Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

How much does your company need to invest in innovation? To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless.

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Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Among the findings: 63% of firms now report having Big Data in production in 2015, up from just 5% in 2012. 63% of firms reported that they expect to invest greater than $10 million in Big Data by 2017, up from 24% in 2012. 54% of firms say they have appointed a Chief Data Officer, up from 12% in 2012. Develop the right metrics.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Chief Information Officer Agility Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2014

Every company has a limited amount of time, money, and resources that it can invest in innovation. That’s why they should focus their energies on opportunities that will set them apart from their competition — that is, they should innovate where they differentiate. So what about your company? Is it differentiating itself?

Company 8

Company Innovation Wilde Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

In 2012, one of us — Gregor Gimmy, a California-based serial entrepreneur and former IDEO consultant — accepted a new role at BMW’s corporate R&D headquarters. Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2014

But the more time I spend with game-changing innovators and high-performing companies, the more I appreciate the need for leaders to “talk the walk” — that is, to be able to explain, in language that is unique to their field and compelling to their colleagues and customers, why what they do matters and how they expect to win.

Gilbert 12

Gilbert Banking CEO Innovation 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Because of the changing and innovative methods of attack being used against them, it is of the utmost importance that they constantly refine their knowledge of the particular enemies they face. Drawing from these examples, we also hope to provide some advice on how to deal with the increasing number and variety of cybercriminal gangs.

Company 8

Company Banking Information Advice 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Hoffman went on to be named BevNet’s 2012 Person of the Year for the creation of “an entirely new beverage category.”. In this stage, we need to identify our category’s influencers, those consumers’ whose advice is sought out, and encourage them to spread our message to others. With consumers and brands, it is no different.

Brand 11

Brand Janis Bond Maturity 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

As we approach the inevitable crossroads of old and new leadership, it's our job to develop the people we expect to carry the torch forward. The central position to what I'm suggesting is that we lead millennials forward and not drag them back to what we believe to be the "good old ways" of developing people.

Learning-by-Doing 11

Learning-by-Doing Development Environment Policies 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Entrepreneurs and innovators are supposed to be happily self-directed. My advice to them, and others feeling similar economic angst, is to try one or more of these strategies for getting back control over your destiny. Instead, the same sad story is popping up in many parts of the world. Own a big idea.

Entrepreneur 16

Entrepreneur Cooper Apparel Bureaucracy 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

In 2012 Wired magazine included Krakauer on its list of 50 people who will change the world. He laments the current fad of celebrating failure, a prescription I often hear in my role of working with executives eager to enhance corporate innovation capabilities. ” That’s good advice for leaders, too.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Wilde Uncertainty Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

embarked on a quest to develop the ultimate patch to the nasty bugs of humanity." Others see it as a giant economic engine spitting out startup after startup to capitalize on the region''s wealth of innovations. Science Hack Day photo by Gretchen Curtis, 2012. Creativity Economy Innovation'

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Innovation Incubator Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

The basic facts were established in a 2012 study by The Bridgespan Group in the Stanford Social Innovation Review , which looked at the more than 200,000 nonprofit organizations founded between 1975 and 2008 to determine how many had grown to $50 million or more in annual revenues. Sadly, this rarely happens.

Metrics 8

Metrics Innovation Diversity Organization 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

With funding support from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, the University of California, Los Angeles, launched the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program in late 2012 to help patients and their families with the complex medical, behavioral, and social needs of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Education Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Since I had never done venture investing before, I was trying to get advice from as many people as I could. But the conditions seemed to be ripe for one to develop. Like Israel, Singapore is small, with limited natural resources, which means economic growth requires innovative macroeconomic approaches. “Why Singapore?

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Airtime, a video conversation platform, launched in the summer of 2012 by Napster legends Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning with much hype and more than ample funding. That's good advice for any leader struggling with change. Pull out in the messy middle, and by definition the effort is a failure. Consider this real-time case.

Guidelines 10

Guidelines Real Estate Rogers Trends 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2017

My advice: You might be better off where you are for now. In 2012, an estimate of a trillion internet-connected devices (by 2015!) After a series of meetings with Silicon Valley stalwarts like Google, Apple, and Amazon, we decided to develop our own IoT software and hired the people who could help us do it.

Productivity 9

Productivity Products Early Adopters Software 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

In this month's HBR, Professor Clayton Christensen and I have an article that describes how to develop core business strategy in the face of disruption. The article, " Surviving Disruption ," represents our first attempt in two decades to outline the other side of disruption — how to manage legacy businesses.

Price 8

Price Retail Business Model Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Clearly one reason is remittances: according to the World Bank, over $400 billion was sent back to developing countries in 2012. These transfers feed directly into the domestic economies of emerging markets and boost growth, but they do not necessarily push the country up the development ladder.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Metrics Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Note that while this advice is based on policies and norms in U.S. companies, the general advice can be used in any setting where you are hoping to negotiate a better situation for yourself): Know what you're entitled to. Organizations innovate or update policies by having people challenge them and set new precedents," says Rousseau.

How To 15

How To Policies Short-term Quinn 15