Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Technological progress and new digital products have perennially been relied upon for improving operations. Dr. Melinda Ashton at Hawaii Pacific Health (HPH) proposed a simple and radical solution: Get Rid of Stupid Stuff (GROSS). But the truth is, tech can often make bureaucracy worse.

System 20

System Bureaucracy Proposal Review 20

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 1, 2020

It suggests that for the technology to achieve its full potential, not only will staff require strong data and analytics skills, but even basic digital skills will become a pre-requisite. Driven by evidence – with any introduction of new technology driven by evidence rather than hype or the latest trends so that stakeholders can trust it.

Skills 87

Skills Report Technology Long-term 87

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 23, 2019

If business unit heads are bought into the importance of working with startups, then it’s much more likely to integrate their technology into the workflow of their unit. Keep an eye on agility metrics within your innovation process. Involve a sponsor from the parent company’s executive committee in decision making.

Company 67

Company Incubator Conflict of Interest Metrics 67

Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 24, 2014

Indeed, the ability to foster collaboration in your organization has become a critical leadership competency as technological, process-driven differentiators give way to people-centric ones in today’s knowledge-based global economy. And that is to define the nature of the working relationships of those involved in this endeavour.

Environment 278

Environment Goal Process Follow-up 278

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

At the law firm Allen & Overy, the idea of replacing traditional, annual performance appraisals with a technology-enabled continuous feedback system did not come from human resources. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Walker and Walker/Getty Images. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

Technology 9

Technology Talent Management Process Management 9

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 1, 2020

If business unit heads are bought into the importance of working with startups, then it’s much more likely to integrate their technology into the workflow of their unit. Keep an eye on agility metrics within your innovation process. Involve a sponsor from the parent company’s executive committee in decision making.

Incubator 80

Incubator Entrepreneur Venture Funding Incentives 80

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Every aspect of design thinking is explained and analyzed together with insights on navigating through the process in Part 1 of the book. Design thinking has been recognized as an important means to innovate in the context of developing new products and technologies. Implementing a strategic technology plan.

Creativity 58

Creativity Strategic Planning Construction Politics 58

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In reality, for innovation to contribute to a company or government agency, it needs to be designed as a process from start to deployment. When organizations lack a formal innovation pipeline process, project approvals tend to be based on who has the best demo or slides, or who lobbies the hardest. As the head of the U.S.

Process 11

Process Innovation Incubator Committee 11

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

At Bettcher Industries, we love the meat processing industry; we’ve always loved the meat processing industry and one reason we do is because many others don’t. In meat plants, tens of thousands of operators are “whizzing” meat products everyday in over sixty countries around the world.

Succession 70

Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Process optimization can transform user experience. Rethinking process optimization — visualizing processes as platforms — can transform your business model. A little dab of inventory data would enhance both customer expectations and process efficiencies.

Process 10

Process Competitive Advantage Outsourcing Supply Chain 10

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It was this taste of disappointment that led me to share my personal process for finding and implementing game changers – I call it SMARTS(C) ( S imple- M eaningful- A ctionable- R elational- T ransformational- S calable). The way I view the process it’s something like this. Flash-analysis/trial again and again until it clicks.

Blog 379

Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 379

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2013

As a recent WalMart staff proposal stated "We have cut costs too far, stores are understaffed, and associates cannot provide customers with the service that Sam Walton built the company on, and that we are proud to provide." Once they have process performance data, the facts defuse emotional arguments.

Agility 8

Agility Process Long-term Short-term 8

HR Digest

MAY 6, 2024

An HRIS (Human Resources Information System) is a software solution that helps organizations manage and automate core HR processes like payroll, time tracking, and employee benefits administration. Process Automation HRIS systems automate repetitive HR tasks such as onboarding, approvals, and reimbursements. What is an HRIS?

Human Resources 52

Human Resources System Information Resources 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

To help maximize the value and minimize the misery of reorgs, we have developed a five-step process for running them. The steps apply to all reorgs generally and our survey data shows that companies using this process are three times likelier than others to achieve their desired results. Step 3: Consider Multiple Options.

Process 8

Process McKinsey Due Diligence Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

We have identified how hospitals’ budgeting systems have erected three distinct barriers to the adoption of technology. These barriers, however, can be overcome by changing how hospitals acquire new technology and by providing incentives to units to use digital innovations to provide more effective and efficient care.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 8

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

A diminished marketplace of ideas reduces the likelihood the innovative connections will be made to birth new products, processes and businesses. Leaders build the Voice bridge by developing processes and practices that keep employees “in the loop” and give them regular opportunities to express their views. Connecting the U.S.

Long-term 207

Long-term Consensus Class Follow-up 207

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Slowly but surely, as the little database grew bigger and bigger, the manager would wedge the cost into her operating budget. Lines of business are now getting their own official technology budgets for non-standard software products. IT as Process Creator. Shadow IT has been freshly-labeled "departmental IT.".

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

This model isn’t just about getting greater patient feedback during the innovation process. We have closely studied three of these models: The Helix Center at Imperial College London, the Center for Innovation at the Mayo Clinic, and the Consortium for Medical Technologies at Massachusetts General Hospital. Innovation Centers.

