Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 9, 2014

A world in flux, now : And it is happening, right now, to businesses in almost every industry, everywhere in the world. Today, leaders must continuously transform their businesses, while ensuring day-to-day operations are executed with discipline and efficiency. The business models of the past are transforming at a breathtaking pace.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2013

Co-authors Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven Principal and Scot Park, Artower Principal, released a new white paper on organizational alignment and performance improvement for the healthcare industry. Download a copy of Aligning Healthcare Organizations : Lessons in improved Quality and Efficiency from the Nuclear Power Industry by clicking here.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC and NTE Solutions partner to provide energy industry executives and managers with asset lifecycle management and regulatory compliance advisory services. This partnership will create a more complete set of offerings that efficiently serve diversified generation utility executives.”

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 9, 2013

Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Complimentary Resource – 10 Metrics for 2013 Marketing Success. Consider leaving a comment! If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2016

Since 2013, utility executives have announced the early retirement of twelve reactors and Wall Street estimates reveal another dozen to be at risk; raising the question: Can nuclear plants be operated competitively in today’s market? Over the past three decades, the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

The result, I think, is a set of ideas that together are important, useful, and original, and that feel like quite an accurate account of the management concerns many of us shared in 2013. If your knowledge-based industry hasn’t been disrupted yet, get ready. Here’s the list. See what you think: 1.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 27, 2013

” Gaskey brings vast operational experience in all aspects of the energy industry asset management; specializing in initial system design development, lifecycle maintenance planning and optimization, existing system modification and modernization, and end-of-life disposal. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Senior industry leader adds hands-on management and operational experience to StrategyDriven’s Power & Utilities focused advisory services. At StrategyDriven, we’re proud to be working with industry leaders to address these challenges and adapt their organizations so they continue to operate safely, reliably, and efficiently.”.

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HR Digest

MAY 1, 2019

This has made the company more efficient in dealing with talent issues, matching employees and career opportunities and proactively retaining its most valued skills. The tech industry was undergoing a massive shift about six years ago. Diane was named an officer of IBM and CHRO in 2013. IBM was no exception.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2013

While this might have been the most efficient way to train assembly line workers during the Industrial Era, human capital is now the greatest resource for most companies. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. In the new business world, bureaucratic practices are becoming increasingly dangerous.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Retooled industrial-age machinery sits alongside robotic-manufacturing equipment. This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. Aquion is a modern success story for American industry. We call this super-sector “advanced industries.”

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Looking to take an unsuspecting industry by storm? Each industry has practices that drive customers crazy," write the authors of Smart Customers, Stupid Companies. Is there something companies in your industry do that's just as stupid? Or you could completely undercut industry pricing models by, say, 90%.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2013

You (or someone else in your company) should commit to writing about key topics and insights in your business and / or industry. Writing about your company, products, services, or industry will help you to formalize and organize your thinking, which could spur innovative ideas or content for other aspects of your business.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2017

In a related paper published in 2013 , Alexander Arriaga and colleagues had 17 operating-room teams participate in 106 simulated surgical-crisis scenarios. Another example I often give concerns the use of fuel- and carbon-efficient flight practices in the airline industry. following the introduction of checklists. The result?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Looking to take an unsuspecting industry by storm? Each industry has practices that drive customers crazy," write the authors of Smart Customers, Stupid Companies. Is there something companies in your industry do that's just as stupid? Or you could completely undercut industry pricing models by, say, 90%.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

The repercussions span industries and regions. We focus on five key verticals where the IoT will be tested first: Connected Wearable Devices, Connected Cars, Connected Homes, Connected Cities, and the Industrial Internet. Within the vast Industrials sector, the IoT represents a structural change akin to the industrial revolution.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

You’re ready to make a career move, up to a higher level or into a different industry or an entirely new field. This was Sasha’s summary: Department Administrator – Efficiency Expert – Staff Manager - Crisis Handler. Example #2: Breaking into a new industry.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

At a more macro level, the possibilities opened up by connected, more efficient production and new business models are also highly promising. The risks of failing to digitize are equally dramatic: from missing out on digital transformation, European industries could suffer potential losses of up to 605 billion euros in the same period.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2015

