Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Data science for humans: the consumers of the output are decision makers like executives, product managers, designers, or clinicians. Decision scientist: Decision makers (executives, business leaders, product managers), data engineers, software engineers responsible for the applications generating data. They are modeling scientists.

Engineering 13

Engineering Software Metrics Stage-Gate 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2012

Of course, McCain's selection of Palin also changed the conversation; but what initially looked like an inspired decision quickly led to recriminations as Palin revealed herself to be unprepared for the national stage (witness her infamous Katie Couric interview ).

Stage-Gate 13

Stage-Gate PR CEO Brand 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

While the three centers have quite different structures and operations, in our research and experience we found that they share six primary challenges: Establishing strategies for new project selection: Centers struggle to identify and rank problems, ideas or projects that will likely translate to positive health and system outcomes. .”

Health Care 10

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2018

Truth is, you can have the right portfolio of investments, the right metrics and governance, the right stage-gate development process, and the right talent on the right teams — but if you don’t design the right handoffs between your teams, all of that planning falls apart. But a sickening number of those investments fail.

Project 8

Project Innovation Team Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2018

Without realizing it, even well-managed businesses versed in modern management practices can generate an environment that is hostile to innovation. At Samsung, the other aspects of the innovation process are relatively well managed at the operating level. following a traditional stage-gate process).

Innovation 10

Innovation Incubator Stage-Gate Idea Generation 10

In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The reason: a fundamental flaw in the management process that is supposed to renew brand health. The blemish is the abdication of brand attention by top management. CEOs (and to some extent, CMOs) are so preoccupied with Wall Street and/or the management fad of the day that their eye has drifted from the heartbeat of their brands.

Brand 168

Brand CEO Stage-Gate SWOT 168

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

These customer experience management initiatives can be complex. That's exactly what Portuguese airport operator ANA Aeroportos de Portugal did in its quest to attract more major airlines and connecting routes. The primary research also identified six underlying passenger needs and desires.

B2B 15

B2B Airlines Travel Stage-Gate 15

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

Whether you are an emerging leader with a small team or an experienced leader responsible for directing the daily operations of a multinational organization, these seven CEO success tips will allow you to glean insight into your marathon by looking at the roadmap to help you win the race without fail. Remember the Alamo. On to Iwo Jima.

CEO 331

CEO Succession Tips How To 331

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

While political operatives have their own lessons to learn from the 2012 electoral results, marketers need to utilize some of the same strategies Obama used to win a second term — particularly in his appeal to minorities. African Americans, Latinos and younger consumers prefer sweeter flavors and products.

Marketing 15

Marketing Stage-Gate Industry Productivity 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2013

Every manager in the company should know the answer to that question. One financial services company we know reviews the viability of the business case at every major stage gate. For example, at Tetra Pak , the Swiss packaging company, the role of IT is to minimize the cost of business operations and facilitate global growth.

CIO 8

CIO Stage-Gate Project Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2018

While we don’t know all the reasons this is important, founders have stronger strategies (which is why they became successful) and better intuition about how all the pieces work and fit together (because they’ve managed the company from the seed stage). Both of these lead to better management and higher RQ.

Long-term 10

Long-term Innovation Technology Stage-Gate 10

Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 10, 2010

When they appear on stage or in a meeting, the electricity is palpable. A wonderful, special gift, much like artistic, athletic, or musical ones that put those lucky enough to have it a notch ahead of the rest of us at the starting gate. We need a good operational definition of charisma. That aura, that confidence, that vibe.

Charisma 309

Charisma Welch Stage-Gate Self-aware 309

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The same could well be said of Bill Gates, who has left mere connectivity behind in his quest to eradicate major human diseases. For those operating in China, this is, indeed, a quandary. What all of these entrepreneurs have in common is that they are dreaming big — much bigger than the rest of us.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Proposal Stage-Gate Disruptive Innovation 8

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

What I do in that time sets the stage for the day I will have. Which leads me to this conclusion; one of the healthiest habits you can operate in is healthy thinking! This has been the biggest contributor to how I operate now. Dan Miller of 48 Days. What is that!?” As a man thinketh, right? I could breathe.

Succession 316

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

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

They may be flesh and blood to the senior team and the assistants in the C-suite, but to people in outer orbits, from operational departments to business units, they are imaginary constructs. When the employee left Gates’s office, his son had insurance coverage. They’re mental images.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate CEO Insurance Hammer 8

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Make the exceptional routine , as the new era of public management requires the ability to deploy bridgebuilding across government. They highlight the success of Operation Warp Speed—a notable public-private collaboration that yielded tangible and significant results, with the development and distribution of vaccines.

Stage-Gate 88

Stage-Gate Innovation Project Learning-by-Doing 88

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. Over the past two decades, we’ve led dozens of innovation projects and have talked to thousands of managers about the challenge of building a high-performance innovation “engine.”

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

They somehow manage to engage with their audience consistently by constantly putting out articles, infographics, or anything of value, not just in content marketing but also in sales. Some companies haven’t used an agency because they believe no one knows their product and the reason for operating in their space as well as they do.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105