Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

But far more important than heroic reputations are the values these captains of industry personified and instilled within their organizations. When reading the news these days, I sometimes wonder if we have completely forgotten the tenets these titans used to shape American industry.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

It is a wonderful and unique technology that can transform our lives as well as business ideas. Men are currently dominating the AI industry and 71% of new applicants in this field are male…. AI continues to be a growing source of startups and as technology evolves it will continue to grow. Come on ladies!

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 20, 2013

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. This book, by Brain Solis, details the incredible transformation happening in business today, driven by new social and mobile technologies. Leadership Conversations -- Challenging High-Potential Managers To Become Great Leaders.

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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. government, excellent project management is extremely rare.

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HR Digest

MAY 1, 2019

The contribution of technology in improving customer experience is well documented, but little has been done in using it for enriching workplace experiences. Diane Gherson is a trailblazer when it comes to introducing agile technologies in the gamut of Human Resources. Human Resources has traditionally been very process driven.

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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 10, 2012

What are the top business-to-business sales trends for 2013? More organizations will study their top salespeople in 2013 to understand how they formulate their winning account strategies based upon customer politics, evaluator psychology, and the human nature of executive decision makers that are unique to winning every account.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

And, as anyone who closely follows simulation and prototyping tools knows, their use has become pervasive in manufacturing businesses, even though companies still grapple with the integration and management issues I wrote about in 2003. I had no idea how their use would fuel the rise of today’s online businesses. ” -Stefan Thomke.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Whether you have invented an amazing new technology or product, you could still fail. Let us give you our definition of what it means to be a founder: Playing a central role in starting and managing an initiative that will have impact (preferably visible and large) on an organization or the broader world. Innovation Capital.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Over the past two decades, technology has advanced exponentially; and with that burgeoning growth, IT organizations have seen tremendous expansion. As the IT industry continues to evolve, the question becomes more relevant: how does one build an IT organization that is both impactful and lasting?

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named Casey Mackert, Director of Baldrige Services and Dr. Jan Garfield, Baldrige Client Coach at Six Disciplines Consulting Services in Findlay, Ohio, to the Board of Examiners for the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Herminia Ibarra – Thinkers 50 #8 Management Thinker 2015, #1 Leadership Thinker 2013, Professor at INSEAD, best-selling author Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career. Everett Alexander – Start up and family business coach, financial advisor and fund manager. Sztuka podejmowania decyzji.

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Deming Institute

MAY 26, 2016

Jim Manley, Former GM & Supplier Manager, Chair of Michigan Lean Consortium. Kentaro Toyama, Associate Professor, University of Michigan – School of Information and Author of ”Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology”. Edwards Deming Institute®. Langford, President & CEO, Langford International.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Financial management. Change management. The following functional areas exist within XYZ Widget: Finance, HR/Admin, Sales, Customer Service, Planning & Procurement, Materials Management, Manufacturing, and Quality Control. •Communication. Long term vision/goal setting and the ability to communicate that to the organization.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

As technology becomes more disruptive and we see more importance placed on big data and artificial intelligence, what will matter most are those things that make us human – the soft skills. How do we create the future while managing the present? Best Leadership Books of 2013. Blog Post ). Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner James M.

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LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

I think our principal observation was that what was happening was that disruptive innovations driven by largely information technology but lots of other technologies on the fringe here that are getting ready to exhibit the same kind of characteristics were entering the market in kind of this better and cheaper way.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The last decade ushered in an economic meltdown and technological breakthroughs that have forever changed the business world as we knew it. Unfortunately contemporary management theory and practices have ill prepared us for our current reality. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. In the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012, exited legacy businesses and sold off its patents before re-emerging as a sharply smaller company in 2013. Kodak was so blinded by its success that it completely missed the rise of digital technologies. Companies often see the disruptive forces affecting their industry.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. But many of the trends are picking up speed now and should become even more pronounced in 2013. Guest Post By: Andrea Simon, PhD.,

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

After an unprecedented decade of growth, analysts wrote off 2013 as a year to forget for Apple. But in our view, Apple faces a deeper problem: the industries most susceptible to its unique disruptive formula are just too small to meet its growth needs. Apple quickly became the largest music retailer in the U.S.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2016

Change – environmental, political, social, cultural, technological, economic – is occurring constantly. When you scan for innovations, it is imperative that you look beyond what you see as your industry. Max also oversaw the TW:IN trend spotter network until 2013, hosting meetups everywhere from Johannesburg to Manila.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

It has also helped shape the practice of management. Staying true to its roots as an engineering-centric company, Google has stood out both for its early skepticism of the value of managers as well as for its novel, often quantitative approaches to management decisions. How Google manages.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

It’s no secret that the hallways and cubicles of the tech industry aren’t exactly overflowing with female faces. In fact, for women, the technology gender gap seems to be getting bigger, not smaller. In 1984, 37% of these degrees went to women vs. just 18% in 2013. Negative perception of the industry.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

Especially in the tech industry. In early 2013 cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky approached me after reading my book Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow. Management theorist Peter Drucker was famously curious. That’s when Airbnb came calling. Paradoxically, this curiosity keeps us feeling young.

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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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The story was picked up by CNN Money , which reported that Lyft’s internal data suggesting 5,560 canceled rides between October 2013 and August 2014. Just as with the ride-sharing drivers, technology is making alternative jobs easily available to your pivotal talent. Competition Employee retention Talent management'

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

My research revealed that their company had in fact founded LLB, which younger generations of management did not know. In 2007, I was advising the credit union industry of America, reminding them that their upcoming 100th anniversary in 2009 would provide outreach opportunities for chapter members around the country.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. We have hired more than 5,000 new employees since beginning the effort in late 2013.) What did we do?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

2013 had all the signs of being a comeback year for venture capital. The industry realized its highest returns since the Internet boom. Yet 2013 annual industry performance data from Cambridge Associates shows that venture capital continues to underperform the S&P 500, NASDAQ and Russell 2000.

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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

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. A study conducted by Roland Berger with the Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (Federation of German Industries, or BDI) found that, if Europe harnessed digitization, by 2025, the continent could see its manufacturing industry add gross value of 1.25 trillion euros.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

Advances in technology — especially digital technology and the increasing role of software in products and services — are demanding that large, successful organizations increase their pace of innovation and make greater use of resources outside their boundaries. Innovation Strategy Technology' So how does it work?

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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

MARCH 9, 2018

The company created impressive digital capabilities, labeling itself a “digital industrial” company, embedding sensors into many products, building a huge new software platform for the Internet of Things, and transforming business models for its industrial offerings.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2018

” Technological developments are often interesting to discuss in relation to relevance. A current example of uncertainty around relevance concerns blockchain , i.e. the technology behind virtual currencies such as bitcoin. In other words, the technology can make brokers and bankers irrelevant. Competition for dependence.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Companies increasingly use digital technologies to circumvent distributors and enter into direct relationships with their end-users. 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. Minimize Pain.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

We investigated this topic when we studied how Nokia executives dealt with the company’s severe strategic challenges between 2007 and 2013. As part of this research, we conducted 120 interviews, including nine with board members and 19 with top managers. Practice #1: Increase trust by defining new conversational norms.

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