Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Here are ten top C-level business tools I’ve used successfully, along with short summaries of each (with links!): resource) Kaizen: A continuous improvement philosophy that emphasizes making small, incremental changes to processes and operations to achieve long-term improvements.

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Tools Ansoff ADKAR BPR 195

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2014

It relates to what Michael Porter meant with being “stuck in the middle”: if you try to come up with a strategy that does everything for everyone, you will likely end up achieving nothing. They modeled their operations on McDonalds: high volume, highly efficient operations, based on division of labor and cost efficiency.

Management 11

Management Learning Curve Short-term Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

They transfer money away from public treasuries and wage earners to provide a short-term incremental benefit that does nothing to improve the company’s long-term prospects. But neither should they make capital-allocation decisions without regard to the long-term consequences for their own success.

Politics 8

Politics Short-term Long-term Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Today, broadcast and cable television, print journalism, taxi cabs, and (over the longer term) oil and gas are among the industries facing formidable challengers determined to co-opt their purpose. Your purpose — preserving food — had been co-opted. All the strengths you had worked so hard to build no longer mattered.

Strategy 13

Strategy Company How To Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

And it's not a short-term problem, either. With such imprecision in the marketplace, companies must take it upon themselves to identify long term risks, quantifying the true value of water in order to steer clear of long-term hazards. Much of the leading work in understanding water risk has come from Coca-Cola.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Long-term Short-term Porter 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

And short-term numbers at that. Thought leaders like Christensen, Roger Martin , Michael Porter , and Steve Denning have all argued that shareholder value has been exposed as a flawed paradigm. As it notes, “When we operate according to these principles, the stockholders should realize a fair return.”.

Levitt 12

Levitt Christensen Competitive Advantage Welch 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2011

Michael Porter and Mark Kramer, writing in HBR ( December, 2006 and January-February, 2011 ), advance the idea of creating shared value by developing strategies and policies that enhance the competitiveness of the company while advancing social and economic conditions of the community.

Brand 14

Brand Porter Objective Short-term 14