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.

Books 285

Books Wiseman Kotter Leadership 285

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.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Development Leadership Supply Chain 8

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.

Decentralization 9

Decentralization Media Follow-up Learning-by-Doing 9

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. At the end of the experiment, Ctrip’s management team was so impressed by the success of the WFH policy that they decided to roll it out to the entire firm.

Policies 8

Policies Call Center Attitude Survey Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

“Succession between generations is a very risky project,” says Fernández-Aráoz, which is why it’s critical to talk early and openly about rules for advancement and what handing off power might look like. For your sanity and future success, it’s critical to maintain outside interests and contacts of your own.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing Career 8

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. Review case studies and their patterns for repeating themselves.

Planning 61

Planning Learning Curve Budgeting Learning-by-Doing 61

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2013

If a campaign has a presence on every social network in the known universe, with custom widgets that all connect to each other, then its success is just a matter of turning a key and watching the crowd swarm. A Case Study. What contributed to this success, you may ask? A young Canadian artist by the name of Justin Bieber.

Marketing 50

Marketing Video Content Advertising 50

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.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate Innovation Execution Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

The most successful artists in this new landscape have begun to look at new business models and new industries to strengthen their existing brands. 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. We’ve all had to adapt.

Business Model 8

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.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Marketing IPO 8