HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

And the lessons from most recent events in the last 20 years like the relatively mild swine flu (H1N1) in 2009, the dot-com bubble of 2001, and the 2008-09 Great Recession, are nowhere near suitable to withstand the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spanish flu).

Short-term 52

Short-term Committee Incentives Long-term 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Microsoft ended the 20 th century owning over 95% of the operating systems that ran on computers (almost all on desktops). They had lots of these projects. Projects not directly related to those activities never got serious resource or management attention. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times.

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

Borrowing many of the HBR article’s key ideas and filling in specific operational practices, Sutherland created a new way of developing software; honoring the rugby imagery, he dubbed his approach “scrum.” Sutherland and other proponents of scrum were among them.

Agility 8

Agility Nonaka Takeuchi Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2013

In stark contrast, at a disruptive organization like Google, innovation is built into jobs through " 20% time " projects — engineers are expected to spend 20% of their time on projects that are creating and testing new ideas. The pace of change and disruption in today's marketplaces will only increase.

Agility 8

Agility Process Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Since 2001 LVMH has studied its life cycle carbon footprint, focusing on both the obvious energy hogs — its stores and distribution — and brand-specific issues, such as packaging in spirits and personal care. Belvedere Vodka, a brand with sales in 120 countries, has pursued many large-scale projects to reduce its CO2 footprint.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Payback Period Brand Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

In the 2001 recession, total sales for the S&P 500 declined by 9% from its pre-recession peak to its trough 18 months later—almost a year after the recession officially ended. Sales reps, meanwhile, were freed up to spend more time on larger project sales. Recessions catch many companies by surprise, with predictable results.

Team 11

Team Price B2B Tools 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

The engineer behind that project, Steve Sasson, offered a memorable one-liner to the New York Times in 2008 when he said management's reaction to his prototype was, "That's cute — but don't tell anyone about it.". Early in the 2000s it made a bold bet: buying photo sharing site Ofoto in May 2001. Kodak wasn't blind to this shift.

Gilbert 15

Gilbert Film Incubator Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

In this new operating environment, I find more and more multinationals looking to new frontier markets for growth while demanding profitability from their emerging-market operations. The three main grocery retail chains in Peru grew from 57 stores in 2001 to 155 stores in 2010. Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa.

Marketing 8

Marketing GDP Automotive Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2016

Generally speaking, executives are compensated for things under their control: moving projects along, the stewardship of a P&L, and for the company hitting financial targets. Ideally, these R&D projects would have been selected and maintained for their maximum ability to produce outcomes. But that’s often not the case.

Incentives 8

Incentives Pharmaceuticals Crisis P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

“Succession between generations is a very risky project,” says Fernández-Aráoz, which is why it’s critical to talk early and openly about rules for advancement and what handing off power might look like. ” Toby did everything his father asked, joining The Bozzuto Group in 2001 as a development associate.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing Career 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

New research, led by a team from McKinsey Global Institute in cooperation with FCLT Global , found that companies that operate with a true long-term mindset have consistently outperformed their industry peers since 2001 across almost every financial measure that matters. The differences were dramatic. We calculate that U.S.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

For example, Carbonite now operates several directly-owned or reseller-owned data centers deployed across Europe. The research firm IDC and trade association CompTIA project the worldwide information technology sector to reach $3.8 That was in 2001. That’s despite the significant measures my company and others have taken.

Technology 8

Technology Globalization Software Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

When Agile software development was born in 2001, it articulated a set of four critical principles to elevate the craft of software development and improve engineering and product manager motivation. But at the heart of most of these models are two things: forming hypotheses (e.g., Individuals and interactions over processes and tools.

Agility 8

Agility Engineering Software How To 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

It’s achieved impressive results since being founded in 2001, and is run by a committee of about ten people. All decision-making is done through self-managing teams of 8-12 people: hiring, pay, which projects to work on, everything. In the early days, a management consultant used the familiar chiefs/Indians line to predict they’d fail.

Case Study 13

Case Study Committee Software Hamel 13