Terry Starbucker

JULY 6, 2014

I’m the SVP of Operations of a Cable TV Company that operates in 4 states and has 22 operating divisions. We had acquired the properties in 2003, and had spent the first 5 years setting the stage for a drive to sustained growth and profitability. Better still, we had a secret weapon that was guiding us along.

Metrics 214

Metrics Leadership Operations Report 214

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

But in industrial deployments, think 5G powered ports, mines, and factories, operations can re-configure the signal to support even faster upload speeds,” Brian Chamberlin, Executive Advisor, Huawei Carrier Marketing, says. “With 5G, you get fast upload speeds, up to 100Gbsp on many public networks. Worth paying attention to?

Stephenson 100

Stephenson Wireless Christensen Automotive 100

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 15, 2011

The best gardeners learn through experience and reflection what flowers need to grow and develop. They’re busy having meetings, doing power point presentations but making no improvements in the operation. Developing Versatile Leaders.” MIT Sloan Management Review (Summer 2003). Some leaders over plan and under execute.

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Kaplan Planning Review Learning-by-Doing 251

The Practical Leader

MARCH 25, 2020

They’ve set up a Covid-19 platform to share information with and among research institutes to develop better testing kits, drugs, and a vaccine. In 2003, it took over a year to achieve half this information with SARS. Antivirals and other drugs for malaria, AIDS, and MERS show early signs of hope in treating this new virus.

Crisis 91

Crisis Levitt Peer Review Sharpe 91

N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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CEO Blog Long-term Short-term 287

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 24, 2015

We all operate out of unique, internal systems comprised of mental models (rules, beliefs, history etc.) See my paper in The 2003 Annual : Volume 1 Training [Jossey-Bass/Pfieffer]: “Designing Curricula for Learning Environments Using a Facilitative Teaching Approach to Empower Learners” pp 263-272). It’s a systems/change problem.

Training 50

Training Resistance Learning-by-Doing System 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The realities of globalization, with increasing emphasis on emerging markets, present corporate leaders with enormous challenges in developing the leaders required to run global organizations. That requires developing many leaders capable of working anywhere. That requires developing many leaders capable of working anywhere.

Globalization 15

Globalization Leadership Development Development Emotional Intelligence 15

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Higher results in project teams can come in the initial phase when the project teams have expertise in project management skills.

Team 108

Team Six Sigma Team Building Project 108

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

And the globalized markets that frontier firms operate in disproportionately reward their knowledge advantage, setting them even further apart from the rest. Take the example of Germany: Between 2003 and 2015, R&D expenditure in the business sector increased by 59%, reaching a record high of 157.4 billion euro. Nonetheless, U.S.

Innovation 10

Innovation Company Globalization Proposal 10

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2010

In the summer of 2003, the ninety-two year-old Wooden traveled to the White House, where he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor. Coach Wooden operated a meritocracy that treated every player fairly. In 1973, he was honored for his achievements as a coach. why is everyone smiling?

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Follow-up Open-book Learning-by-Doing Hotels 360

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. In 2003 this collaborative learning model grew out of Dr. In fact, ECHO can be used to teach any nonphysical or knowledge-based skill, using its tele-mentoring, case-based method.

Health Care 8

Health Care Mentor Globalization Project 8

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Effective followership plays such an important role in the development of future leadership skills that freshman at all the United States service academies (the Air Force Academy, West Point, Annapolis, and the Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Academies) spend their first year in formal follower roles.

Executive Coaching 129

Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2011

After Bodek left, the suggestion system was led by Yorke, Technicolor's manager of organizational development. 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. In 2003, the first year of the program, 5,000 ideas were volunteered.

Process 14

Process How To Attrition Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

Unbalanced teams grow more so over time, as like hires like, resulting in an operation with lopsided competencies. In technology companies, engineering talent needs the balance of a business and operations team. Crystal Pepsi; MySpace 2003-2007). It's also important to cultivate a balanced team from the start.

Company 16

Company Short-term Engineering PR 16

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

What really occurred was a financial commodities bubble caused by a complicated set of games-playing in the commodities markets by banks operating with secret and unfair federal exemptions to bring investment money into a place it was never supposed to be. 

Banking 110

Banking Price Politics Letter 110

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

ValuesJam in 2003 gave IBM's workforce the opportunity to redefine the firm's core values for the first time in nearly 100 years. Suggestions ranged from streamlining operational processes, saving thousands of hours annually, to simplifying financial and sales processes across business units.

Process 15

Process Press Release Automotive Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

and judge the extent to which these organizational capabilities already exist and whether they have a good likelihood of being developed. Fenix International has developed the ReadySet battery that can be charged by a mini-solar panel or by riding a stationary bicycle. Staffing, Communicating, etc.) Coach for College brings U.S.

Library 14

Library Entrepreneur Operations Health Care 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2018

My mother, Florence Rothman, was one of these patients whose complications were recognized too late; she died in 2003 in a hospital of avoidable causes. The human body is built to maintain equilibrium with basic, vital operating parameters, and we do so by sacrificing functionality. Appetite fades. Digestion shuts down.

