Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

In 2002 Norman Bodek , "the godfather of Lean ," came to Technicolor's Michigan facility to teach its leaders about how to implement a front-line suggestion process. But there wasn't much activity until six months later when Mike Karol, vice president of operations, told his managers to make it their responsibility. Their answer?

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Process How To Attrition Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2014

The success of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in placing the Mangalyaan satellite into orbit around Mars last week has three important lessons for companies about winning in emerging markets: big ambitions are critical, constraints can be liberating, and India can be an R&D powerhouse. Indian engineers cost less, for sure.

Innovation 8

Innovation Constraint Engineering Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Its success demonstrates the potential of digital health services, and its approach can serve as a model for applying such services to other chronic diseases. They essentially took every component of a standard DPP, delivered it digitally, and have continued to add additional elements. Design the service for the patient.

Health Care 11

Health Care Participative Wireless Pharmaceuticals 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2014

To foster it, they often give sales its own learning and development team, recruiting specialists, compensation plan, and management and IT systems — but now they’re finding that those differences can hinder success as much as they support it. Its structure, skills, metrics, and rewards have mostly remained the same.

Team 8

Team Metrics Compliance Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2016

On August 1 Uber announced that it is selling its Chinese brand and operations to Didi Chuxing for $1 billion, its annual burn rate in that market, in exchange for a 20% stake in the local competitor. Riding network economies to success requires not only getting big fast but also sustaining that size advantage over time.

Network Economy 8

Network Economy Globalization Discount Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Over the years, the CEOs of these companies faced massive technology disruptions, deep industry recessions, sudden collapses in demand, price wars, oil shocks — you name it. Because our observation period was from the 1970s to 2002, we do not claim that these companies will continue to outperform in perpetuity.

Skills 15

Skills Leadership Airlines Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

And then we found Alibaba — and it found us — and that connection led to the partnership that ultimately proved to be remarkably successful. This success was built on what we learned from our prior efforts, as well as a resolve to take new risks to do what was necessary to succeed. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2016

This idea has led to regulation such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002), as well as requirements by the NYSE and NASDAQ that boards have a majority of independent directors and that members on the audit committee have financial expertise. Boards can and do play an important role in the success of companies.

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Company Committee CEO Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

What makes such a transformation successful? From our analysis of a number of core shifts and conversations with the CEOs who have undertaken them, we have drawn five keys to success: 1. Allow time and persevere. Pulling off a core shift takes many years, if not a decade, as PPG and other companies have shown.

Company 8

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. K-Mart closed 617 of its under-performing department stores and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in 2002. Computer activity constitutes less than 1% of the technology picture. In 1999, the U.S.

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Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The 2002 movie Minority Report told the story of a future in which law enforcement could tell who would commit crimes in the future. It’s now done by economists, data engineers, IT operatives, and anyone who has access to the data. Human resources Information & technology Talent management' Learn from Your Analytics Failures.

Succession 8

Succession Human Resources Information Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2012

When Palmisano took over in early 2002, IBM had four main businesses each organized on a global basis: hardware, software, services (such as back-office outsourcing), and personal computers (PCs). Step 5: Take care of succession from within. The CEC was dissolved. Step 3: Make sure the economic model is profitable.

Software 15

Software Outsourcing Committee Consultative 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

The success of platform businesses like Alibaba, Airbnb, and Uber is so remarkable that discussion about them often misses just how hard they are to build. For every successful platform, there are many more that struggle or simply don’t make it. Conceding defeat in 2002, eBay bought PayPal for $1.4

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2018

After breaking even in 2002, net profits continued to rise, to 3.8 Capitec gets many things right in terms of its strategy, including its market positioning, internal operations, and organizational culture. ” But best practices can turn bad , as a result of changing market conditions, customer demands, or progressing technology.

Banking 8

Banking Industry Bottom-up Resistance 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

As someone who has worked with managers at all levels since 2002, coaching, mentoring, guiding, providing advice, facilitating conversations, creating space for reflection. This suggests a more significant contributor to a successful coaching outcome is a person's state of mind rather than the qualifications and skills of the coach.

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Blog Mentor Advice Brand 385

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

In some ways it’s only natural that we see an increase in discussions on potential challenges for organizations in operating under a multi-generational workforce. And that is the issue of how to effectively manage a multi-generational workforce.

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P&L Fraser Motivation Organizational Behavior 264

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

And academic research has found that rising industry concentration correlates with the patent-intensity of an industry, suggesting “that the industries becoming more concentrated are those with faster technological progress.” ” Carr distinguished between proprietary technologies and “infrastructural” ones.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. This archaic mindset flies in the face of progressive supply chain management, which successful companies now embrace. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57