Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

Tanya energizes leaders to help them light the spark in their teams that results in: the proliferation of ideas and innovation,shorter cycle times, more collaborative environments, and high customer and employee loyalty. About Tanya Maslach Tanya leads the coaching and creative efforts of Elevati, Inc. Johnson & Johnson and others.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount PR Magazine 100

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 27, 2019

This has been most evident with the rise of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), that have seen thousands of short courses from the leading universities in the world placed online for free (albeit with a small price for certification). “We wanted to see how the internet was affecting the hiring process in the real world.

Diversity 57

Diversity Class Education Analysis 57

QAspire

JANUARY 3, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Nicholas Bate’s Book ‘Instant MBA’ and Other Great Resources for 2010 Nicholas Bate is a prolific thinker, blogger and author. He shared some of his best work with me in 2009, in form of his books and innovatively done cards. More than that, he is a wonderful friend.

Quality 166

Quality Blog Management Resources 166

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

For industries that depend on innovation, sustaining it is a constant challenge. These two actions cost almost nothing compared to vast sums often spent — and arguably, often wasted — on efforts to foster innovation. Yet they have already generated tens of millions of dollars in value for Roivant.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Incentives Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Because Best Buy's flexible work program is not just any flex policy, but the groundbreaking Results Only Work Environment (ROWE), one of the most innovative and celebrated examples of a company redesigning work to focus on results and boost performance through motivation-enhancing trust and autonomy.

Human Capital 17

Human Capital Short-term Long-term Human Resources 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

It’s a solution we discovered during our research in India, and involves breakthrough innovations that drive down health care delivery costs so much that the margins from serving those who can pay is more than enough to cover the costs of those who cannot. It also pursued process innovations that resulted in cost savings.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Cost Price 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Premium pricing for preferred goods/services. Faster innovation. This is not something that can be conducted alone by internal human resources departments. The challenge is to discover what mix of price and quality the customer wants and to deliver it. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2014

The free flow of workers between companies is central to economic growth and innovation. Although it might seem that greater control and stronger enforcement are beneficial—it is important for firms to protect key trade secrets, after all—the evidence shows that these changes critically undermine employee incentives to learn and innovate.

Incentives 14

Incentives Policies Innovation Human Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Because Best Buy's flexible work program is not just any flex policy, but the groundbreaking Results Only Work Environment (ROWE), one of the most innovative and celebrated examples of a company redesigning work to focus on results and boost performance through motivation-enhancing trust and autonomy.

Human Capital 10

Human Capital Short-term Long-term Human Resources 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

In the first part of this century, innovation became the priority. Accordingly, Welch’s successor, Jeff Immelt, drove GE to achieve growth through innovation. ” The plunge in oil prices is an example. Managing organizations Change management Human resource management Organizational culture'

Welch 8

Welch Six Sigma Agility Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2014

He had a powerful belief that people on the autism spectrum represent an exceptional yet hidden workforce. With these changes, Friedman has found that not only can AutonomyWorks match traditional competitors, but it can produce better quality at a lower price. Entrepreneurship Human resources Social enterprise'

Company 8

Company Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2012

In all likelihood, data can be used to enhance the functions most essential to a business, but it takes someone who understands both the power of data and the priorities of a business to figure out how. If you want to know how sales decrease as prices rise, there's no better way than trialing different prices.

Venture Funding 15

Venture Funding Price Technology Tactics 15

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 22, 2015

I consider Google a tier-one innovator. You “fix brands before they break” with innovations that add value and fortify the bran d’ s raison d’être. Nestlé turned to product innovation to fulfill the convenience needs of coffee lovers. Would You Change the Culture of Google or Zappos? This was a $5 billion mistake.

Brand 100

Brand Core Competence Retail Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

The road map starts with creating an environment for frontline workers to imagine innovative new ways of delivering care. When I was CEO of ThedaCare in Wisconsin, we chose a medical-surgical unit at our Appleton Medical Center in 2007 as the place to develop an innovative process for caring for inpatients we dubbed Collaborative Care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Benchmarking Process Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

The linked system allowed for more insight into customers, and managers could use the information to coach employees, to assess whether they had the right tools and resources, and to identify people with innovative ideas and leadership potential. Insight Center. Measuring Marketing Insights. Sponsored by Google Analytics 360 Suite.

Survey 8

Survey Retail System Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Just as the A's used analytics to find undervalued players who got on base at a disproportionate rate, your company can crunch data to find the offers your customers will respond to best, the price points that will move the most products, or the supply chain configurations that will wring out most cost.

Company 13

Company Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Film 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Data-driven customer insights give the CMO the power to do all that. Says Abi Comber, Head of Marketing for British Airways: “Having P&L responsibility is incredibly powerful. Companies across the spectrum are grappling with change as new technologies, innovations, and customer behaviors disrupt old business models.

P&L 11

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Second, employers “in-source” accountability for health care services to Human Resources as a “benefit” rather than a service to be procured to maintain the health, well-being, satisfaction, and productivity of their workforce. Innovating for Value in Health Care. Cap the price. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Price Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Like it or not, the reality (in supply chains, as elsewhere) is that power is asymmetrical – large customers typically have more clout than you do, and they know it. Havens, accustomed to selling benefits services to Fortune 1000 human resources departments, found its key contact person assigned to IBM procurement instead.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

The business rationale is clear enough: The LGBT community in the United States represents almost $800 billion in buying power. These studies also found a correlation, but a less conclusive one, with increased worker creativity and innovation, improved organizational-citizenship behaviors, and – most on-target for us – improved stock prices.

Policies 16

Policies Price Due Diligence Human Resources 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

The business rationale is clear enough: The LGBT community in the United States represents almost $800 billion in buying power. These studies also found a correlation, but a less conclusive one, with increased worker creativity and innovation, improved organizational-citizenship behaviors, and – most on-target for us – improved stock prices.

Policies 8

Policies Price Due Diligence Human Resources 8

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 10, 2015

When one considers the power of culture at such notables as Google, Zappos, Amazon, and Twitter, there is good reason. Culture, strategy, leadership, branding, innovation, customer orientation and employee centricity must co-exist. Smart strategic thought became the conduit for propelling companies to decades of top tier performance.

Strategy 100

Strategy Critical Success Factor McKinsey Retail 100