Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

For centuries, we’ve built and organized scientific and technological knowledge through testable explanations and predictions. These, in turn, have given us modern medicine, food, energy, transportation, communication, and so much more. -Daniel Kahneman. What was most surprising to you in studying the research into experimentation?

Power 94

Power Kahneman Open-book Learning-by-Doing 94

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

Investing in technology can help lift people out of poverty, and investments that use technology for development are good for business, creating millions of new customers. Using information and communications technology (ICT) for development is fairly common, but surprisingly, most digital divide projects don’t generate revenue.

Technology 8

Technology Globalization Project System 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

While these enablers make the IoT possible, its long-term success depends on the use cases that help realize the economic potential of connecting billions of devices, either to improve quality of life or save money. Information & technology Internet' We believe this segment could generate meaningful revenue in the near term.

Early Adopters 12

Early Adopters Information Technology Long-term Industry 12

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

I watch them to experience the magical energy of live performances. I recommend that diversity audits, quality control reviews, ethics programs and other important regimen be conducted as part of Strategic Planning, rather than as stand-alone, distracting and energy diverting activities. I have those any other live TV gems on DVD.

Energy 56

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 56

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2015

We need dramatic improvements in energy and water efficiency, and massive rollouts of renewable energy and clean transportation technologies. Once most of GE Capital is gone, ecomagination will clearly be a major driver of the success of the overall business. But we have to do it new ways now, with clean technologies.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Engineering Energy Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The cap-and-trade program is the centerpiece of California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, also known as AB 32 — a suite of clean energy solutions that has proved to be the engine of an astounding economic transformation that drove statewide growth at twice the rate of the U.S. dependence on foreign oil. million annually.

Price 15

Price Energy Transportation Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

People were asked about GM products, upholstery textures, colors, vehicle designs, and technology, and their feedback was incorporated into GM vehicles. How technology is changing the way we work. It quickly became clear that support functions such as legal and IT would be critical to the team’s success. Insight Center.

Media 8

Media Automotive Globalization Active Listening 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

The factory floor at Pittsburgh’s Aquion Energy doesn’t look much like the steel mills that once populated this Rust Belt city. This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. competitiveness and growth in the 21 st century.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

A 2013 Harvard study also revealed that when researchers told participants that the physiological signs of stress prepared them to cope better they became less anxious and more confident in stressful situations, viewing their stress response as helpful.

Stress 15

Stress Root Cause Analysis Learning-by-Doing Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

In the 1960s and 1970s, he was already anticipating some of the implications of the Big Shift just beginning to emerge: the transition to an information economy, the centrality of knowledge work, and the transformative impact of digital technology on all types of work. It is up to us to pick up where he left off.

Drucker 9

Drucker Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2016

At the end of 2013, we randomly allocated the captains to three treatment groups and one control group, and in January 2014, all captains were told that their flight and fuel behavior would be monitored for the next eight months. These interventions were sent to the home address of each captain in the middle of every month for eight months.

Hawthorne Effect 8

Hawthorne Effect Efficiency Metrics Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

While successful female leaders have made headlines in recent years — Marissa Mayer, Sheryl Sandberg, and Indra Nooyi all come to mind — they remain the exception to the rule. Success is also correlated with the relative absence of discriminatory attitudes toward female executives. Yet in the U.S.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Diversity Policies Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

And even if you’re successful at overcoming those obstacles, it’s very hard to keep up the momentum. If there are superconsumers in your midst, and if they’re encouraged to speak their minds, they will inject your culture with extra doses of energy, empathy, and creativity. Unlocking Energy. Building Empathy.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Here’s a brief account of how GE quickly scaled up a sizable software start-up within a big, successful conglomerate. Though technology would have allowed for a significantly virtual enterprise, it was important to Ruh to have a physical building where people could actually be located together. Getting Started.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Technological innovations have led to round-the-clock work schedules and mounting expectations. an expert at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, put it this way: “Busyness is not a marker of intelligence, importance, or success. In recent years, work has become infinitely more complex. Help others strategically.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Tips Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

Think of your company in its entirety, or perhaps select a strategically important element of it, such as a growth area upon which future success depends or its primary source of income, and consider the following two questions: 1. How well does your business strategy support the fulfillment of your company’s purpose?

