Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Google and Intel rely on experts in social science and biomechanics to develop transformative products by better understanding how people think about and use technology. In 2013, Accenture suggested that 20 to 30 percent of the total workforce falls outside the organization’s traditional full-time, permanent employment relationship.

Agility 8

Agility Organization Resources Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2015

This continues a trend The Association of National Advertisers first reported in 2013. A brand manager at a Fortune 100 company expressed deep frustration to me: “We want to connect to our customers in a new way. But these companies aren’t getting rid of marketing – they’re just bringing it in-house.

Marketing 8

Marketing Advertising Trends Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Within weeks there was $50 billion in business deals involving foreign companies, including the Airbus agreement (worth $25 billion) to sell 118 planes, and Italy’s state rail company’s $5 billion pact to develop the local rail network. However, oil prices have dropped more than 60% since the interim nuclear deal in November 2013.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

When you put all these pieces together around education and health care, it’s clear that Cuba is likely a champion of investment in the development of human capital—but for the last 50 years it has an extremely low economic return on this investment. pharmaceutical company could be a great asset in the future.

Biotechnology 8

Biotechnology Tourism Human Capital Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

Nor can we develop good approaches to analyzing, preserving and transforming cultures. If we can define what organizational culture is , it gives us a handle on how to diagnose problems and even to design and develop better cultures. Beginning May 1, 2013, I facilitated a discussion around this question on LinkedIn.

Incentives 8

Incentives Definition Pharmaceuticals System 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

So most executives manage it according to their intuition. It takes a careful mix of mission, management, and culture. One 2013 study illustrates this well. In one hedge fund, the highest performing portfolio managers had higher total motivation. Insight Center. How to Be a Company That Employees Love.

Motivation 8

Motivation Company Airlines Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

A mid-level manager in this 5,000-employee hospital, she is leading a 70-member group on patient flow as part of a larger organizational effort. Her ability to lead and inspire — to become a change leader from her position as a mid-level manager — is helping her team produce results. I found a few defining characteristics: 1.

Middle Management 14

Middle Management Six Sigma Taylorism Taylor 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

By 2013, we had honored Jack Dorsey of Twitter, Garrett Camp of Uber, famed choreographer Twyla Tharp, and Gangnam style pop artist Psy. Celine Schillinger sought to change the leadership landscape of Sanofi, a major pharmaceutical company. If you say we should, let’s do it. Initially there was no buy-in.

Innovation 11

Innovation Christensen Decisionmaking CTO 11

Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

After motivational ability, the senior executive traits most valued by organizations were: strong ability to manage change (51 percent); ability to identify and develop talent (46 percent); innovative thinking (30 percent); and consistent high performance (26 percent). years), while the pharmaceutical (5.7

Execution 283

Execution Company Press Release Survey 283

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Managers and other business leaders face a dilemma: with increasingly diverse environments to manage and rising stakes to get it right, how do they identify the most effective approach to business strategy and marshal the right thinking and behaviors to conceive and execute it, supported by the appropriate frameworks and tools?

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8