Health Care 10

Health Care System Information Review 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2011

In 2002 and 2003, partnering with Catalyst , we took a hard look at ourselves. We developed a suite of courses, such as "Micro-Inequities" where people learned about common behaviors that could undermine our efforts. Our employee engagement has been operating at world-class levels for years. Confront the brutal facts. ?

Diversity 15

Diversity Human Resources How To Mentor 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2017

During this first phase of development, the total contribution of renewable power generation hovers below critical thresholds. During this second phase, grid operators frequently have to intervene to keep the electricity grid in balance.

Energy 10

Energy Decentralization Industry Power 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

In 2003, Jim Poss was walking down a Boston street when he noticed a trash vehicle in action. miles per gallon and are among the most expensive vehicles to operate. Note how Poss used the prediction approach as he analyzed available operational and financial data on trash truck fuel consumption. They average only 2.8

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Self-aware Efficiency Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2010

It's a common assumption that offering more features or developing high-quality products and services is expensive, and that the products of these labors can command premiums. Since it's beginning in 2003, Davide Oldani's Ristorante D'O has managed to stay profitable in a sustained fashion. Operating such restaurants is expensive.

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Quality Working Capital Price Open-book 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Companies based in developed economies can learn much from the Mars mission about competing and operating in emerging markets: Create an audacious, inspiring goal. In January 2003, it was named the Car of the Year ahead of entries from Mercedes, Toyota, and Ford. Global business India Innovation Product development'

Innovation 9

Innovation Constraint Engineering Automotive 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Consistent with the philosophy espoused in HBR way back in 2003 in the article The Myth of Secure Computing , business leaders will need to decide which of their information assets are so valuable that they want to invest a lot to protect them, and which they can’t afford to protect vigorously.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage PR Information Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2014

Researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Rotman School of Management, and the National University of Singapore Business School sought to quantify the effect of political connections in China, looking specifically at the TV manufacturing industry from 1993 to 2003, a period of significant liberalization.

Politics 8

Politics Metrics Industry Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Foreign investors have flocked to the country’s shores as many of the world’s largest manufacturers have established operations there. percentage points in 2003-2012. In fact, China is already experiencing a labor shortage: Wages are rising and it is losing its labor-cost advantage to other developing countries.

GDP 13

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

Joint Special Operations Task Force in 2003, he recognized that traditional tactics of warfare were failing in Iraq. McChrystal: When I joined Special Operations as a Green Beret, we were already pretty good at operating as small teams — say, up to about 20 guys. Stanley McCrystal took charge of the U.S.

Team 8

Team Company Silverman Mission Statement 8

Mike Cardus

JULY 4, 2023

The term “mindset” conjures the image of a single setting, like a TV channel or a prearranged machine operation. Create opportunities for people to engage in professional development and acquire new skills. Develop a process that learns from these efforts and views them as a sense-making step to notice change.

Open-book 78

Open-book Shaw Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 78

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Companies that operate as a collection of silos commit the cardinal sin of underperforming relative to the resources they have invested. At the oil giant BP a few years back, efforts to promote collaboration across the many operating business were so successful that employees over-collaborated. Under-collaboration.

CIO 15

CIO Consensus Bottom-up Organizational Behavior 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Encourage everyone on the team — including designers, developers, and content producers — to consider deliverables through to execution. If your team today has practices like designers throwing PhotoShop files over the wall for developers to execute, you may need to build in more collaboration. I’ve done that.

Team 8

Team Management Software Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

In 2003, after two years in Texas, Moe Ghashim moved back to his hometown of Aleppo, Syria. Operating in this environment requires persistence, flexibility, and a deep-rooted desire to change the status quo. He was attracted to the country''s immense potential and the aspirational drive of its people.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Power Politics Human Resources 9

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. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Agency for International Development (USAID), and the White House Task Force on Climate Change. "To By overlaying a water stress map with Coca-Cola's operational plants, Seabright found that almost half of their global volume was in high stress and high growth areas. Foreign Service, U.S. Senate, U.S.

Globalization 9

Globalization Career McKinsey Strategic Planning 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2018

It is well-known that Bill Gates didn’t develop DOS — he bought it for $50,000 from Seattle Computer Co. Similarly, Steve Jobs developed a graphical user interface after seeing one at Xerox PARC and hiring employees who had worked there. These stories are the rule rather than the exception.

Long-term 10

Long-term Innovation Technology Stage-Gate 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Traditional rice cookers operate on clear input and output principles—one cup rice, two cups water, thirty-five minutes’ cooking. Yes, you read that correctly. Managers want superior results, but to get them, Slaughter writes, It’s a strange analogy, but I always think of my rice cooker.

Commitment 8

Commitment Quality Stress Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

The timeline showed five improvement initiatives matching the eras of five presidents: Quality Action Teams (1992-1995), Total Cycle Time (1995-2000), Perfect Order (2000-2003), Grainger Performance System (Balanced Scorecard and Six Sigma) (2004-2007), and Lean (2008). Under the guidance of external coaches, the $7.2

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2014

developers has long been to help humans be more productive. In 2003, DARPA contracted SRI International to lead a reported $200 million, five-year project to build a virtual assistant. and by 2010 was acquired by Apple and launched as part of the iPhone operating system in October 2011. And one of the principle goals of A.I.

Productivity 9

Productivity Products Technology Learning-by-Doing 9