Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Despite the fact that Niantic, the American software development company that developed Pokémon Go, has failed to maintain high levels of engagement on the game (its current user base is now 30 million users), the phenomenon demonstrated AR’s potential to be adopted by mainstream culture.

Tourism 9

Tourism Technology Content Fashion 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2013

Beginning May 12, 2013, I facilitated a discussion around this question on LinkedIn. The American humorist Will Rogers said, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression." So if you don''t already have a strong work ethic and good work habits, either strive to develop them, or prepare yourself for mediocrity.

Self-aware 13

Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Advice Career 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Roger Martin recently diagnosed a kind of complexity that is manufactured by us and largely unaddressed: inter-domain complexity. It comes about as fields of knowledge are segmented into multiple domains, and each domain develops deep algorithmic knowledge and specialized tools that work by ignoring many of the variables actually in play.

Senge 8

Senge Education Rogers Tools 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

More than 30 years after Drucker’s talk at NYU, the level of complexity confronting us has only continued to increase—or at least it feels to most managers like it has increased, given the outdated models and processes that most businesses tend to use (as both Steve Denning and Roger Martin have eloquently explained). What should it be?

Drucker 9

Drucker Bottom-up Rogers Uncertainty 9

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Business development. There are three key ingredients in developing deep leadership roots. The evolution, education, enrichment, professional development, training and life experiences that one amasses. To still another, it may be a Roy Rogers wristwatch, one of Elvis Presley’s scarves or a Partridge Family lunchbox.

Long-term 56

Long-term Budgeting Quality Consultative 56

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The following highly condensed fictional case study draws on their paper “Anatomy of a Decision Trap in Complex New Product Development Projects” in Academy of Management Journal. Commentaries by project manager Roger Thomas and researcher Kim van Oorschot provide frameworks for understanding the team’s decisions. What went wrong?

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate Innovation Execution Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Our development team went Agile. This led to the Mr. Rogers remix, “Garden of Your Mind,” which auto-tuned old clips so Mr. Rogers bursts into song. Before the failure metric, the team would have considered a Fred Rogers music video to be risky at best, sacrilege at worst. .”

Team 13

Team Metrics KPI Rogers 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2013

Confused as to why P&G has suddenly been deemed a dog by pundits and analysts, while Unilever held up as a poster child, Forbes blogger Steve Denning called up Roger Martin , Dean of the Rotman School of Management. All of this promises a glum 2013 for these countries. DEAR SIR I AM A NIGERIAN PRINCE. — Andy O'Connell.

CEO 8

CEO Rogers Wilde Software 8