Strategy Driven

MAY 16, 2014

Young companies located in these hubs—particularly technology firms—are able to attract technical talent and maintain close proximity to their investors and mentors. Resource Management Warning Flag 3 – Marginalizing Employee Contributions. Craig Casselberry is the founder and president of Austin-based Quorum Public Affairs, Inc.,

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 14, 2014

Training a newly formed Afghan Air Force is the epitome in complex continual change management. A successful DoD senior-acquisition program manager and test leader, Matt has earned documented success in the areas of test and evaluation, assessment, technology development and flight operations.

Emotional Intelligence 150

Emotional Intelligence Participative Short-term Letter 150

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

After a general election that saw an Islamist-led coalition rise to power, the country witnessed two political assassinations in February and July 2013. This has led to a deep political crisis and the country was at the brink of a civil war. How could I refuse? My family was against it and it was risky. The situation was dire.

Politics 10

Politics Chief Information Officer Tourism Environment 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The onslaught of mounting stressors include global challenges, such as climate change, terrorism, and political turmoil – as well as personal and professional challenges, such as illnesses, job changes, and organizational restructuring. For many of us, the initial response to stress is to look for external fixes.

Stress 15

Stress Root Cause Analysis Learning-by-Doing Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

The technological advances of the digital age have allowed the global workforce to be better connected, more collaborative, and have greater personal impact than ever before. More than a year after its publication, I’m still reeling from the results of Gallup’s 2013 Global Workforce Study. Or are they?

Management 8

Management Globalization Drucker Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2015

In 2013, Jayne Juvan became one of the youngest partners ever at the Cleveland-based law firm Roetzel & Andres — thanks to Twitter. Juvan got some political flack from fellow lawyers, but she didn’t back off. When Juvan started using social media a decade ago, very few lawyers used such tools. Good thing.

Media 8

Media Marketing Technology Engineering 8

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.

Drucker 9

Drucker Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

After Mugabe claimed victory in a disputed election in 2013, however, corruption increased , while the strengthening U.S. Technology : Providers of mobile banking and cash transfer solutions are doing particularly well in the economy due to the country’s multi-currency exchange regime and low availability of U.S.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

For instance, a 2013 Gartner survey found that 64% of enterprises were deploying or planning big data projects, up from 58% the year before. Second, they’re inconsistent with the history of technology. Does the company have a culture of making decisions based on data, or do politics, tradition, and policy rule the day?

ROI 9

ROI Maturity How To CRM 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Meanwhile, new technologies are making it easier for sustainability investments to pay off in the middle to long term. It can generate political capital with government regulators, who may then grant the company greater freedom of movement. Consumers are registering their concerns about how companies make their products.

Execution 11

Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The decline of manufacturing has dominated the political narrative in the United States, but there are dual plotlines within this well-known story. Many of the small and midsize manufacturers that did manage to survive kept going by cutting costs, which has led to stagnant wage growth. kevin phillips/Getty Images.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

82% of the CEOs in the survey said they were going to spend time changing their customer strategies in 2013. And third, how do you interact with customers both personally and enabled by technology? After dissecting the issue, we expect that people will be looking at deals in 2013 but they'll be smaller. No we're not.

Survey 8

Survey CEO Insurance Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

Some executives may be reluctant to admit – perhaps for sentimental or political reasons — that their brand is sucking out more value from the company than it creates. ’” Purpose might have informed the management of two failed brands – Blockbuster and Radio Shack — differently.

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

However, despite a weakened economy, political tensions, market uncertainty, and the lingering effects of sanctions, Iran remains an important opportunity for multinationals in emerging markets. However, oil prices have dropped more than 60% since the interim nuclear deal in November 2013. This dynamic can stall important change (e.g.,

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2016

In the summer of 2013, Rolling Stone published a long article titled “Goodbye, Miami,” which claimed that climate change will submerge much of the titular city. Self-interest is a powerful force nudging all asset owners—whatever their political affiliation—to adapt. economy be crippled? cities to adapt.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Parcell Incentives Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

Between 2002-2013, emerging market and developing economies averaged a 6.5% New philanthropists are using their capital in very specific ways to implement their plans; in a similar way they did in the world of technology or business. growth in GDP. In some ways, they resemble Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

Globalization 8

Globalization Venture Capitalist Class GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

But both trade and political alignment lumbered slowly forward until the current quarter and many American executives had become flustered with their India initiatives. In June 2013, Dallas-based Mary Kay exited from India after six years and over $20 million invested. Today there appears to a second gold rush to India.

Venture Capitalist 11

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2018

Over the past few decades, not only has NASA delivered crucial technologies for society, such as water filtration systems, satellite-based search-and-rescue, and UV coating on eyeglasses, it has also evolved its dominant logic and business model. Competing nations have also been expanding their space exploration efforts.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Technology Innovation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Let’s borrow some language from political philosophy and think in terms of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. Microsoft is in the supposedly volatile technology sector. Firms often use an innovative technology or a new business model to seize the new opportunity and they typically disrupt someone else’s business in the process.

Sull 10

Sull Competitive Advantage Porter Innovation 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2015

At the end of each year, I apply a framework to surface the most important emerging trends in digital media and emerging technology for the year ahead. Where/how are people having difficulty with technology? Our 2015 trends offer great opportunity – along with some unusual new challenges – for managers in all industries.

Trends 8

Trends Retail Learning-by-Doing Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

health system, change management is an essential skill for public and private leaders alike. For these leaders — and young people aspiring to careers as health care managers — one very practical question emerges: What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system? This was a $1.2

System 8

System Skills Health Care Constraint 8

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

And that is the issue of how to effectively manage a multi-generational workforce. We have to remember that technology is merely a tool that helps us to understand and relate to others and our surroundings; it doesn’t in and of itself define our values. “How ‘Gen X’ Managers Manage”, in Osland J.S.,

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P&L Fraser Motivation Organizational Behavior 243

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

A GreenBiz report indicated that progress had slowed or even regressed, but MIT and BCG also declared that sustainability had reached a "tipping point" with more companies putting sustainability "on the management agenda.". Keeping the apparel theme, um, running, check out Nike's new shoe with FlyKnit technology. The share of 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. They have used advances in information technology, which might have destroyed their businesses, to improve their offerings and cut their cost of production.

Politics 10

Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Critics across the political spectrum have said that fake news and cyberattacks played a big role in determining the course of events. Political campaigns are marketing campaigns, messages aimed at selling a product. The same phenomenon affects decisions about covering news stories or political rallies.

Media 11

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Economists, policy makers, executives, educators, the press, and others must become more adept at anger management. Why does all this matter for the purposes of anger management? A 2013 Pew Research survey found that business executives ranked ninth out of 10 professions in terms of social contribution, only placing ahead of lawyers.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8