Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In the modern age of business, you need to be sharp to manage your business towards having a competitive edge. With so much chatter across the business world about digital technology and automation, it can be difficult to refocus back on staff – the people who get the job done for you and your company. Think Staff. Software Steals.

Tips 68

Tips Management Short-term Long-term 68

CO2

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Navigating the complexities of the corporate world requires more than just a sharp business acumen; it calls for guidance, insight, and strategic foresight. This is where business coaching and leadership development emerges as not just a support system, but a critical investment in the future of your company.

Leadership Development 78

Leadership Development Development Succession Execution 78

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

A recent Limeade study found 72% of employees were burned out, which is a sharp increase from the 42% who said the same in their pre-pandemic Employee Care Report. There is a work culture now that demands constant attention and the advent of mobile technology has made it so that there is no demarcation of work time and personal lifetime.

Stress 137

Stress Sharpe Crisis Energy 137

The Practical Leader

MARCH 25, 2020

In Technology and Cooperation Help Fight the Pandemic Chelsea writes, “The threat from COVID-19 should be taken seriously, but there are reasons for rational optimism even during a pandemic.” Based on this sharp change, he predicted all of China would improve in two weeks and stop in China by the end of March.

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Crisis Levitt Peer Review Sharpe 91

HR Digest

APRIL 18, 2024

Invest in a suite of virtual team communication technologies, like collaborative software, video conferencing, and project management platforms. After all, in the remote realm, feedback is the fuel that propels personal and professional growth, ensuring your team stays sharp and adaptable.

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Team Bond How To Management 52

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Rapidly advancing technology (sometimes helpful and sometimes not). Here is our recipe for staying your course during turbulent times (in other words, modern times): Create a support system. You can’t cement victories into your operating system, but you can cement behaviors. Immediate and irretrievable communication.

Management 87

Management Sharpe Drucker Learning-by-Doing 87

Chart Your Course

MAY 10, 2016

Of course things like technology and globalization have been significant. Research is now showing that the brains of young people who have been exposed to technology since young ages, for extended periods of time, are actually wired differently. We know that the way communication occurs now is different.

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Trends Education Open-book Influence 100

Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Like the generations preceding them, Millennials are products of the major events and technologies that became widespread during their formative years. This is in sharp contrast to those of a generation ago- teacher, banking/finance and medicine.

Leadership 296

Leadership Tactics Management Maturity 296

Skip Prichard

JUNE 28, 2019

Implementing a customer relationship management system is complicated; delivering a winning customer experience every time is complex. Good execution requires a “Sharp focus and commitment to a few clearly identified goals.” They are: Sharp focus and commitment to a few clearly identified goals.

Sull 70

Sull How To Insourcing Sharpe 70

Strategy Driven

APRIL 8, 2019

Same goes for innovations and technology. This happens when your potential employee is sharp enough to do so. A good screening system is what saves you from a lot of trouble. What you do not have to focus on is how well the person knows the bookish definition. Those are important to some extent but are not the entire criteria.

Tips 51

Tips Sharpe Commitment Quality 51

Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

It’s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington’s corridors of power, they didn’t even stand out.” Peter Drucker has pointed out that our educational system is obsessed with people’s weaknesses. A System For Rapid Realignment.' ” ACCOUNTABILITY.

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Waterman Automotive Learning-by-Doing Industry 140

The Practical Leader

JULY 20, 2011

The first two rings (my last two blog posts) deal with things — technology, products, services, systems, processes, structures, and so on. Who establishes the organization’s systems, processes, practices, and structure? That’s even truer today. That’s much of the high tech component of service/quality.

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Sharpe Deming Hotels Quality 53

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Authority on new technology and communication. Tony Marx – President and CEO, New York Public Library – the nation’s largest library system. Previously Kevin was a leader in Electronic Data Systems and Ford. Claire Diaz-Ortiz – Technology innovator and speaker. Alex Osterwalder – Co-founder Strategyzer.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Achieving coherence requires a sharpness of focus that few companies have mastered. Further, they need to limit their focus to, at most, six capabilities, and make those capabilities work together as a mutually reinforcing system that perpetuates competitive advantage. SD : What is the ‘coherence premium?’.

Resources 55

Resources Industry System Strategy 55

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

While Blue Sky is an SOE, I think they really want to differentiate themselves, and they're willing to use a lot of our technology.". The only person not applauding was Wang Xiguo, the engineer who had led the development of Prime's power train technology. The workers standing near him applauded. Even Wang was smiling.

Case Study 8

Case Study Technology Tacit Knowledge Engineering 8

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

It''s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington''s corridors of power, they didn''t even stand Out." In a particularly clever step, the workers created a system of organization called the honeycomb structure and organized themselves into families: the turbine family, the coal-pile family, and the scrubber family.

Waterman 55

Waterman Follow-up Automotive Learning-by-Doing 55

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

I've reached this conclusion after years working with clients — both on the business side and in technology — carefully observing the ways data help organizations create value, as well as in discussions with other experts (I've won at least a few over). And a recent academic report concurs. IT should avoid it like the plague!

Technology 15

Technology Sharpe Middle Management Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

"We've spent a fortune on collaborative technology, but no one is using it. Most leaders are sold on the tremendous potential new collaborative technologies present to change the way work gets done: increasing productivity, stimulating innovation, and enhancing employee engagement. Sound familiar? Why is it proving so difficult?

Media 15

Media Software Participative Technology 15

CO2

JULY 6, 2011

All that was needed was some toilet paper, a storm-proof butane lighter, and a knife so sharp that it went through wood like butter. This entire leg we struggled with the One-Off and the towing system. Sadly, Ryan and our team gave them great insight into what challenges can be found with today’s technology.

