Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2012

More, bigger, faster" has been the rallying cry of capitalism for more than two centuries, since the advent of the industrial revolution. How would you feel if you knew the surgeon operating on you was racing through your surgery, while checking email, and writing texts along the way? That's what slackers do.

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Simon Learning-by-Doing Operations Cost 21

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2018

In many companies, innovation teams tend to fall into three buckets: Explorers, Scalers, and Optimizers (with credit to Bud Caddell and Simon Wardley ). Optimizers make up the core of most established businesses — they’re skilled at enhancing and perfecting the existing business to drive growth or improve operations.

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Project Innovation Team Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

In a bit of understatement, Simon Dietz of the London School of Economics, the lead author of the report, told The Guardian , “long-term investors…would be better off in a low-carbon world.” Will that asset be operational or retain its value over the normal depreciation period?

Cost 8

Cost Real Estate Depreciation Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

Bain & Company recently surveyed about 750 employees across industries in Brazil, China, India, Germany, the UK, and the U.S. For instance, in 2008 Simon Colbeck, head of technology for clothing, was concerned about the huge volume of garments that end up in landfills every year.

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Metrics Chemicals Simon Energy 9

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Although none are perfect, they operate in a way that generates engagement and fulfillment for their employees, delight and loyalty for their customers, positive contributions to their communities and to the environment, and excellent returns for their owners and investors. ” -Tami Simon.

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How To Simon Learning-by-Doing Organization 83

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

The web traffic the stream generates has reshaped the journalism, gaming, and music industries, among others. Many of the companies inserting politics into their user experience operate popular social platforms themselves. Over 968 million people access it daily. Close to 1.5 billion people view it at least monthly.

Politics 8

Politics Real Estate Morale Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

What makes it all that more interesting, is that those fictional numbers aren't even close to the staggering reality of how many drones are in operation. Now, drones are moving from the battlefield to your neighborhood, and it's about to create a brand new industry right along with it. This isn't just about building a better FedEx.

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Supply Chain Venture Funding Industry Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

Operations in a Connected World. And for the highly visible brand companies — companies in industries like footwear, luxury goods, and consumer electronics — reliability of supply is paramount. It had long outsourced most of its manufacturing to a limited number of Asian countries, with many factories in each.

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Uncertainty Supply Chain Outsourcing Brand 10

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Lakhani (Harvard Business School Press, 2020) AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value. Uncharted : How to Navigate the Future by Margaret Heffernan (Simon & Schuster, 2020) How can we think about the future? Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Blog Post ).

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Books Leadership Simon Learning-by-Doing 448

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

And the impacts of policies will be highly specific in nature, degree, and speed for each industry and company. As we have described in Your Strategy Needs a Strategy , businesses will need to adopt the right approach to strategy and execution, depending on the predictability, malleability, and harshness of each environment they operate in.

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Strategy Uncertainty Long-term Politics 10