Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Earlier in my career I spent 14 years as chief talent officer at Netflix, where I helped create some of the innovative talent management policies — such as no-formal-limit vacation policies — that have since become widespread. (I Yoga classes, massage therapy, acupuncture, pre-paid Uber accounts: Been there, done that.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Constraint Policies Talent Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

They struggle to see how their labor contributes directly to the performance of the corporation, or how it helps the progress of their career. ” Whether in marketing or sales, it often feels like jobs are contingent on external circumstances, the whims of executives, strategic pivots, and shareholder demands.

CEO 8

CEO Company Sports Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

Fact: When it comes to marketing spending, analog still outstrips digital by a factor of three to one. Digital marketing provides targeted reach and measurable impact. Innovative digital marketing approaches in social media, CRM, and other areas dominate the discussion. Shouldn''t CMOs and all marketers be shocked by this?

CIO 8

CIO Marketing CRM Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The result is spectacular, and Brazil’s carnival parades have become a world-class show transmitted by TV to over 100 countries. Sena, a supervisor in a company that sells credit to the upcoming Brazilian middle class, thinks corporations underplay this element and rely too much on the motivational power of financial incentives.

Teamwork 9

Teamwork Absenteeism Class Motivation 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Museum-goers, looking at a Rothko or a Pollock , scratched their heads and wondered exactly what made these works so valuable — while the seemingly similar messes their children brought home from art class were just… messes. He is no Jim Simons , using his mathematical genius to outsmart the market in (to an outsider) incomprehensible ways.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

In early 2013, when factory conditions in Bangladesh came to light , Nike cut ties to some suppliers whose factories were deemed unsafe—even at the expense of its margins and in the face of declining profitability relative to competitors.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

How to Stay Stuck in the Wrong Career. The biggest mistake people make when trying to change careers is delaying the first step until they have settled on a destination. Or pay a freelance consultant to do market research? Perhaps you need to take a class; maybe an internship or apprenticeship is in order.

Project 8

Project Outsourcing Learning-by-Doing Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2018

” This definition is echoed by a 2013 national survey of 20,000 conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ” Education, then, is not usually an incremental step to a better way to make a living life or a waystation to another career. Stagnant job growth in the industry has also led to increased class sizes.

Education 8

Education Survey Stress Definition 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

He told me that I must think like a world-class visionary, grow into the role and not just remain a radio DJ. I come in after the wrong consultants have given bad advice, after knee-jerk reactions to changing business climates had taken tolls on existing market players. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Franchising 66

Franchising Budgeting Pryor Consultative 66

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In this letter, I’d like to explain more fully why I view the $51 billion already spent by Apple on open market (including accelerated) share repurchases under your leadership as a major misallocation of resources for both the company and the U.S. Yet these careers and the returns that they can generate are not guaranteed.

Innovation 10

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

These larger companies, once considered pinnacles of career opportunity, have become employers of last resort. In the 2013 report of the same population, 82% of workers around the world did not trust their bosses to tell the truth. Corporate executives spent months trying to nail down a new market strategy.

Company 8

Company McKinsey Survey COO 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Extends certain middle class incentives and credits such as the Earned Income Credit and Coverdell Education Savings credit. Review your investment portfolio to identify certain appreciated positions to sell now before taxes potentially increase in 2013. Extends unemployment insurance coverage through 2011.

Press Release 178

Press Release Discount Insurance PR 178

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

That company was a pioneer in the audio component market, having entered the MP3 market before Apple. Today, there’s an investment seemingly every week; venture-capital investment in the tech sector increased from less than $30 million in 2011 to more than $1 billion in 2013. And we counted 10 local exits in 2014.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8