Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

With guidance from Paul English, chief technology officer of Kayak, we borrowed a common tool from business — professional virtual communities (PVCs) — and adapted it to leverage the wisdom of the crowds. In health care, we thought, they could be a rapid, practical means for diverse professionals to share insights and tactics.

Globalization 8

Globalization Health Care Information Technology Chief Technology Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2013

Increasingly, the CIO and IT must be seen less as merely developing and deploying technology, and more as a source of innovation and transformation that delivers business value, leveraging technology instead of directly delivering it. To that end, the role of the CIO must be strategic instead of tactical.

CIO 8

CIO Hamel Technology Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

Is there any aspect of your daily life and business that is not significantly affected by digital technology? Despite prominent calls to action, and despite digital’s ubiquity in the press and in many discussions of strategy and tactics across organizational functions, it appears that boards are still not seeing the value of digital.

Business Model 8

Business Model Technology Long-term Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Only a small percentage came up with anything that was truly innovative. This will lead to new business models, new processes, more meaningful business interactions, innovation, improved and faster decision making, and a more agile organization. What does it mean to view innovation as the only competitive advantage?

CIO 8

CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

The tech sector, which has become as famous for toxic company cultures as for innovation, and as well-known for human resource headaches as for hoodie-wearing CEOs, could use a little of the mellowness and wisdom that comes with age. I also learned that my best tactic was to reconceive my bewilderment as curiosity, and give free rein to it.

Industry 15

Industry Library Hotels Human Resources 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

During an intensive 8-week pilot, each team was trained and then it analyzed the cost structure of one function and recommended cost reduction tactics. Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth. Leading Health Care Innovation. Britain’s Patient-Safety Crisis Holds Lessons for All.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2013

They embrace innovations, while keeping the best traditions. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Change is innovative. Technology is but one tool of the trade. Innovated It… and Teach You Why. Innovative Then and Now… Still Creating. by Hank Moore.

Planning 61

Planning Learning Curve Budgeting Learning-by-Doing 61

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. economy spent one trillion dollars fixing and treating the so-called Y2K Bug, which we now know was a manufactured “crisis” by technology consulting companies. Computer activity constitutes less than 1% of the technology picture.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

We may not be keeping pace with these pressures, but leading companies continue to evolve more sustainable strategies and tactics. This isn't just a wonky exercise: As PepsiCo exec Al Halvorsen told me, "the real reason you do an LCA is improve the business, to put more efficient processes in place, and innovate in the supply chain.".

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10