In the past, new technological achievements created new industries that not only absorbed the displaced workers but generated opportunities for many more. The new machines were less expensive, far faster, more reliable, substantially smaller, and much more energy efficient. The result was a vibrant middle class.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

The companies we surveyed – in 13 manufacturing and service industries in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America – are using AI much more frequently in computer-to-computer activities and much less often to automate human activities. How it will impact business, industry, and society. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

More US bank branches closed in 2013 than ever before. Branches in the US accounted for roughly three-quarters of primary new account openings in 2013. USAA Bank, which has a long history of industry-leading service without relying on a branch network, has steadily been opening physical service centers at key locations.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Tight cultures have an efficient orderliness and reassuring predictability, but are less adaptable. Rooted firmly in the manufacturing industry, Amazon has defined processes to maximize its efficiency. They have little tolerance for rebellious behavior, and use strict rules and processes to uphold cultural traditions.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

A few outlier industries (notably pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and computers) prop up the sector’s aggregate performance; most others have experienced flat growth or outright declines in real GDP over the past two decades. kevin phillips/Getty Images. These costs are significantly higher for U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2018

The partnership has been a triumph of efficiency — a win-win for the cultural climate of Judson and often-stretched student bank accounts. However, during the industrial age in the U.S., Research in 2013 from demographer Richelle Winkler shows that in the U.S., But something else has happened.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

These relationships can create efficient new sales channels and powerful feedback mechanisms or unlock entirely new business models. The auto industry is a case in point. This dual distribution strategy resonated with both consumers and investors — as Cree’s stock price tripled from 2011 to 2013.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2015

GE recently announced that it would sell off most of GE Capital , ending a decades-long experiment with becoming more about money and less about industrial manufacturing (for most of the last 15 years, the capital side of the business contributed nearly half the company’s earnings). But even the cloud has a very real and physical basis.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2014

Some old technologies, after being rendered obsolete by better and cheaper alternatives (indeed even after whole industries based on them have been decimated), manage to “re-emerge” to the point that they sustain healthy businesses. In 2013 alone, Kickstarter users funded nearly 20,000 projects and committed nearly $500 million.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Flooding in 2011 in Thailand, harmed 160 companies in the textile industry and halted nearly a quarter of the country’s garment production, increasing global prices by 28%. Since 1994, Dow has invested nearly $2 billion in improving resource efficiency and has saved $9.8 ” Improving risk management.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

But in the world of new "sharing economy" models that generate efficiency gains, theirs is just the tip of the iceberg. Collectively, they're spawning a range of efficient new "as-a-service" business models in industries as diverse as accommodation, transportation, household appliances, and high-end clothing.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

This means self-driving cars have shifted from a period of wild experimentation directly to market adoption — what Paul Nunes and I describe in our 2013 HBR article as “big bang” disruption. But typical of disruptive transformation in other industries, the U.S. The change will become invisible.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2014

But ongoing changes in policy, technology, and industry culture are now creating unprecedented opportunities for those with just the right kind of crazy. Health care is attracting an influx of talent from other industries to tackle some of its toughest problems. billion in 2013, up 39% from 2012.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

There was a heartening rally between 1996 and 2004, when growth returned to its 1950s/1960s levels of 3% — a performance almost universally attributed to the efficiency gains from information technology. decline on the back of a flat 2013 and +0.7% in the 1980-1995 period. When the first quarter of 2015 revealed a 3.1%

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

GM’s bankruptcy and bailout four years ago earned it the nickname “Government Motors,” a reference to both the $80 billion lent by the US government (repaid in full in December, 2013) and to the bureaucratic, top-down management GM executives had used to try to reverse the company’s tailspin. Auto industry Leading teams'

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

However, with China’s growth slowing over the past two years, costs shooting up, the government making life difficult for multinational companies, and confusion following the reforms emanating from the Third Plenum in November 2013, some companies are heading in the opposite direction. Accept that Less is More.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2013

January 2013: Wind power is now the number 3 source of energy in China (passing nuclear). Even putting aside the literally trillions available through energy efficiency , there's a vast upside from creating new industries. After all, we're reinventing the world's largest industries: energy, transportation, and buildings.

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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. We found that sustainable and deforestation-free practices created significant financial benefits for all players in the industry’s value chain.

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