Engaging Leader

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Since 2001, the annual Leapfrog Hospital Survey has compared hospitals’ performance on the national standards of safety, quality, and efficiency that are most relevant to consumers and purchasers of care. In 2013, 1437 hospitals across the country completed The Leapfrog Hospital Survey.

Cost 183

Cost Education Health Care Survey 183

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

In many ways, it seems like something of a no brainer for the sector to target emissions, as making their operations more efficient has productivity benefits as well as environmental ones. Fossil fuel subsidies are hugely important, as they amounted to nearly $5 trillion around the world in 2013, or 6.5% Driving change. of global GDP.

Energy 84

Energy Quality Banking GDP 84

Chart Your Course

APRIL 29, 2013

Effective June 2013, all employees were required to work in the office. Innovation has always been what makes good businesses great. And innovation does not happen without change and risk. This past February Yahoo!’s s fledgling CEO Marissa Mayer made her first misstep. In a company-wide email, she announced Yahoo!

White Paper 231

White Paper Human Resources Consensus Case Study 231

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 26, 2013

95 on the 2013 list, Mars boasts employees who love not only the products they make but also the office culture and the company's long-standing principles. The "Five Principles of Mars": quality, responsibility, mutuality, efficiency, freedom. Source: FORTUNE, February 4, 2013. ? roster of the 100 Best Companies to Work For.

Forrester 130

Forrester Brand Cooper Executive Coaching 130

HR Digest

MAY 1, 2019

According to Diane Gherson, “speed and innovation” are two essential organizational competencies in the digital era. Her vision has lead IBM to venture into innovative management systems, ones that empower the employees and facilitate continuous learning through technology. Digital technologies forced-disruption of all that.

Agility 90

Agility Self-aware Innovation Human Resources 90

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Ever since Oxford’s Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne published their paper on the potential for jobs to be automated in 2013, a groundswell of concern has emerged about the impact of the various technologies of the 4th industrial revolution might have on the jobs market.

Osborne 95

Osborne Report Marketing Technology 95

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 23, 2014

If any doubt existed that Disney’s magic was back, it was put to rest with the 2013 release of the blockbuster movie Frozen. Catmull understands that creativity and innovation are maximized in a community with a rich marketplace of ideas. With the leadership change, Disney began to produce hits such as Tangled and Wreck-It Ralph.

Competitive Advantage 285

Competitive Advantage Film Creativity Open-book 285

In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

As such they were keen to discuss the ‘hard’ variables – profit margins, efficiencies, headcount, labor climate and strategic initiatives. Envision Google without innovators, or Zappos cutting corners on customer service. In 2013, Zappos continues to amaze under this culturally insightful leader. Jeff Bezos thought so.

Long-term 100

Long-term Download CEO Objective 100

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The company, which was founded in 2013, currently has around 46 solar installations generating over 500 megawatts across Europe. For instance, Hello World , one of the finalists in the recent MIT Solve competition aims to use solar power to build Wi-Fi education hubs in parts of the world that lack access to both energy and the internet.

Industry 103

Industry Power Energy Price 103

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. Special Forces Innovation: How DARPA Attacks Problems. Here’s the list. See what you think: 1. Leaning in will only get us so far.

Management 19

Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 19

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 12, 2012

We need to balance protecting wealth with creating wealth, efficiency with effectiveness, and yes, compassion with responsibility. So, please think about how you can apply Temperance in 2013. Many workplaces are enclaves of aiding and abetting immature, disrespectful, even harmful behavior. As the leader, you set the tone.

Short-term 170

Short-term Long-term Morale Politics 170

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 12, 2013

In our rush to ‘modernize’ everything and make our enterprises more efficient, we have mistakenly come to believe that information is our most valuable commodity. But a new generation of coordination tools is available, and the innovators of the world are using them. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Productivity 64

Productivity Products Six Sigma Competitive Advantage 64

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?

Payback Period 50

Payback Period Power Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

You do it by asking, what customer problem are we trying to solve, and how do we solve it in a far more efficient manner? for 2013, the fourth year in a row of relatively flat growth. PwC says four forces will continue to slow the rise in medical cost trend in 2013: 1.

Disruptive Innovation 22

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Pharmaceuticals Class 22

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 4, 2013

Welcome to the March 2013 Leadership Development Carnival! Bernd Geropp at More Leadership discusses the difference between efficient and effective and your role as a leader. In Why Your Employees Are Not Working Efficiently , he points out it’s not just a simple matter of proper training.

Leadership Development 205

Leadership Development Development Leadership 360-Degree Feedback 205

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

American business remains the country's most vibrant source of innovation. Government has traditionally looked to business for tools and techniques to help improve productivity and cut costs through greater efficiency. Business strategies focused on process and efficiency won't help the country manage that.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Six Sigma Benchmarking Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

In this article adapted from their new book, Jerry Davis and Chris White explore what makes some companies more fertile for social innovation — that is, the ongoing (rather than one-off) initiatives that have positive social impact while promoting the core mission of a business.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

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. In other words, we’re paying people to think, to innovate, and to collaborate with others to produce the best possible results. Consider leaving a comment!

