In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 8, 2016

As Ogilvy’s Ian MacKellar, who helped develop the current creative platform, would say: “For any campaign or creative idea, it helps to have a conflict, a tension, an enemy.” We were big believers in creativity and we had a culture of big ideas. Nabob has seen many during its 120 years in the coffee biz.

Brand 100

Brand Brand Management Advertising Management 100

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Steve Anderson spent his career in the insurance industry focused on risk and business growth. Bezos invited Collins to Amazon a few months before Collin’s book was published in 2001 to teach the senior leadership team the flywheel concept. This allows the team to pursue creative strategies and to set its internal priorities.

Letter 88

Letter Collins Long-term Parcell 88

Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. After graduating from Princeton in 2001, Donovan Campbell wanted to give back to his country, engage in the world, and learn to lead. Be proactive.

Leadership 132

Leadership Crisis Learning-by-Doing Team 132

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

Thus if we want to stay in the “sweet spot” among these three, we must not fear career transitions or even change itself; indeed, we must seek them out. Career Transitions. Don’t Underestimate the Power of Lateral Career Moves for Professional Growth. Creativity was minimal. Career mindset.

Career 9

Career Short-term Human Resources Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2011

innovation, engagement, creativity, and fulfillment. Consider how your performance review — and career prospects — will look if you're labeled a "poor collaborator.". Creative energy that might be directed to fixing formal processes gets channeled instead into defensive routines and dissent. Sound extreme?

Energy 14

Energy Performance Review Creativity Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2011

In 2001, Turkey experienced a financial crisis in its banking sector. Talent Camp was designed as a three-day off-campus activity for high-potential university candidates to our management trainee program who might be confused about how and where to start their careers and what they could look for in the business life.

Banking 11

Banking Crisis Restructuring Reputation 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

I interviewed them about one of the last big crises for startups: the dot-com crash of 2000-2001. Senapathy “Kris” Gopalakrishnan, a co-founder of the India-based Infosys, saw his company’s market value on NASDAQ drop 90% from 2000 to 2001. David Kenny, then CEO of Digitas, a U.S.-based

Crisis 8

Crisis Entrepreneur Business Model IPO 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. By 2001, many charities that were still counting on pledged donations and found themselves left in a lurch (though it was also their fault for not casting other nets for funding and being too dependent upon Enron).

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

A market segment can be characterized broadly (women 25-34) or specifically (women in an early career phase who are newly-married and starting a family). When the product was launched in 2001 , it aimed to revolutionize personal transportation , touted as a unique way for people to travel short distances. Consider personal distance.

Word of Mouth Marketing 12

Word of Mouth Marketing Transportation Market Segmentation Advertising 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

But we all know what happened in 2001. As Peter Drucker put it, “culture eats strategy over breakfast” Just take a look at Southwest Airlines, the company which saw the greatest value expansion in the S&P 500 between 1971 and 2001. Use Language to Shape a Creative Culture. An HBR Insight Center.

Emotional Intelligence 8

Emotional Intelligence GDP McKinsey Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2012

helping young people choose careers that fit their values. act with creativity by continually experimenting with how goals are achieved. When I was head of leadership development for Ford Motor Company (from 1999 to 2001), we successfully implemented a program, called Total Leadership , that built on these basic principles.

Constraint 13

Constraint Bottom-up Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Innovation is the use of creativity to solve real customer problems. If you want those new creative concepts to come forward, you must foster a corporate culture that incorporates five leadership principles of innovation: 1. Early on in my career I wondered what made people put their whole hearts and souls into their work.

Senge 8

Senge Engineering Innovation Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

His death was the culmination of a global manhunt that lasted more than a decade and assumed extreme urgency after the September 11, 2001, attacks. The workforce is comprised of career professionals who are deep experts in their craft. They often came to the Intelligence Community early in their careers and stayed.

Management 8

Management Operations Planning Politics 8