Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Research conducted by the Center for Work-Life Policy in 2010 confirms that women start out wanting the brass ring almost as badly as men do: 47% of women 30 and younger describe themselves as "very ambitious," as compared to 62% of men. Only 32% of highly qualified women over 40 describe themselves as very ambitious (compared to 46% of men).

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CFO Film Banking Execution 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Doyle became CEO in 2010, after some troubled years , when the company’s growth was slow and its stock price was stuck, a lame $8.76 Doyle’s talk was titled, “How to Transform a Legacy Company into a Technology-Enabled, Nimble, Category-Disrupting Machine” — and it delivered.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

It increased R&D spending from 7-8% of revenue before 2009 to 11-12% of revenue starting in 2010, and maximized the return on that increased investment. Once a technology prototype has been focus-group tested and a viable business model is established, it is handed over to a new product development team in the mainline business units.

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Technology Innovation Kaizen Chief Executive Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2011

A government job once meant parking one's ambitions at the door — one focus group participant went so far as to say that it "stains resumes." In fact, a 2010 survey of university students ranked Petrobras as the top employer of choice , beating out even Google. counterparts (52%).

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Survey Education Competitive Advantage Human Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

million university graduates entered the job market in 2010 , up from one million in 1999. Most of my female friends prefer to work for the government because the workload is not heavy, and they have enough time to spend with their families," said a participant in one of our focus groups. More than 6.4

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Consider it a summary of what's on my mind as 2010 comes to a close. Start with deep ethnographic research; avoid focus groups! How do you define innovation? Something different that has impact. What are different types of innovation? Innovation is more than whiz-bang technology; consider different strategic intents (e.g.,

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Yes, set up a “focus group” of employees to serve as community leaders who will shepherd your company into the social networking world, but don’t put all of the power in their hands. If you were to make a list of up-and-coming business trends, social media strategies would probably be near the top.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2013

In mid-2010, an internal program was born at TELUS entitled Customers First. Through focus groups, interactive online polling and voting, the 1,000 were whittled down to a final four. It encourages all employees to "engage and explore" with one another before "executing."

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CIO Leadership Drucker Telecommunications 9

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 12, 2010

Thursday, August 12, 2010 Go Old School.Use A Flip Chart For Gathering Ideas Heres a great idea from communications consultant, speaker and author David Grossman : And, yes its old school. But, it works! Provide Post-it notes, and watch the ideas grow as employees post their ideas on the flip chart.

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Mentor Mission Statement Tips Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

To tackle these obstacles at SickKids, CEO Mary Jo Haddad in 2010 elevated innovation to a "strategic direction," and engaged Innosight to help devise a full system needed to spur innovation. Stinson''s challenge is common at big organizations, but overcoming bureaucracy and breaking down silos is especially critical in healthcare.

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Health Care Innovation Compliance Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

With all this in mind, a group at the Mayo Clinic led by the four of us developed and implemented a standardized practice model over a three-year period (2010-2012) that significantly reduced variation and improved predictability of care in adult cardiac surgery. Remaining Challenges.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

At C Space, we’ve conducted more than 800 mobile journaling and ethnography projects on behalf of over 240 clients since 2010, and have seen the power of bringing consumer experience to life for our clients. “You just can’t get this depth of insight in a one-off focus group or survey,” Hadnot notes.

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