Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Here’s the problem: documents like this go through review processes. And at most companies, those review processes turn your carefully written, well-designed document into an incoherent mess. In my recent survey of over 500 business writers , only 32% thought that their process for collecting and combining feedback worked well.

Committee 8

Committee White Paper Document Review 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

For ideas to become reality, a company needs repeatable processes, not only out-of-the-box insights. Also, most billion-dollar ideas don’t start that way; they can benefit from the established operations, go-to-market or service capabilities, and other corporate assets that help to scale rapidly. ”

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Yet less attention is given to one of the most important determining factors of all: Whether directors who have actually served as CEOs are driving the process. It takes one, in our view, to really know one. Stay inside or consider an “outside-in” candidate.

CEO 8

CEO Committee P&L Charan 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Whole Foods Market’s purpose is to promote healthier eating. Though they value bright and competent people and try to hire the best in a given field, their recruitment and selection process starts with an assessment of the individual’s character, and their alignment with company purpose and values.

Company 8

Company Teamwork Commitment Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

” Members from each partner organization rate the alliance in areas related to strategic fit, operational fit, and cultural fit. Identify clearly where value is created and destroyed in your own value process and deploy your conflict management/alliance management resources there.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Survey Strategic Fit 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

The result: Market success for the product and the company was purchased by Google for $3.2 Another client introduced a connected product that required the user to go through a long set up process, including setting a clock. Situation Three: It Does Not Have Good Strategic Fit. billion in 2014. Fix or kill? What happened?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Long-term Marketing 8