Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2018

Since the Apollo program, NASA has faced funding cuts, competition from other nations for space leadership, and a radical restructuring of its operating environment due to the emergence of commercial space – all of which have forced the organization to change its ways of thinking and operating.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Technology Innovation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

More than 2,500 developers and start-ups have reached out to the IBM Watson Group since the Watson Developers Cloud was launched in November 2013. We can provide the entrepreneurs with access to early adopter customers in the 170 countries in which we operate. So how does it work? First, with multiple business models.

Venture Funding 10

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Agility Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

The Lean Startup is an approach to developing new products that came out of “Agile” software development, with “sprints” (quick deliverables) and fast learning. There is a lot at stake here for GE’s operations strategy. In January 2013 the team came out with a “minimum viable product.” General Electric Operations Strategy'

Ries 8

Ries Waterman Finance Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

This is very different from the way large businesses have operated for decades. This will lead to new business models, new processes, more meaningful business interactions, innovation, improved and faster decision making, and a more agile organization. What does it mean to operate in a digital business ecosystem?

CIO 8

CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

But by 2013, Linkin Park and Machine Shop had to address the fact that digital music (first downloads and then streaming) had changed the business dramatically. When I looked at the global reach of Linkin Park, and the potential business opportunities outside the narrow category of music, I could see plenty of “blue ocean.”

Business Model 8

Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Today’s successful companies close the strategy-to-performance gap with a new strategy approach best described as “Decide-Do/Refine-Do” This agile, test-and-learn approach is better suited to today’s tumultuous environment. Webvan was forced to cease operations by 2001. Take Dell Technologies, for example.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Contingency Plans Company 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The ManpowerGroup Contingent Workforce Index of 2013 showed 40% of all ManpowerGroup consulting engagements blended permanent and contingent workers. The disconnect between HR and Procurement often means either choice is suboptimal on its own, so operating managers circumvent both HR and Procurement.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

This transformation took time to play out and involved both displacements of incumbents operating in outdated modes and the emergence of new “feeder” roles for those aspiring to the C-suite. A recent survey of CEOs reveals that HR is overwhelmingly viewed as the least agile function. Even HR itself agrees.

CFO 9

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

New research, conducted with HBR, The Economist , CEB, and TNS Global, reveals that CEOs believe CIOs are not in sync with the new issues CEOs are facing. But even though they know they must innovate in response, they don''t know how to do so in the complex global market. The nature of competition is changing. Structural changes.

CIO 8

CIO CEO Outsourcing Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

The current mantra is “Move fast with stable infrastructure”, which speaks to the organizational design challenge of operating at scale in a fickle and volatile world. ” It further revealed a complex and siloed organization, with competing operating assumptions, values, and practices across the group.

Banking 10

Banking Strategy Film Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

Over the last two years, we have been engaged in primary research with The Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly known as the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global in an attempt to paint a picture of how the role of the CIO and the IT department is changing. IT management ROA ROI'

CIO 8

CIO ROI Agility Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

After Jeff Immelt threw down the gauntlet for building a global software center, GE faced significant physical, organizational, and cultural challenges. ” Jennifer Waldo , Head of Global Human Resources, GE Software Center, was at the epicenter of GE’s recruiting challenge. Getting Started. Who would lead it?

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

There is a marked dissonance between CIOs and the C-suite — a fact that we uncovered in new research conducted with HBR, The Economist, CEB, and TNS Global. These are the things that will create more value for the customer and enable the enterprise''s agility. If the work to be done requires neither of these, then automate it.

CIO 8

CIO Hamel Technology Tactics 8