We Design Products.

Globalization 9

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The essence of the phenomenon is the fact that each stage in the supply chain plans its capital projects and operations, including inventory levels, based on its future expectations. For example , U.S. Macroeconomic data during the 2008 financial crisis show the bullwhip effect operating on a much broader scale.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

Only a minority of firms is well ahead in planning and preparing a UK market strategy. At the recent Brexit Workshop we held for clients — in this case, 19 UK heads of some of the world’s largest multinational firms — 10 of them had not started or had only just begun planning for Brexit.

Planning 8

Planning Supply Chain Strategic Planning Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Sure, the value of an in-depth discovery phase; comprehensive, quantitative, and qualitative research; stakeholder interviews; scenario planning; and alignment are undisputed. And how often have you crafted a meticulous three-year strategic plan, only to have it become obsolete after a few months, or even weeks?

Agility 8

Agility Strategy Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2017

For example, directors of auto manufacturers and auto parts suppliers will need to understand how shared and autonomous mobility will accelerate electrification of the transportation sector, affecting car sales. In particular, boards will have to show that they understand two things.

Tips 8

Tips Supply Chain Proposal Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

While consumer spending has proven resilient, with same-store retail sales rising 6% YOY in April , most multinational corporations are developing contingency plans to mitigate risks to their businesses and reassessing the country’s role in their global market portfolio and supply chains. Renegotiating NAFTA. YOY in 2017–2018.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Depreciation Uncertainty Marketing 8