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Ryan Team BPM Short-term 104

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Neuroscientist Gary Marcus has a typically sharp post over at the New Yorker’s site explaining how dumb our most cutting edge artificial intelligence technologies still are. We humans can usually answer them immediately and flawlessly, but they stump even the most powerful of today’s systems. Ethics Technology'

Ethics 8

Ethics Sharpe Self-aware Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2018

In prior research , we at the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that women leave STEM fields in droves: 52% of highly qualified women working for science, technology, or engineering companies leave their jobs. A striking 78% of successful STEM women said they are their authentic selves at work, compared to 58% of other women in STEM.

Succession 10

Succession Reputation Focus Group Leadership Styles 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

” A century later, clinicians and health system leaders started tuning out the patient’s voice, turning instead to electronic health records and the latest care protocols to manage their most complicated and high-need patients. This same concept must be applied to designing health systems and care models.

Health Care 8

Health Care How To System Bottom-up 8

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

Always keep up with emerging trends and technologies in your specific sector. Become an expert and keep the saw sharp – always be looking for ways to expand your knowledge, experience and command of your craft. Find work that keeps you sharp and keeps you in a learning mode. This will keep you competitive and relevant.

Career 74

Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Ultimately, they need to create an operational “air traffic control” for their hospitals — a centralized command-and-control capability that is predictive, learns continually, and uses optimization algorithms and artificial intelligence to deliver prescriptive recommendations throughout the system.

Airlines 8

Airlines Health Care Transportation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Part of the problem is that systems are often hard to use. Then these systems perform the relevant analysis to highlight what is most interesting and important, identify and access the data necessary to tell the story, and finally deliver the analysis in a personalized, easy-­to-­consume way: as a narrative. Sponsored by SAS.

Call Center 8

Call Center Supply Chain Committee Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

The emergence of the iPhone and smart technology completely altered the way consumers interact with media and brands. In short, brands began evolving from stories to systems. Now, the word “system” may sound unemotional. In a system, the brand and the consumer play equal roles in influencing the brand.

Brand 8

Brand Productivity Products Short-term 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

The Bad: The Local Coffee Shop In tough economic times, small business owners should have a laser-sharp focus on great customer service, doing everything they can to ensure their customers feel respected and loved. Zappos has a great system for keeping customers informed online, but it’s also easy to do in face-to-face customer service.

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

The manufacturer of DVDs was featured in a book on front-line suggestion system, All You Gotta Do Is Ask by Norman Bodek and Chuck Yorke (which I mentioned in a previous post on Toyota's approach to front line improvement). After Bodek left, the suggestion system was led by Yorke, Technicolor's manager of organizational development.

Process 13

Process How To Attrition Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2017

” Rapid technological advance in computers and automation has led to a huge fall in the quality-adjusted price of capital equipment. Moreover, China itself is experiencing a sharp decline in labor’s share. Large, profitable firms invest heavily in lobbying to protect their advantage, skewing the political system.

GDP 8

GDP Video Sharpe Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

It’s easy to blame these conflicts on personalities — think toxic bosses or big egos — but in my experience as an organizational consultant, the root cause is more often systemic. Once the group agrees on which commitments they need to make, they must stick to them.

How To 8

How To Sharpe Operations Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Today, China has 16 of the 20 dirtiest cities in the world, a mostly befouled freshwater system, and growing desertification. Their future prosperity, however, will depend on sharp increases in domestic consumer spending. Enormous investments have been made in science and technology in Chinese universities. Environment.

Education 8

Education Politics Globalization Hedge 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 30, 2011

Technology, too, has brought us closer together and the opportunities we have to develop relationships and work with others on-line are many and varied. Having spent most of my career in technology sectors, I have experienced more collaborative environments than not. I found this quote the other day that speaks to that.

Blog 55

Blog Diversity Learning-by-Doing Self-aware 55

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2013

But in sharp contrast to the situation in Brazil, productivity has been rising faster than wages in the U.S. But in sharp contrast to the situation in Brazil, productivity has been rising faster than wages in the U.S. As in, Isn’t this the exact opposite of what a chart of productivity and wages would show in the U.S.? for decades.

GDP 9

GDP Disruptive Innovation Sharpe Productivity 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

So large-scale re-engineering programs, productivity drives, and changes to the incentive system are unlikely to work: they can easily be resisted, ignored or gamed. Our research and work with companies suggest three broad approaches you can try, each with its own pros and cons: Enact a sharp "decree" to force a specific change in behavior.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Peer Review Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Just yesterday, on the front page of the New York Times , came a report about how "low-level engineers, product managers and prominent managers" from the executive ranks are leaving the company for high-profile companies such as Facebook as well as venture-funded startups of the sort that dot the technology landscape.

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Tacit Knowledge Long-term McKinsey Venture Funding 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2012

Both teams should include operational business leaders as well as risk-focused technology, policy and legal experts. In particular, the necessity of the sharp focus provided by the Red Team/Blue Team structure is vividly illustrated by the recent official report of "The Fukishima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission."

Risk Management 10

Risk Management Supply Chain Crisis Report 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

Imagine a team at a ski company that's faced with a big problem: When skiers make sharp turns at high speeds, the edges of their skis lift from the snow, causing the skiers to sometimes lose control. This is why I wanted to develop a system that could make accidental discoveries a more predictable and regular occurrence.

Software 8

Software Innovation Sharpe Efficiency 8