Deming Institute

MARCH 6, 2017

Air Force One , CEO Greg Guy attended the 2013 Deming Institute Annual conference and was able to begin to learn how to put into action a management system to address the problems created by a commision based culture. The new system started in the fall of 2013.

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Deming Long-term System Conference 31

Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

Change is innovative. Houston Symphony Orchestra, 100th in 2013. Good opportunities to compare successes, case studies, methodologies, learning curves and insights. Review case studies and their patterns for repeating themselves. Apply thinking processes to be truly innovative. Civil Rights Act, 50th.

Case Study 50

Case Study Open-book Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

A case study we just published on Samsung’s European innovation team offers some helpful insights. It details how in 2010, Samsung set up a small consumer-focused innovation team in London, headed by Luke Mansfield. Rather, it is to position themselves to create disruptive innovation. When Innovation Is Strategy.

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Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Project 8

Deming Institute

JANUARY 16, 2017

Mark also co-authored Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements, which was released in June 2012 and also a Shingo Research Award recipient in 2013. Mark is also the Vice President of Improvement & Innovation Services for the software company KaiNexus.

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Kaizen Deming Lean Manufacturing Handbook 28

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

If you only read one piece, make it this one by David Garvin in 2013 , on how Google sold its engineers on management. How Google innovates. Bala Iyer and Tom Davenport attempted to “reverse engineer” Google’s innovation machine in 2008. The first step to innovating like Google, they argue, is patience.

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IPO Management Engineering Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2013

INNOVATION LESSONS FROM SURFING, DUDE. Sometimes the Smaller Wave is the Best Wave (Innovation Excellence). I worry that there is such an intense focus on innovation as a corporate panacea," he says, "that as a practitioner I might choose a wave that is too big to ride." Before Innovation Was Cool (Cultureby).

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Micromanagement Case Study Innovation Review 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We chose Brazil’s beef industry as the location of our case study , both for the size and complexity of the industry and for its impact on the planet. Nonetheless, the case study demonstrates that measuring the value of sustainable business can be done, and that sustainable business itself can be cost-effective.

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Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Chart Your Course

JANUARY 9, 2014

September 11, 2013. billion in provincial tax revenues annually” This loss is due to the fact that “employers cannot find people with the skills they need to innovate and grow in today’s economy” In Argentina, the story is much the same. © Copyright 1998-2013 by The Herman Group of Companies, Inc.,

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Skills White Paper Case Study Telecommunications 159

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2014

We must be creative and innovative in our organizations but perhaps more importantly, in working on ourselves. If you thought you were serious about it, Learn or Die will take you to a whole new level with tools, case studies, and insights that will challenge your commitment to learning. A S LEADERS we must learn and grow.

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Books Wiseman Kotter Leadership 285

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

Through a study of AI that included a survey of 3,073 executives and 160 case studies across 14 sectors and 10 countries, and through a separate digital research program , we have identified 10 key insights CEOs need to know to embark on a successful AI journey.

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Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Everyone connected with #GivingTuesday is happy to see excitement growing as our next big day –December 3, 2013 – grows near. Encourage innovations on the theme. GivingTuesday developed case studies and metrics to capture what happened in 2012. The second #GivingTuesday will happen on December 3, 2013.

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Decentralization Media Follow-up Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

Industry research, for example, shows that companies spent more than $24 billion on leadership and management training worldwide in 2013, an increase of 15% from 2012. In other words, leadership development begins with a real business challenge that leaders need to solve, instead of with a hypothetical case study or simulation.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

As I said at the time, it was a case study in poor policy and even poorer execution. The existence of this parallel economy is a substantial drag on the Indian economy: According to recently released data , only about 1% of Indians paid taxes on their earnings in 2013. Innovation and Creativity Emerged Around Digital Payments.

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Banking GDP Policies Real Estate 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2014

Nike is often praised for their innovative brand campaigns and grassroots community development via running clubs. Their efforts form a cautionary case study for other brands looking to jump into the “community” game. million half-marathons in 2013, and 57.3 Nike trumpets the accomplishments of its users — 1.4

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Brand Content Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2015

Marissa Mayer’s move to ban working from home at Yahoo in 2013 caused a media firestorm over the costs and benefits of this rapidly growing practice. There is an extensive body of case studies on individual firms that have adopted WFH programs, and they tend to show large positive impacts. See the studies here and here.)

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Policies Call Center Attitude Survey Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2012

Very early in my first year of business school, we were discussing whether an executive in a case study was to blame for a problem in his company and whether fixing it was his responsibility. Honda quickly followed up by announcing a new release for 2013, a year ahead of the original plan. We are appropriately energized.".

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Short-term Case Study Learning-by-Doing Productivity 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

Case Study #1: Work elsewhere before climbing the family ladder. He eventually headed up the company’s development business before becoming the company’s president in 2013. ” Case Study #2: Set clear expectations from day one. Don’t: Bring family nicknames into the office. ”

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Real Estate Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing Career 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Case study #1: Tailor your resume to each job. When Glover Lawrence was searching for his next job in the fall of 2013, he started by dreaming up the ideal position. Case study #2: Get an outside perspective. Cram text in or use a small font size ­— it has to be readable.

How To 15

How To Career Sample Case Study 15

Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2013

They embrace innovations, while keeping the best traditions. Change is innovative. Innovated It… and Teach You Why. Innovative Then and Now… Still Creating. Review case studies and their patterns for repeating themselves. Apply thinking processes to be truly innovative. by Hank Moore.

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Planning Learning Curve Budgeting Learning-by-Doing 63

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

It shouldn’t happen, but it does: You realize much too late that your innovation project is in deep trouble. In a recent analysis of a massive, expensive innovation failure, Kim van Oorschot of BI Norwegian Business School, Henk Akkermans of the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands, and Kishore Sengupta and Luk N.

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Stage-Gate Innovation Execution Management 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2013

A Case Study. Our longtime client Smule, a leading iPhone app company and frequent innovative marketer, came to us with a simple proposition: “We want a video that will do a million views and introduce our product to 13- to 17-year-old girls.” Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Marketing Video Content Advertising 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Demand is predicted to expand by as much as 40% in 2013. They foster innovation. By attracting a variety of members from myriad backgrounds and industries, the looser connections of these constantly churning spaces also appear to have innovation advantages. And for good reason. They make starting a business simpler.

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Entrepreneur Case Study Innovation Media 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Here at Machine Shop , the wholly owned innovation company of the alternative rock band Linkin Park, we identified the need to think differently years ago. For more than a decade, Linkin Park and Machine Shop enjoyed success and continued to innovate. We also looked beyond music for insights. Beyond Music.

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Business Model Merchandising Restructuring Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Frequently cited as one of the world’s most vibrant innovation hubs, Israel boasts more startups per capita than any other country in the world. As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. billion in 2013. That’s the good news.

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Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Marketing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2015

The witches are the rapid innovation in robotics and computing, slated to replace humans in performing increasingly sophisticated – i.e. “white collar” – tasks and so displace jobs across the employment spectrum. In the 21 st century, creating meaning and innovating will be democratized through technology.

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Drucker Technology Efficiency Rogers 8