Strategy Driven

MAY 27, 2011

The Exchange begins with you – the manager – and ends with employees meeting with the manager to develop effective solutions. When these normal occurrences are treated as opportunities for exploring new ideas about projects, they can become catalysts for increased energy and productivity.

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Tips Learning-by-Doing Construction Project 62

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

We believe the strength of any team is in the followers and there can be no leaders without followers, but the vast majority of research to date has focused on the leadership side of this equation. It is worth keeping in mind that some jobs have clear leadership requirements; virtually all jobs have followership requirements.

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Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Recognizing that corporate responsibility can offer a company a competitive advantage today, we became interested in IBM as a pioneer in establishing a skills-based volunteerism initiative that also influences its talent and professional development strategies. So far, IBMers have completed over 1,000 projects.

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Intellectual Capital Library Project Competitive Advantage 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Recognizing that corporate responsibility can offer a company a competitive advantage today, we became interested in IBM as a pioneer in establishing a skills-based volunteerism initiative that also influences its talent and professional development strategies. So far, IBMers have completed over 1,000 projects.

Intellectual Capital 13

Intellectual Capital Library Project Competitive Advantage 13

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

Instead of a monolithic one-way interaction, business is now being conducted through constant and meaningful two-way conversations between organizations and constituents – at every stage of organizational development. And it’s a good thing, too. Still skeptical? Then take a look at the hard numbers.

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Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

In my role at the GE Foundation , I am lucky enough to meet pioneers with a global vision for health and sustainable development. Leadership begins with sharing a vision with many people in numerous communities from diverse walks of life. This rare genius truly shines in Dr. Sanjeev Arora, the creator and founder of Project ECHO.

Health Care 8

Health Care Mentor Globalization Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2015

The days of the ‘Great Man’ theory of Leadership – where one sole leader rules over the masses from their ivory tower, are long gone. Some of us quite literally lead with another person – we co-lead a project, a team, or an organization with a peer. Success in co-leadership begins with commitment.

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Team How To Commitment Project 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2012

As recounted in Kahneman's recent book, Thinking, Fast and Slow , one study found that the typical homeowner expected their home improvement projects to cost about $19,000. As investor and pundit Guy Kawasaki notes, "As a rule of thumb, when I see a projection, I add one year to delivery time and multiply revenues by 0.1.".

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Innovation Planning Kahneman Tversky 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

I’ve contributed to the development of this industry myself with NineSigma , which is responsible for a large part of how open innovation is practiced today. Every discipline is experiencing accelerated development, and the rapid knowledge obsolescence that goes with it. It is not, moreover, an innate ability, but quite trainable.

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Innovation Education Survey Training 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Microsoft, according to a former company executive , had developed a viable tablet computer more than a decade ago but failed to pre-empt Apple's smash hit because competing Microsoft divisions had conspired to kill the project. The stakes are high: it will be crucial for leaders to get collaboration right.

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CIO Consensus Bottom-up Organizational Behavior 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. Ma and the Alibaba leadership team would retain management control.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

It began its lean journey in 2003 and has made considerable progress. The voice of the patient was a critical input in developing the collaborative-care approach. Patients participated in rapid-improvement events and were members of the development team. Involve the patient.

Health Care 8

Health Care Quality Decentralization Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

After studying and working with hundreds of companies in free fall, we’ve identified concrete steps that leadership teams can take to engineer successful turnarounds and transformations. Founded in the 1930s, Lego developed a repeatable model that allowed it to grow for decades. Other companies can do the same.

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Company How To Business Model Engineering 8