Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2015

There are complex social, political, and technological reasons for this dramatic change. At the technological level, the explosion of the Internet and social media has made the world more transparent, and has meant that organizations in both the public and private spheres are being forced to face new information-sharing challenges.

Parcell 8

Parcell Public Relations Reputation Information 8

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. Cut the effort down to size by focusing on your most important data, customers, operations, and strategies. These costs are estimable.

Quality 14

Quality Parcell Cost Deming 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

VCs, they’re told, take more of a long-term approach, have a greater degree of risk tolerance, and parcel out their funds in stages to mitigate risk. The operative question for them is, not “How confident am I that this investment will yield a positive return?” All of this is right, as far as it goes.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Discounted Cash Flow Parcell Project 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

For example, it took Umicore, a global materials technology group, five years (2002–2007) to lay the basis for its transformation from a commodity supplier of base metals into a premium provider of emission control catalysts, rechargeable battery materials and other value-added solutions. Acquisitions are part and parcel of a transformation.

Company 10

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Sometimes that requires creating a separate operating structure. One area of focus: how technologies like virtual reality and augmented reality will be able help consumers visualize the end result of their home improvement projects. That leaves many ideas swimming around inside the corporate fish tank for far too long.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

And that is part and parcel of professional life. He wanted to sell his company’s organizational assessment and leadership development services to “George,” a CEO who had taken the reins of a technology firm poised for a great deal of change. ” But that notion is outdated.

Skills 21

Skills How To Brainstorming Case Study 21

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

MedStar operated nine hospitals, but realized that its long-held objective of increasing revenue and profits at those venues was unsustainable, given the outcries over runaway medical costs. These new ventures would operate separately from the core hospital assets and would compete in new ways in the health care marketplace.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

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.

Case Study 8

Case Study Parcell Price Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

They ask themselves big, searching questions like: "What new trends and technologies could possibly undercut our current business?" "Are We fully expect that the 2-in-1 mentality — and accompanying capabilities — will become part and parcel of what distinguishes the most successful leaders of tomorrow. Valuable enough?"

Parcell 11

Parcell CEO Airlines Trends 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado. Across the retail landscape, a war is going on, and the battles are being fought on multiple fronts: business models, channels, brands, customers, technologies, and more. Some of these are old scores reignited by new protagonists armed with new weapons, but quite a few are new clashes.

Retail 8

Retail Technology Content Chief Technology Officer 8