Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

Remember Long-Term Capital Management ? An integrated strategy machine is the collection of resources, both technological and human, that act in concert to develop and execute business strategies. If all you have is a hammer, then everything will look like a nail. Further second- and third-order interactions occur downstream.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), late 2015 was the most difficult hiring period in four years. Part of its success is that the company supports a collaborative work environment and boasts transparent operations from the top down. ” message and think, Hey, maybe it’s time for a change.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Hammer Media 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We need tools to assess progress for external stakeholders, consumers, and managers. Toffel : The interesting thing about the risk lens is if everyone started paying attention to risks, I suspect it would lead to both more product innovation and investing in more-resilient operations and supply chains. The result will be innovation.

Project 8

Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. The team wasn’t perfect, but it was still operating at a pretty high level. “Besides, lots of experts say that too many people view comp as a hammer and every problem as a nail.

Case Study 12

Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 12

Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The content of this blog was prepared as an article for the first edition of the Lean Management Journal, later known as The LMJ. In the late 1960s, Frank Pipp, an assembly plant manager for a Ford Motor Company factory, instructed his staff to purchase competitor’s cars. To Pipp’s amazement, one car purchased was 100% snap fit.

System 74

System Productivity Products Deming 74

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Noble: Economies and business operate in very complex systems. So here’s the money management industry. There is probably $50 billion of money under management in impact investing at the moment — that’s not going to set the world on fire for the large investment firms. They’re beset by downward pressure on their margins.

Insurance 8

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. Over the past two decades, we’ve led dozens of innovation projects and have talked to thousands of managers about the challenge of building a high-performance innovation “engine.”

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

Process gurus such as Michael Hammer , Jim Champy , Geary Rummler , and Alan Brache have long maintained that companies must appoint process owners to ensure that processes are improved across functions. These companies kept top-management attention on critical processes and KPIs. And they succeeded wildly. from 2004 to 2007.

Process 15

Process Champy Competitive Advantage Hammer 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

The editorial page of the New York Times recently hammered Mitt Romney with a piece called " A Big Storm Requires Big Government." I'm not advocating that FEMA cease operation tomorrow and leave the residents of New Jersey and other areas affected by Sandy on their own.

Real Estate 9

Real Estate Incentives Insurance Hammer 9