Banking 14

Banking Strategy Film Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2016

JPMorgan Chase directors were similarly criticized for not preventing a $6 billion trading loss in the company’s investment office back in 2013. Maybe we also need to work to promote cultural change within boards through increased sharing of information and by using technology to allow them to meet more frequently.

Company 8

Company Committee CEO Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2013

Not by gathering waves of data and solving successive equations. Moreover, when we look around at the companies who are doing well, it can be hard to see the rhyme or reason of the decisions that led to that success. The energy should go into understanding how things are changing, and deftly tacking toward successful outcomes.

Management 9

Management Bureaucracy Self-aware Agility 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Among the approved recommendations were opportunities to save nearly $4 million in HR administrative cost by deploying more self-service technology supported by a shared services organization, nearly $8 million from insourcing second physician reviews of inpatient charts, and up to $3.5 Capitalize on success.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

of government revenue was derived from energy in the first half of FY 16. However, oil prices have dropped more than 60% since the interim nuclear deal in November 2013. A comprehensive compliance strategy is the essential bedrock for building and implementing a successful Iran plan. This dynamic can stall important change (e.g.,

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

India love first peaked in July 2008 when India’s government of the time risked its very survival in support of a nuclear energy deal led by Washington. In June 2013, Dallas-based Mary Kay exited from India after six years and over $20 million invested. But it won’t be “India’s fault,” in our view.

Venture Capitalist 11

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

North America's fracking fever has proviked experts (who once feared the world had passed Hubbert's Peak ) to predict the US will soon be a net energy exporter. From Khan Academy to Coursera to edX to the O'Reilly School of Technology, badges increasingly enjoy consideration as human capital's coin of the the realm for online education.

Innovation 17

Innovation Trends Human Capital Venture Funding 17

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

On the other hand, you have the media pointing out the country’s shallow middle class, growing inequality and joblessness, and a trail of multinationals frustrated by the lack of China-like success in India. India plans to catalyze $200-300 billion of new investment in renewable energy infrastructure over the next decade.

Globalization 8

Globalization CAGR Class Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

doubled from 20% to 40% between July and December 2013, and has stayed at that level since. I studied large-scale change and innovation efforts in 56 randomly selected companies in the high-tech, retail, pharmaceutical, banking, automotive, insurance, energy, non-profit, and health care industries. Success begets success.

Middle Management 13

Middle Management Six Sigma Taylorism Taylor 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Yet in this short period, digital technologies have upended our world. Digital technology is widespread and spreading fast. Digital technologies are poised to change the future of work. Automation, big data, and artificial intelligence enabled by the application of digital technologies could affect 50% of the world economy.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

The success of platform businesses like Alibaba, Airbnb, and Uber is so remarkable that discussion about them often misses just how hard they are to build. For every successful platform, there are many more that struggle or simply don’t make it. Failure to engage developers. What became of Sony’s players?

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

Time was wasted, energy was depleted, and the mood shifted from possibility to pessimism. “Nobody appreciates being surprised or not having enough time to think through a new thing,” Shalett told audiences at LinkedIn’s FinanceConnect conference in 2013. Where are the risks? ” Why so many experts in the mix?

Innovation 8

Innovation Team Compliance Retail 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Extended many energy and business credits and incentives, such as the Research & Development credit. Review your investment portfolio to identify certain appreciated positions to sell now before taxes potentially increase in 2013. People are optimistic–almost happy!–and In 2011, workers will pay 4.2%

Press Release 178

Press Release Discount Insurance PR 178

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Many countries also committed serious funds to build a clean economy: Saudi Arabia pledged $109 billion for solar , Japan declared that a $628 billion green energy industry would be central to its 2020 strategy, and China targeted $372 billion to cut energy use and pollution. It wasn't just energy. In the U.S.,

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

Over the last two decades, business leaders in the West have been responding to risks posed by profound changes in the global economy, in technology, and in demographics. The successful ones have, at least. When the public and politicians see businesses as agents or enemies of social policy, businesses cannot avoid becoming political.

Politics 10

Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 10