Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2011

For example, we used innovation-linked terms like " design thinking ," " Six Sigma ," " open innovation ," and "product design," among others. Interest is high in Six Sigma, ideas management, innovation management, product design, and in strategic terms like "adjacency.".

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 19, 2012

A new study was recently published by the global management consulting firm, Boston Consulting Group (BCG). “Change management” is then used to bulldoze these efforts down through the organization and overcome “resistance to change.”

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

These mandated-from-above programs include Lean Six Sigma initiatives with experts (" Belts ") in command, big IT implementations, and reengineering of major end-to-end processes. An executive in the company's finance operations adopted a Six Sigma belt-driven approach to reduce costs in the company's global shared service centers.

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Six Sigma Bottom-up Cost Project 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Six Sigma , Kaizen , Lean , and other variations on continuous improvement can be hazardous to your organization's health. Looking beyond Japan, iconic six sigma companies in the United States, such as Motorola and GE, have struggled in recent years to be innovation leaders. the United States.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2012

If you've had a bad experience with an operational improvement effort (like Six Sigma or Business Reengineering), or if you haven't given it much attention lately, you should take a fresh look. Now conversations are happening globally, and experiences and points of view are being shared much faster. But improvement has improved.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2015

Scale drove consolidation and globalization of industries throughout the mid-twentieth century and it still does today, such as in steel, airlines, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications. And processes like Six Sigma quality control became hugely popular after GE publicly adopted the concept. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

At a leading global logistics company, for example, the business rules in a claims process suggested that decisions on tolerances for refunds required the judgment of a manager. Having started its Lean Six Sigma journey almost five years ago, ADP saw RPA as the obvious next step in its journey to drive efficiency.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

A clear-eyed look at some common and allegedly hard-headed tools that firms often use in an attempt to improve performance, everything from mission statements through Six Sigma through high-powered exec compensation. By Jeremy Hope and Steve Player. By Christopher Meyer with Julia Kirby.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

Similarly, California-based Cisco Systems launched an entire new global business unit called Smart+Connected Communities from its Bangalore, India location, dubbed Cisco East. The smart building router was the first product developed by the team in Bangalore first for the Indian market but is now available globally.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

But the board recognized that the company’s environment was changing dramatically, thanks to global expansion, greater online competition, and customers’ evolving expectations of their shopping experience. A global energy company was struggling and seemed unlikely to survive the industry’s looming consolidation.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Whether it was branded the Deming Method or Six Sigma or a host of other models, ‘continuous improvement processes’ found their way into organizations large and small and have made a major contribution to improving quality worldwide. Keep your company fighter-pilot agile in any turbulent or changing market.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. But, as befits a company that has been around for 130 years, GE is moving on.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2012

Global managers should pay attention to why Daniel's second attempt worked while his first one failed. Over a century the dabbas have developed a color and numerical code which allows them to deliver with such a low margin of error that Forbes magazine has awarded them a Six Sigma rating.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

As a society, we must figure out how to rapidly re-skill vast number of people on an ongoing basis to both remain relevant globally and to avoid long periods of high unemployment. Project Management and Lean Six Sigma certifications both center on hands-on learning.

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Skills Six Sigma Supply Chain Education 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

But the board recognized that the company’s environment was changing dramatically, thanks to global expansion, greater online competition, and customers’ evolving expectations of their shopping experience. A global energy company was struggling and seemed unlikely to survive the industry’s looming consolidation.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2013

The recent hire of Lisa Strausfeld, a former partner at the revered design firm Pentagram, as Bloomberg's global head of data visualization is another strong sign of the company's renewed interest in design.). Six Sigma UX : Successful UX is often about doing less, not more.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

Lean Six Sigma , which even made its way into a candidate pledge in the last presidential campaign , is one in a series of such business-to-government waves. Millions are being invested by Cisco, IBM, Phillips, and other global companies to help cities and countries operate efficiently. Big data is rolling in after it.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 20, 2016

PRINCE2 , Six Sigma and project management software such as Taskworld ) versus those who don’t have an advantage in five different areas. Fred Mouawad is a global citizen, serial and portfolio entrepreneur, and founder of Synergia One Group of Companies and CEO of Taskworld. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2012

They stand on the shoulders of the methods of "Process Strategy 1.0": Lean , Six Sigma , and Business Reengineering. The first major trend I see is the shift to global, virtual, cross-organizational teams of specialized entities that are knitted together to serve customers. Let's explore what Process Strategy 2.0

