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?

Venture Funding 14

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Agility Business Model 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

In 2013, Management Research Group (MRG) completed a large scale global study addressing this question. We evaluated the leadership practices and effectiveness of 60,000 managers and executives in 140+ countries and 26 industries. That said, it’s not impossible to instill strategic thinking skills in managers.

Organization 14

Organization Development Tactics Strategic Planning 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Last year Feld, who is managing director at Foundry Group and co-founder of TechStars, announced he would no longer travel for business. He equipped his Boulder offices with state-of-the-art video conferencing systems, and now holds meetings using this technology or asks business partners to travel to see him. But no business travel.

Travel 10

Travel Execution Venture Capitalist Transportation 10

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 business, PVCs are used for knowledge management and exchange across multiple organizations, industries, and geographies.

Globalization 8

Globalization Health Care Information Technology Chief Technology Officer 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

JUNE 19, 2013

But when I put the question to top management, well, they''re busy — not their problem, that''s for sure — and they refer me to the chief information officer or the chief technology officer. This is a management failure, not a technological problem. To find out, I like to ask questions.

Company 8

Company Chief Operating Officer Chief Technology Officer Chief Information Officer 8

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. Today, Weaver’s mass-mailing tactics seem quaintly out of date. How technology is changing the way we work. We’ve come a long way. Sponsored by Accenture.

Media 8

Media Automotive Globalization Active Listening 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. Define Your Strategy.

CIO 8

CIO Hamel Technology Tactics 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Beginning in 2013, a handful of tech companies (including Yelp, where some of us work, Google, LinkedIn, and Facebook) began to research and release data on the diversity of their workforces. To this end, we are creating a collaboration of researchers and managers to explore what works, what doesn’t, and why.

Diversity 8

Diversity Engineering Committee Brainstorming 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

The role of management can be broadly thought of as the processes that tie these components together to produce value. Now, management needs focus on enabling and optimizing the connection, communication and collaboration between employees, customers, and partners. But CIOs also need to not get caught up in the technology trap.

CIO 8

CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

In early 2013 cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky approached me after reading my book Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow. I also learned that my best tactic was to reconceive my bewilderment as curiosity, and give free rein to it. Management theorist Peter Drucker was famously curious.

Industry 15

Industry Library Hotels Human Resources 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

Others may simply see no alternative to trying to keep the brand going at any cost, even if that means aggressive discounting, cheap licensing, or other tactics that erode long-term brand value. ’” 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

OCTOBER 18, 2013

With these rules in place, 8 cross-functional teams—each composed of middle managers, a consultant guide, and a sponsor from the leadership team—were formed. 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.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Current management of both companies were ill-advised on handling the crises. 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.

Crisis 58

Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Though I wrote all my books on computers, I wrote the modern technology chapters on the typewriter, to make points to myself that the readers could never have grasped. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. by Hank Moore.

Energy 57

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 57

Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2013

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Technology is but one tool of the trade. In the 1940s, technology brought us the 45-RPM and 33-1/3-RPM records… adding up to the “mother speed” of 78-RPM. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. by Hank Moore.

Planning 61

Planning Learning Curve Budgeting Learning-by-Doing 61

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2013

We see this in nature (ant colonies, for example, only grow to a certain point before retreating), in the brain (neurons multiply exponentially in a child''s brain but shrink down to a fraction of their maximum level by adulthood), and in technological networks ( remember MySpace? ). Finance Internet Technology'

Marketing 8

Marketing Short-term Long-term Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The Justice Department charges of gross negligence were filed before the judge considering whether to approve this private party settlement in order to ensure the issues were preserved for the BP-Department of Justice (DoJ) trial scheduled for January, 2013. No criminal charges have been filed against the company.).

Industry 15

Industry Operations Report Globalization 15

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. Macro Trends.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10