Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

Power is part of leadership, and it can be used in the service of others or for personal gain. And when delivering bad news, use a velvet hammer. When moments of reinvention arrive, innovating the “how” can be overlooked in favor of focusing on the “what.” T HE TIME TO THINK about power is before you get it. How do we do that?

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Power Hammer CEO Human Resources 377

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2021

As Michael Hammer famously warned back in 1990, it’s no use applying new technologies to old processes, so in order to get the most out of AI and automation, jobs are having to be redesigned so that man and machine can work well together. Redesigning the business.

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Supply Chain Technology Hammer Report 64

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. I list these below as a guide for anyone — from bloggers, to academics, to strategy consultants — looking to produce world-class thought leadership.

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Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Leadership 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

This healthy, innovative sector holds out vast promise, but missteps now could cost the United States its lead. has underwritten much of the technological innovation behind clean energy's progress. has underwritten much of the technological innovation behind clean energy's progress. The clean-energy field is evolving rapidly.

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Energy Competitive Advantage Price Constraint 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

But probably even more relevant, because it’s an insurance policy and not a grant it makes the capital of that charitable foundation go as far as what you think the default risk is. If you start seeing everything through the impact investing lens, it starts looking like you have a hammer and everything looks like a nail.

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Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 8