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

In our opinion, culture is contextual, and what would have been appropriate in the 19 th century, when the company was a one-product, one-country organization, is very inappropriate in today’s far more globalized environment. (GE GE now operates in 175 countries across the globe.) The context demanded operational excellence.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

A 2010 IBM survey found that 79% of global chief executives foresaw "high or very high complexity" over the next five years, but only 49% felt their organization was prepared to handle it. As the business environment becomes increasingly complex and interconnected, few leaders express confidence in their companies' ability to adapt.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2014

All Sorts of Unfortunate Things What Happened to Motorola Chicago Magazine Motorola, the telecom giant that introduced the world to Six Sigma, has had a rough decade. Its smart phones make up a mere 2% of the global market. Now I know they''re not." That division was sold to Google, which later sold it to Lenovo.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

When we surveyed over 300 global executives between 2008 and 2009, one of the primary concerns they expressed was their inability to compete long term without a solid innovation engine that can grow their top line. During the initial phases of our work together, it becomes obvious that they have plenty of good ideas.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2015

Young management accountants today are supposed to acquire competencies in a dizzying array of topics, such as advanced presentation skills, Six Sigma, quantitative methods, and even leadership. Even in an office setting, demands to learn more can become unrealistic.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Later attempts to bring science into management included the development of the theory of constraints, management by objectives, reengineering, Six Sigma, the “waterfall” method of software development, and the like. Peter Drucker, one of the first management specialists to achieve guru status, was representative of this era.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

Recently, I was talking with a senior leader from a world-class global learning and development company. More recently, we have focused on the value of Lean, Six Sigma , and diversity. We were discussing his firm’s approach to teaching leadership. He was talking about how to help leaders influence others.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 14, 2011

As the global economy grows weaker, Internet commerce is growing at a faster rate worldwide. About the Author: Craig Calvin is Marketing Manager for [link] , leader in online six sigma certification. Guest post by Craig Calvin (learn more about Craig at the end of this post).

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

After Jeff Immelt threw down the gauntlet for building a global software center, GE faced significant physical, organizational, and cultural challenges. ” Jennifer Waldo , Head of Global Human Resources, GE Software Center, was at the epicenter of GE’s recruiting challenge. Getting Started. Who would lead it?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Many firms struggle to exploit the innovation potential of their global networks. That's partly because they manage global projects like traditional ones. But single-location projects draw on a reservoir or shared tacit knowledge and trust that global projects lack. Use rigorous project management and seasoned project leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Many firms struggle to exploit the innovation potential of their global networks. That's partly because they manage global projects like traditional ones. But single-location projects draw on a reservoir or shared tacit knowledge and trust that global projects lack. Use rigorous project management and seasoned project leaders.

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Globalization Innovation Team First-mover Advantage 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

When they set out to turn around processes that have become woefully inefficient or ineffective, most companies choose one of four process improvement "religions": Lean , Six Sigma , Business Reengineering or Business Process Management (BPM). Many companies adopted Six Sigma in the late 1990s. Consider this example.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

The global financial crisis prompted many companies to pull in their horns, hoard cash, trim costs, and take a wary view of large investments. Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash in money. times global GDP) to more than $600 trillion (9.5

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

And once they get there, they find that there is no letup, especially today when investor expectations are higher than ever, globalization has made the position a round-the-clock job, and technology hardwires everyone to work. In my experience, people make it to the top job by working extraordinarily hard. Then try to do better.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2011

Ashoka , a global association of social entrepreneurs that focuses on urgent social problems, is working in Bangalore to promote innovative, socially acceptable, more environmentally friendly and financially sustainable improvements in the dwellings of urban shanty towns. Our team put Six-Sigma thinking to work.

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Govindarajan Six Sigma Energy Transportation 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

Lean innovation is being embraced by everyone — from the smallest start-ups to the largest global organizations. As an approach, lean innovation lends itself especially well to corporate cultures, often engineering ones and others strongly focused on process-improvement programs such as Six Sigma.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

By comparison, think of the long strides many businesses have made in reengineering their supply chains, boosting product quality, and rolling out lean six sigma. Global supply chains have been optimized, business processes have been outsourced, and huge investments have been made in new IT tools. What’s the problem?

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