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Six Sigma Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

What's striking about Fast Company's 2013 list of the world's 50 most innovative companies is the relative absence of large, established firms. It's not surprising that younger entrepreneurial firms are considered more innovative. So why doesn't innovation thrive in mature organizations?

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Business Model Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

You do it by asking, what customer problem are we trying to solve, and how do we solve it in a far more efficient manner? for 2013, the fourth year in a row of relatively flat growth. PwC says four forces will continue to slow the rise in medical cost trend in 2013: 1.

Disruptive Innovation 12

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Pharmaceuticals Class 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

During those two years, I got to see and be part of a great, mission-driven company’s effort to grapple with moving into the 21st century, trying — for the first time in its existence, really — to be innovative and find new paths to growth. zbysiu rodak. It was also a resounding failure. Indeed, that’s why I was hired.

Innovation 8

Innovation Bottom-up Organization ROI 8

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. Research in 2013 from demographer Richelle Winkler shows that in the U.S., Nesterly , an intergenerational homesharing service, is one of these promising innovations.

Education 12

Education Absenteeism Efficiency Innovation 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

More US bank branches closed in 2013 than ever before. Rather than going the way of Tower Records, leading banks are reinventing themselves with innovative mashups of digital technologies and physical facilities, a combination we call “digical.”. The most innovative banks have learned to provide customers with just this kind of fusion.

Banking 10

Banking Retail Open-book Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2014

A recent article in The Economist , citing the work of Ryan Raffaelli at Harvard Business School, points to what it calls a “paradox” in the aftermath of disruptive innovation. Since achieving first-year sales of $175,000 in 2006, it has increased that number by four orders of magnitude: in 2013, Etsy sold $1.35 There is no paradox.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Supply Chain Technology Parcell 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2014

Four dynamics are driving this new era of health care innovation: Finally, there is a financial incentive to innovate. RxAnte , Evolent , and Humedica are just three of the many new companies seizing the opportunity to help old players comply with new policy standards that focus on improving outcomes and efficiency.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Funding Entrepreneur Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

It means embracing a new culture and mindset, where hierarchy fades and innovation happens through networks. At a more macro level, the possibilities opened up by connected, more efficient production and new business models are also highly promising. In 2013 Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. No wonder employees like them.

Maturity 8

Maturity Drucker Osborne Middle Management 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2013

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. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Get to work on writing articles, blogs, white papers, or even a book.

Marketing 50

Marketing Press Release Consultative Brand 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

In 2013, the company released a service called Virtual Technician to help existing drivers while also enabling new business models and revenue streams. But the savings go beyond efficiency. In Daimler Trucks North America, the CIO is responsible for innovation, not just for IT. This cuts down the time tremendously.”

Engineering 9

Engineering CIO Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

In 2013, the company released a service called Virtual Technician to help existing drivers while also enabling new business models and revenue streams. But the savings go beyond efficiency. In Daimler Trucks North America, the CIO is responsible for innovation, not just for IT. This cuts down the time tremendously.”

Engineering 9

Engineering CIO Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Fostering innovation. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation. Nike embedded sustainability into its innovation process and created the $1 billion-plus Flyknit line, which uses a specialized yarn system, requiring minimal labor and generating large profit margins.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

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. provided the founders with considerable latitude in introducing innovative and unorthodox management methods.

Price 13

Price Decentralization Long-term Self-aware 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Innovative products like fitness trackers and Google’s Nest thermostats are demonstrating the potential for both consumers and enterprises. Early adopters in these verticals are using the IoT to pioneer new product areas and to find efficiencies that save money or reduce demand for resources. Australia and China.

Early Adopters 12

Early Adopters Information Technology Long-term Industry 12

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. All of these are heavily regulated, often by federal, state, and local agencies.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

Almost 80 years ago, Ronald Coase won the Nobel Prize in Economics for an essay that suggested that we do this for the sake of scalable efficiency — it costs less to coordinate activity within a firm than across independent entities. Business education Disruptive innovation Managing uncertainty'

Drucker 9

Drucker Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Only a small percentage came up with anything that was truly innovative. Until now, the goal has been to standardize and optimize transactions among these components to reduce costs and achieve efficiency. What does it mean to view innovation as the only competitive advantage? Most of these benefits have been achieved.

CIO 8

CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2018

and Europe far less vulnerable to disruptive innovators, even though their e-payment technologies may in some cases be clunky and unreliable. Circle, founded in 2013, provided a peer-to-peer payment system using bitcoin. This made traditional banks in the U.S. That’s just what two startups did.

Banking 8

Banking Technology System Disruptive Innovation 8

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. Investment in AI is growing and is increasingly coming from organizations outside the tech space.

Survey 12

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12