Center for Creative Leadership

JUNE 22, 2020

This turbulence creates a pressure on the organization as a whole, and leaders in particular, who are responsible for guiding the way through change and innovation. Carefully developed long term plans can become obsolete overnight as we face futures that are undeniably different than what we anticipated. Think strategically.

Leadership 106

Leadership How To Long-term Short-term 106

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

First we see major shifts in demand: developing economies such as China and India are morphing from the world's source of low-cost manufacturing capacity to the world's best market opportunities. Then, manufacturing's most important role is as a driver of innovation, trade, and productivity.

Globalization 9

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

Agile businesses run planning and execution in parallel, investing in scenario planning so they can act promptly when opportunities arise. This means moving away from traditional power structures, toward open, transparent, and connected structures and organizational cultures that encourage innovation and experimentation.

Organization 8

Organization SPM Content Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2016

A further overrepresentation of the actual market size is determined by methodological inconsistencies. Under such a scenario, multinationals would see expanded opportunity across diverse sectors. This effectively means that these wages are overvalued by as much as 2400%.

GDP 8

GDP Telecommunications Scenario Planning Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

It''s the rare CIO who applies scenario planning to the business of IT. Yet, in a function driven by innovation and the uncertainties surrounding the application and implication of future technologies, not using scenarios is tantamount to management malpractice. Creating More Resilient Plans.

Scenario Planning 8

Scenario Planning CIO Planning Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

Old efficiency thinking based on engineering and rational market models needs to be replaced by a creative intelligence based on imagining, building and managing new futures. A former assistant managing editor for Business Week , he is professor of Innovation and Design at Parsons The New School for Design.

Uncertainty 13

Uncertainty Supply Chain Scenario Planning Sharpe 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

Only a minority of firms is well ahead in planning and preparing a UK market strategy. At the recent Brexit Workshop we held for clients — in this case, 19 UK heads of some of the world’s largest multinational firms — 10 of them had not started or had only just begun planning for Brexit. How to Plan for Brexit.

Planning 8

Planning Supply Chain Strategic Planning Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

The possibility of a contentious renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has led to delayed or canceled investments in what has been one of Latin America’s most economically stable markets. Renegotiating NAFTA. So, if a company manufactures products in Mexico to export to Canada and the U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Depreciation Uncertainty Marketing 8