Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2011

Our team feels that it's important to create a culture of celebrating mistakes because we believe that mistakes are the predecessors to both innovation and success. I would argue that the same goes for online social media. We've had some epic social media failures. I learned to keep my mouth shut. Signed, Lebron James."

Media 15

Media Public Relations Learning-by-Doing Mayo 15

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

When testing ideas are part of the creative process for product, service, or business development, this triangle must be a business priority: To test product, watch prospects interact with it—whether they use a tool, read a book, choose a necklace, or scan an airline ticket. Cultivate the local media. Design stems from USE.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2015

A lot of companies use an ever-more-sophisticated array of online social tools in an attempt to connect their people, get a flow of ideas going, and spur innovation. But after an initial flurry of activity, the initiatives often fizzle and the new tools get tucked away somewhere. What goes wrong?

Letter 8

Letter Participative Wilde Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Then came the cloud, which only heightened frustration with IT's lack of velocity in delivery, and managers flocked to outside vendors to automate various business processes, from customer relationship management to supply chain reporting to social media analytics. IT as Process Creator.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2012

One presumes that Facebook's executives are smart enough to know that the most sustainable, cost-effective way to strike that balance is to provide the tools for self-organization. For some it is a wild place on the edge of discovery and the frontier of personality. Therein lies the charm and titillation.

IPO 12

IPO PR Brand Globalization 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

Others gain new responsibilities in strategy, M&A integration, or innovation. One company had three simultaneous mobile marketing initiatives, conducted by different groups, using different tools and vendors. Can she talk the language of social media or mobile or analytics, and can she help you understand?

CIO 8

CIO Technology Apparel Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Even before Google bid $6 billion to buy Groupon, the online coupon startup, earlier this week, the media and businesses alike were trying to make sense of this innovative new promotional tool. Forbes anointed Groupon " the fastest growing company.

Discount 15

Discount Price Tactics Budgeting 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

Sometimes it''s from our internal teams or ad experts but equally it can come from a brand''s fans, followers and other customers, cultural wild cards (artists, social media pundits and thinkers) and teams inside the brand itself, including members of the marketing and product design teams. Advertising Creativity Innovation'

Advertising 8

Advertising Creativity Industry Brand 8

Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 12, 2022

Always open to new challenges, he seized the opportunity to lead a university with facilities that were a bit long in the tooth and that lacked any signs of innovating in the future. . So how did he meet the challenge of changing the staid academic culture to one that is today unique and innovative? As Roger Clodfelter, Senior V.P.

Case Study 70

Case Study Education Learning-by-Doing Brand 70

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2018

There is no questioning the fact that Musk’s talent for entrepreneurship, defined as the ability to translate original and useful ideas into practical innovations, is truly outstanding. Silicon Valley, with its myth of the lone innovator who disrupts the status quo, is particularly susceptible to these dynamics. Narcissism.

Succession 14

Succession Armstrong Self-aware Wilde 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

In a recent HBR article, Paul Nunes and I introduced the term Big Bang Disruption to signify innovations that, thanks to rapidly advancing technology, come out of the box both better and cheaper than alternative solutions already in the marketplace. We call this the victory of “innovation by combine” over traditional “innovation by design.”.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Finance Venture Capitalist Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2017

For decades, the production of corn has been led by family-based businesses who operate their farms with a time-tested mix of traditional agriculture tools. Crowdfunding platforms and social media have changed the way many small businesses get started raising capital.

Policies 8

Policies Content Long-term Operations 8