Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Take Sarah, the head of IT at a global technology company. Her job was to develop new engagement technologies in her organization, but instead of embracing critical feedback on her ideas, she ignored it. There’s no question that an ability to manage conflict is part and parcel of all three. Thriving at the Top.

Parcell 9

Parcell Agility Executive Coaching Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

A large part of NAF’s effort with farmers is to help break their initial emotional barriers to new technologies. The success of these measures has had a demonstrative impact on the farmers’ willingness to adopt and internalize new technologies. This has provided the platform to launch into other initiatives.

Innovation 8

Innovation Microfinance Parcell Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2014

Some old technologies, after being rendered obsolete by better and cheaper alternatives (indeed even after whole industries based on them have been decimated), manage to “re-emerge” to the point that they sustain healthy businesses. Indeed, it’s part and parcel of the digital disruption remaking every aspect of the global economy.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Supply Chain Technology Parcell 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

Yet, according to Donald Sull’s research in the March issue of HBR, almost half of top executives cannot connect the dots between their company’s strategic priorities; and two out of three middle managers say they simply do not understand their strategic direction. This is a subtle, but important nuance.

Strategy 8

Strategy Balanced Scorecard Sull Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

The chart may appear to show merely that Cisco’s patent filings lagged its R&D spending by three years, but in fact the decline in spending and the rise in patents were part and parcel of a deliberate strategic shift by the company in 2001. Research & development Financial management' So what was going on?

Innovation 8

Innovation Parcell Wireless Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Anyone who has worked inside a large organization can rattle off a lengthy list of the things that regularly kill promising ideas: conflict with existing businesses, naysayers, management turmoil, insufficient resources. Many companies have figured out how to parcel out small amounts of money to employees cultivating something new.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2016

Many of the nation’s most beautiful and productive cities — New York, Seattle, San Francisco, and others — abut the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Companies such as Coastal Risk Consulting are developing flood risk statistical models at the parcel level. What will this adaptation look like? economy be crippled?

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Parcell Incentives Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

How many organizations would rely mainly on intuition when taking a new product to market? ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you what it comes to." The truth is that Gradgrind would make a terrible manager. How can we share insights and innovations that allow our employees to be more productive?

Metrics 12

Metrics Parcell Call Center Productivity 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

And that is part and parcel of professional life. Edinger suggests enlisting “a trusted peer or manager” to “role-play” so you can “see what works and what doesn’t.” Think about ways you can “work together in collaboration to improve a product, service, or idea.”

Skills 19

Skills How To Brainstorming Case Study 19

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

Working to find and fix errors is part and parcel of most operational processes, and once they turn a harsh eye on non-value-added work, most leaders can root it out. It stems from the cold, brutal reality that most managers simply do not use data they don't trust: "These numbers don't look right. These costs are estimable.

Quality 14

Quality Parcell Cost Deming 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Netflix's Reed Hastings snagged the top slot for his ability to successfully manage a winning business while launching and driving its competitor (in his case, Internet-based movie rentals) with equal zeal. They ask themselves big, searching questions like: "What new trends and technologies could possibly undercut our current business?" "Are

Parcell 11

Parcell CEO Airlines Trends 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2016

Growing up, he’d constantly tailed Grant around the fields, watching him experiment with crops and technologies that would help the farm survive dry spells. A 25-year lease to put solar panels on a parcel of land would generate the same returns as growing tomatoes—without any irrigation headaches. Pete looked at his watch.

Case Study 8

Case Study Parcell Price Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

That could involve targeting new geographies, developing new products, taking advantage of new technologies, or devising new business models. This annual pool of resources and money is parceled out to the various initiatives in the innovation portfolio as those projects evolve and grow in importance over time.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8