Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2018

In much the same way, IBM’s Watson project , which is helping the venerable company overcome the disruption of its traditional business, began in 2005. Google has created its own moonshot factory , to pursue game-changing technologies that may take years to pay off. We need to set our sights higher. Why We Need to Think Bigger.

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Agility Innovation Long-term Project 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

HR has helped the organization absorb more than 125 acquisitions since 2000 , and integrate globally, saving $6 billion since 2005. Over the last decade, HR at IBM took a number of steps to help drive operational improvement: Delivered the new skills IBM needed at the front lines. people already had that experience.

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Globalization Human Resources Diversity Long-term 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. We were optimistic about Yahoo’s future in China as the deal closed in January 2004.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2011

Yet rape has only been outlawed in Haiti since 2005 and hundreds of thousands are still housed post-quake in insecure tent cities. They can examine the company's core operations to discover ways to help make a difference while continuing to make a profit. But business leaders shouldn't stop with their foundations. Take Cisco.

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Porter Core Competence Globalization Business Model 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2017

of employment in 2005 to 9.6% These truck drivers, misclassified as independent owner-operators, were forced by companies whom they worked to purchase new vehicles to comply with more stringent emission restrictions. However, the guidance received an unanticipated level of attention from companies operating in the digital world.

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Document Insurance Construction Cooper 12

Terry Starbucker

MARCH 15, 2010

They typically know their stuff, but are lacking in certain skill sets that directly relate to their new responsibilities. Plus, taking these critical cogs in the wheel out of circulation for even a few days can certainly be a burden on the operation. This is where awareness of the benefits leadership skills provide comes in.

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Team Training Blog Skills 261

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

While interning in Mozambique in 2005 for the one-person (!) But she realizes that it was the practical need to pioneer new materials technology under strict cost constraints in tandem with improving lives that really accelerated the innovation process. I've found," says Scharpf, "that the common language is the one of emotion.".

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Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2014

But, my friends, one of the best things I’ve done, in summer of 2005, was start painting the wall. In fact, it was only 7 years ago that Apple shipped its first iPhone and Google introduced its Android operating system. ” I said, But they don’t look good, we need to do something about it. ” I said, No.

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Career Planning CEO Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

The 1970s, 1980s, and even the 1990s were dominated by legendary players such as Pelé, Franz Beckenbauer, and Diego Maradona, who, thanks to their skill and speed, found empty spaces in midfield, created the time to take the ball to the box, and then decided to pass or shoot at the goal. As a result, companies operate below their potential.

Cooper 15

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

The 1970s, 1980s, and even the 1990s were dominated by legendary players such as Pelé, Franz Beckenbauer, and Diego Maradona, who, thanks to their skill and speed, found empty spaces in midfield, created the time to take the ball to the box, and then decided to pass or shoot at the goal. As a result, companies operate below their potential.

Cooper 8

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

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Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 70

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

While advances in health care in the developed world often emphasize new technologies, in developing lower- and middle-income countries simply expanding the reach of basic primary care services is crucial to improving health. There are considerable hurdles to scaling any health service in resource-constrained settings. Market focus.

Development 8

Development Health Care Operations Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

In addition, success will often depend on technological and other advancements, the route to which may not be apparent. At Microsoft, for example, the Office and Windows operations have tended to suffocate innovations over the past few decades. It's easy to kill an innovation project.

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Kahneman Tversky Company Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

Just one in three diagnostic mistakes result from physicians’ mental mistakes, according to a 2005 analysis by the Archives of Internal Medicine. Second, embrace technology. Medical technology is often perceived as a driver of health care costs, and there is certainly some truth to that. Four things.

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Cost Health Care System Software 8

Great Results Team Building

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Teamwork is still defined as the coordinated activities of a cohesive group who contribute diverse skills and resources to accomplish a compelling common goal , but throughout corporate world, the nature of teams has experienced a change. Organizations have become stretched through geographic and technological expansion.

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Tips Team Management Teamwork 145

Great Results Team Building

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Teamwork is still defined as the coordinated activities of a cohesive group who contribute diverse skills and resources to accomplish a compelling common goal , but throughout corporate world, the nature of teams has experienced a change. Organizations have become stretched through geographic and technological expansion.

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