Health Care 9

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2018

For example, every year, during the annual business planning cycle I always notice that managers propose a larger budget. It’s not possible to eliminate all transactional tasks, but by diving into the details of existing processes, leaders can challenge the status quo and help simplify processes that reduce these tasks.

Team 12

Team Project Proposal Productivity 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. Well, 2015 has now arrived, and earlier this month, investors, entrepreneurs, and other drone supporters gave two cheers when the agency at last released a draft of its proposed regulations.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Many strategy execution processes fail because the firm does not have something worth executing. “We want to be the number one or number two in all the markets in which we operate” is one of those. Without a clear strategic direction, any implementation process is doomed to fail. Lobo Press/Getty Images.

Strategy 15

Strategy Bottom-up Balanced Scorecard Resistance 15

Deming Institute

AUGUST 30, 2018

Students ran operations. ” 1 He proposed that the root cause of the lack of quality lies, in part, with our educational system. I have gone through the recruiting process with hundreds of college graduates and have been struck by the general lack of some key fundamentals that are necessary regardless of industry.

Quality 51

Quality P&L Deming Education 51

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2016

By looking at detailed sales data from 40 companies in technology-related industries, we have identified guidelines for the optimal amount and type of sales support and management. This includes all non-quota-carrying roles in the organization: customer-facing support, sales operations and administration, and sales management.

ROI 9

ROI Bottom-up Efficiency Team 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

While executives excel at setting a firm’s strategy, it usually takes teams made up of people on the front line from all of the divisions affected by proposed changes to figure out how to implement them at pace. They also simplified checkouts and shelf restocking processes and equipment.

Retail 9

Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

Within an enterprise, this means balancing the demands of current operations while laying the groundwork for future opportunities, as well as reviewing past activities and policies that may be holding back your organization. Keurig’s founders started from scratch when they created their proprietary coffeemaker and K-cup technology.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2014

As Quartz reported last year: Members of the Glass operations team have been on the road showing it off to companies and organizations, and they told Quartz that some of the most enthusiastic responses have come from manufacturers, teachers, medical companies, and hospitals. The comparison to the PC is telling.

Strategy 9

Strategy Early Adopters Innovation Proposal 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2012

Robots and computer-operated tools are everywhere. In this environment, profits come from the company's ability to make the best use of technology to flexibly create high-quality products with continual process improvement and few accidents. Production lines don't look much the way they used to.

Hypercompetition 12

Hypercompetition Human Capital Short-term Globalization 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

But winning CEOs demand analytics from their sales organization (much as they do from operations or strategy) to help understand everything from the effectiveness of sales campaigns to opportunity analysis to performance reviews. CEOs generally don't want changes to how their sales force operates for fear of killing the golden goose.

CEO 15

CEO 360-Degree Feedback Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

The screens of many of our favorite web sites may well be black tomorrow, January 18, as webmasters and site owners protest against proposed U.S. Second, the legislation would add a new element of risk to business and nonprofit operations. Are you ready for Black Wednesday ? SOPA and PIPA would entail the same kinds of oversight costs.

Compliance 13

Compliance Execution Policies Proposal 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2013

An unusual — and unusually rich — funding opportunity inspired researchers at MIT and several other top-tier research institutions to improvise a comprehensive multi-media proposal on a tight deadline. observed that technology had fundamentally changed how America''s special operations command managed its special forces warriors.

Media 8

Media Power CIO Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

Most finance managers in both large and small businesses encounter numerous proposals for capital investments and many of the people proposing these investments don’t have a clear picture of what the return will be. But finance people like me are skeptical even when the proposals do project a return. Here’s why.

Finance 8

Finance NPV CFO ROI 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Large companies in industries ranging from retail, to aerospace, to financial services are buying talent and technology to develop new digital capabilities and reinvent themselves quickly. That means that 70% of acquisitions of firms in the technology sector over the past three years have been made by organizations outside of it.

Company 8

Company Business Model Price Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Our brick institutions have in no way caught up with what today’s technologies make possible in terms of virtual learning and individualized, customized instruction. There have been many proposals for change and experiments in redesign in the past few years. What can and should we do?

Education 16

Education Drucker Globalization Trends 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2017

Trap 1: Propose a new vision for the organization immediately. Unfortunately for Len, he wasn’t aware that his short-lived predecessor had made a similar proposal. Create an interim decision-making process and ensure transparency. As a new executive, you’re likely excited about your new job and have a lot of ideas.

Execution 11

Execution Proposal Press Release Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

In 1971, philosopher John Rawls proposed a thought experiment to understand the idea of fairness: the veil of ignorance. However objective we may intend our technology to be, it is ultimately influenced by the people who build it and the data that feeds it. The process integrates with the existing data science processes.

Credit Risk 8

Credit Risk Tools Objective Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

This intensive customer focus has increased as technology-enabled transparency and online social media accelerate an inexorable flow of market power downstream from suppliers to customers. Yet wanting to be closer with customers, and knowing what actual, operational pathways to take in order to achieve this are two very different things.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8