First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 28, 2014

He advises large, global organizations on strategy, innovation and organizational change and is recognized as a leading expert in enabling organizational renewal and growth through innovation. Peter Skarzynski is a founder and Managing Partner of ITC Business Group, LLC.

Prahalad 75

Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Wilde 75

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 5, 2013

Keith Sawyer is one of the world’s leading scientific experts on creativity and innovation. He then worked for six years as a management consultant in Boston and New York, advising large corporations on the strategic use of information technology. In his first job after graduating from MIT, he designed videogames for Atari.

Wilde 80

Wilde Drucker Creativity Information Technology 80

Strategy Driven

MARCH 30, 2020

Renewable technology is gaining ground left and right. Sustainable technology is getting cheaper as time rolls by. What is more, the adoption of new technologies will facilitate oil and gas operations. Technology also gives the oil and gas industry a chance to wash its face. The Green Revolution. The Bleeding Edge.

Industry 75

Industry Energy Offshoring Technology 75

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

They're bad at innovation by design: All the pressures and processes that drive them toward a profitable, efficient operation tend to get in the way of developing the innovations that can actually transform the business. However, I also pointed out a paradox: being bad at innovation and good at execution isn't necessarily undesirable.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company ROI Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

We would examine my stalled plans in order to better understand how people make progress, and more specifically, what leads us to innovate. But in analyzing what I thought were merely stall tactics, I've come to realize that the anxiety caused by procrastination is actually a critical component to innovation. Research supports this.

Innovation 17

Innovation Incubator Business Model Wilde 17

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Includes 20-plus downloadable templates and tools. I can’t stand people who ramble, use their floor time as a chance to remind us of how smart they are, or someone who takes us on a wild ride of tangents just to arrive at a point that could have stated in a couple of sentences. Speak your mind. This means what it says. Stay on point.

How To 56

How To Strategic Planning Class Wilde 56

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Lines of business are now getting their own official technology budgets for non-standard software products. A large insurance client of mine recently added a new data visualization tool to its business intelligence toolbox. Departments can automate a business process in the time it would take to enter IT's development pipeline.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

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

AUGUST 16, 2017

There are many creative tools a designer uses to think differently, but none is more counter-intuitive than “wrong thinking,” also called reverse thinking. To recognize how innovative this approach is, just imagine telling your intern or most junior employee that come Monday, you are their intern. Be the beginner.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain NGO CTO Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2015

Surveys indicate that more than 30 percent of the top 300 largest global brands are now using or evaluating 3D printing (often with printing technology in-house) whether for prototyping and other innovation projects or in actual production of what they sell. Wild cycles, for sure.

Technology 8

Technology Learning Curve Tips Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

By helping business leaders to improve their businesses, the CIO becomes an obvious candidate to fill any open role that involves technology, process, or strong governance. Others gain new responsibilities in strategy, M&A integration, or innovation. Some CIOs become CIO-Plus-COO or CIO-Plus-Head of Shared Services.

CIO 8

CIO Technology Apparel Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

The next innovation in web content might be something we haven''t even dreamed up yet. We don''t even need to predict which one of these new technologies will capture the public''s imagination. Our editorial processes and content management tools encourage us to treat web pages just like the familiar model of a print document.

Strategy 8

Strategy Content Document Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

Technology is changing every facet of work, including how companies profile and select their employees. As with many other innovations in the space of HR technologies, evaluating claims about the accuracy of this method is difficult until independent academic research has been conducted. That is not enough. Not at all.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Technology Wilde Document 8

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

MAY 16, 2013

For millennia people have run by feel, an "art of combining our breath and mind and muscles into fluid self-propulsion over wild terrain," says Christopher McDougall in his anthropological study of the topic. But they will be used for "softer" disciplines too, like innovation and creativity. million data points in a work day.

Taylorism 8

Taylorism Taylor Wireless Early Adopters 8

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. Design stems from USE. Start small and build up.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

It''s a sight to behold, with 11,000 agency folk, clients and technology companies from every corner of the earth coming together in one place. But, while the industry is partying, all on the client''s dime, the world around us is radically changing as digital technology evolves the way we all communicate. What''s the future of Cannes?

Advertising 8

Advertising Creativity Industry Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The size of the data being generated in the wild is immense and it's just sitting out there. Chris Lynch: The potential is as disruptive as the internet and mobile technologies have been. There is more super-interesting, high-quality, first-hand user experience information outside of the travel sites than there is inside travel sites.

Travel 14

Travel Hotels Wilde Fashion 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The size of the data being generated in the wild is immense and it's just sitting out there. Chris Lynch: The potential is as disruptive as the internet and mobile technologies have been. There is more super-interesting, high-quality, first-hand user experience information outside of the travel sites than there is inside travel sites.

Travel 14

Travel Hotels Wilde Fashion 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2011

With each new technology, there are always a great many mistakes made, at least until we get the hang of it. Even Nixon learned quickly and cleaned up for the remaining debates against Kennedy and eventually won a Presidency (of course another technology — the telephone recorder — ultimately brought him down again).

Media 15

Media Public Relations Learning-by-Doing Mayo 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

A few examples: Dow put forth 2025 targets “to help redefine the role of business in society,” which aim to deliver breakthrough innovations and help build the circular economy. This is in part because every clean energy technology is rapidly getting cheaper. In the U.S., in the first six months of 2015, 70% was renewable.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

The more I delight in His Word and letting it permeate into the fabric of my soul has given me the essential tools to build an unshakable foundation as a leader. Your readers can learn more about these simple tools I have used at www.guidestoneuniversity.com. Immersing myself in the Word of God. Kevin DeVries of Grace Explorations.

Succession 316

Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2013

Ben had an idea to work with Stanford's Peace Innovation initiative, in connection with Stanford's Persuasive Technology Lab, to start peace.facebook.com , which in turn sparked a conversation around the world about whether people believed we would reach peace in the next 50 years. We are reacting instead of being strategic.

Wilde 14

Wilde Career COO CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2016

Encourage “technology-free meetings” whenever possible. Proponents say they also improve collaboration and innovation, and opponents report that they cause higher stress and lower concentration, motivation, and cognitive functioning. What kind of technology infrastructure will be required to keep the employee connected?

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Energy Policies Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2018

So what makes artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) champions confident that their technologies will be immune to comparably counterproductive outcomes? The enterprise history of personal productivity tools offers plenty of unhappy litanies of unintended consequences. They shouldn’t be so sure. Insight Center.

Software 8

Software Learning-by-Doing Technology Compliance 8

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. economy by removing excessive restrictions on investment in innovative start-ups.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Finance Venture Capitalist Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Deep in the golden corn fields of Iowa, technology is transforming life on the farm. 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. Jorg Greuel/Getty Images.

Policies 8

Policies Content Long-term Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

Thanks to the pace of change in information technology over the last quarter century, we have been conditioned to believe that a single innovative company driven by a visionary entrepreneur can change the world. That entrepreneurial mentality is stitched into the fabric of 21st-century America.

System 8

System Entrepreneur Telecommunications Policies 8