Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The report consists of responses from an unparalleled participant pool of 13,124 global leaders and 1,528 human resource executives within 2,031 participating organizations. The Conference Board, Executive Vice President, Knowledge Organization and Human Capital Practice Lead and study co-author. .

Human Capital 103

Human Capital Conference Metrics Talent Management 103

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

In an interview with The HR Digest, Michael Fraccaro, Chief Human Resources Officer at Mastercard, explains the importance of business resource groups and the vital role it plays to deliver real business results. It can help them innovate. Michael Fraccaro | Chief Human Resources Officer, Mastercard.

Resources 40

Resources Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Learning-by-Doing 40

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

According to their human resource department, it is harder to get a job at Zappos than to be accepted at Harvard Business School. The amazing thing is there are lots of innovative employees who have great ideas, but most of them go untapped. The strategies and concepts they apply at Zappos have had a significant impact.

Newsletter 165

Newsletter Insurance Class Workshop 165

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

On my last trip to India, I witnessed an innovation experiment, National Agro Foundation (NAF) , that addresses this wicked problem. Promotion of climate resilient agriculture, resource conserving technologies and promotion of use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in agriculture are being attempted too.

Innovation 8

Innovation Microfinance Parcell Technology 8

Ask Atma

MAY 3, 2011

Most of the time if you do, you end up with either a crappy execution of the $1000 version (a $500 version), or an over budget project and someone should get fired. This of course is an extreme simplification, but the idea is missing from many project management cycles.

Creativity 56

Creativity Brainstorming Constraint Learning-by-Doing 56

In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

It worked like this: My creative partner Laurence and I would spend the day covering A2 sheets torn from layout pads with ideas for whatever project we were currently engaged upon – an ad for a new gas oven, tennis racket or whatever. They fall over each other to enthusiastically show me the latest project they’re working on.

Advertising 265

Advertising Creativity Industry Bottom-up 265

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

We heard this leadership dilemma from multiple companies that participated in our research on the leadership perspectives of C-suite executives and millennial leaders, which was co-produced by our three organizations, The Conference Board, RW2 Enterprises, and DDI. American Express.

Development 10

Development Participative Conference Innovation 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Increasing creativity and innovation is not only on the priority list for start-ups; it’s also a strategic goal for CEOs of small, medium, and large-sized companies. And it’s one that stems from a very human problem in most big organizations. It seems we’re all racing to get more entrepreneurial.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Entrepreneur Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

As many companies move from exclusively internal focused R&D to distributed-innovation systems (e.g., A new component of the IT function must be developed to support this category of work: the Distributed Innovation Group (DIG). online idea markets), the center of expertise for innovation support, and analysis across the enterprise.

Enterprise Architecture 8

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Volunteering offers participants the opportunity to strengthen their skills, broaden their networks, break out of a career rut, and find new meaning in their job. Data from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) shows that the vast majority of college graduates want to amplify their commitment to good causes through their employer.

Participative 14

Participative Library Entrepreneur Survey 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

New research from the Families and Work Institute (FWI) and the Society for Human Resource Management finds an “on the one hand, on the other hand” contradiction. At the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), we call this “flex around the edges.” Or do they reflect a fear that flextime programs are being eliminated?

Flextime 9

Flextime Human Resources Career Talent Management 9

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field. The benefit of this kind of team activity, is the opening of one’s mind, and shared creative stimulus, which fosters innovation.

Team 52

Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Workflows and innovation initiatives have been artfully reorganized around "projects" to facilitate faster, cheaper and easier contingent participation. If they can get that value — or most of it — from contingency workers, outsourcing, automation, innovative processes or capital investment, why wouldn''t they?

Human Capital 8

Human Capital Real Estate Human Resources Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

Inspired by the Framingham research, our People Innovation Lab developed gDNA, Google’s first major long-term study aimed at understanding work. Critically, participation is optional and confidential. Innovation? Employee retention Human resources Work life balance' What do we hope to learn? Efficiency?

Long-term 11

Long-term Survey Short-term Human Resources 11

HR Digest

JUNE 23, 2023

Workplace inclusion, on the other hand, is the practice of ensuring that every individual in the organization feels valued, respected, and has equal access to opportunities, resources, and decision-making processes. Non-Hispanic white people are projected to no longer be the majority by 2045.

Diversity 52

Diversity Resistance Education Environment 52

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2018

UK, Canada, and Ireland, and seen thousands of students participate. These participants then form teams and work together to glean insights and formulate a research question based on a large and complex data set — all in the course of a single day.

Process 8

Process Real Estate Sample Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

Wellness programs are becoming an integral priority for most human resource managers. Leaders participate in mindfulness and compassion trainings and are coached to learn emotional intelligence. In this particular study, participants were asked if they’d prefer to make $100 immediately or $150 in 90 days.

Gordon 8

Gordon Stress Team Environment 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

Over the last 15 years, Internet giants have built platforms or utilities on top of the Internet that make innovation easier and faster. The trick for entrepreneurs and digital innovators, then, is to use a bricolage strategy to obtain modern digital infrastructure and tools to transform existing businesses or conceive and build new ones.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Airlines Construction Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

The unit should have a respected local champion who can build excitement for change, encourage participation, coach the team, and celebrate success. Innovating for Value in Health Care. Managers should know that their participation in standardized work is one way to earn good performance reviews and promotions. Engagement.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Metrics Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

The bad news: Petabytes of new data and algorithmic innovation assure that “autonomy creep” will relentlessly challenge human oversight from within. Process and decision owners determine the resource allocations and whether autonomy should lead to greater innovation, optimization, or both.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

Brand councils are comprised of senior executives from a range of company functions: key business unit leaders, influential staff leaders from human resources, marketing, legal, and finance, and sometimes even the CEO. The brand council is charged with using the brand as the lens for strategic business decision-making.

Brand 8

Brand Strategy Advertising Brand Management 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Evaluate organizations online: their mission, major products/markets, history, and biographies of key participants. Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Connect as many strengths and resources as possible, for innovation lives in fresh combinations.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Corporate leaders told us that employing young adults is not a charity project or “nice-to-have” anymore. Spur innovation. For example, when medical technology and services company Medtronic needed to economize by identifying unused IT equipment, it gave the project to one of its young interns.

How To 8

How To Diversity Teamwork Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Most corporate buildings don't do a good job of supporting collaboration, brainstorming, and innovative work methods. The talk was held in the company's recently completed design collaboration space, a large open area where multiple disciplines can come together to innovate. Still, I worried that we might not be able to make it happen.

Brainstorming 15

Brainstorming Open-book Conference Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The surgeons (all physicians from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital) participated because they wanted a reimbursement model that rewarded providers for delivering better medical outcomes for their patients at a lower cost. The key elements of the project are the following: Defining the Bundle.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care How To Price 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Talent-as-a-Service – Use crowdsourcing platforms like Topcoder or Kaggle to access talent that may not be available in the enterprise, commonly for projects but conceivably for operations too. LEF will continue to research this critical domain, aiming to make the next 10 years a decade of innovative talent flows. ”

Technology 8

Technology Organization Incubator Content 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

If you want intelligence, you will participate in the creation of that intelligence.” So in 2014, Ramsden’s team mocked up a 5-year growth scenario, showing expected growth given historical performance, and an alternate projection that combined growth with predicted declines in the infrastructure side of the business.

Marketing 8

Marketing Competitive Intelligence Porter How To 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Make you more innovative. Data compiled from the network surveys I give my participants shows that we are still not using networks to our best advantage. That’s fine if an executive is looking to move elsewhere, as some of my participants were. It can keep you informed. Teach you new things. The list goes on.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8