Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

By working 70-80 hours a week, taking business courses at night, and doggedly pursuing a jump to the professional track, I finally got a break, and moved into investment banking. It's a similar story when you contemplate disrupting yourself mid-career. Time to disrupt myself. Be assured that you have no idea what will come next.

Disruptive Innovation 16

Disruptive Innovation Christensen Metrics Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

In 2005, four dozen senior executives at Lehman Brothers took a decision-making course. Regulators who focus on new capital requirements or proprietary trading limits for banks are missing the one problem that those rules do not address: modern financial markets tempt human beings into cognitive error. And the disease is spreading.

Banking 8

Banking Reputation Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. But these forms of external turbulence tend to be the trigger of free fall, not the cause.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Technological advances and employers looking to lower costs have resulted in more people working outside an office than ever before. by 80% between 2005 and 2012. It’s critically important not just for your career, but for your psychological well-being,” he says. By one estimate, telecommuting increased in the U.S.

Case Study 11

Case Study Motivation Productivity Products 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

The boom-bust tendencies of Wall Street mean we need tougher capital requirements for banks, Greenspan now says, and maybe even a forced return to the partnerships that once dominated investment banking. The technology-stock bubble of the late 1990s and its subsequent deflation were among the defining events of Greenspan’s tenure.

Long-term 10

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Ultimately dubbed the Technology Incubation Scheme (in Singapore, a scheme is a good thing), the program helped bring a flood of diverse investors into the country by offering to put up 85% of the capital in a start-up when investors put in 15%. One year later, we partnered with the government to prototype a new program under the NFIE.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8