Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The 2014 DHL Global Connectedness Index that one of us (Ghemawat) prepares with Steven Altman, and that was released on November 3, indicates that global connectedness started to deepen again in 2013 after its recovery stalled in 2012. Specifically, are companies from advanced economies failing to keep up with the big shift?

Globalization 8

Globalization Altman Sample Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Marketing and sales, manufacturing, recruiting (including people assessment), customer service, and support are all fields that can benefit from artificial intelligence according to McKinsey’s recent research. Companies are both operators and investors. In fact, it is doubling every 14 months and it will reach 10.5 ZB by 2020.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

And in January 2017, McKinsey’s research arm estimated AI-driven job losses at 5%. By the time he left Amazon in 2013, his group had grown from 35 to more than 1,000 people who used machine learning to make Amazon more operationally efficient and effective. Over the same time period, the company saw a 10-fold increase in revenue.

Company 12

Company Survey Finance Engineering 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2018

It’s easy to see what countries think they have to gain in these efforts: The Ellen MacArthur Foundation , McKinsey , and Accenture believe that enabling CEs will lead to trillions of dollars in savings and is a particularly significant step in protecting the environment.

Policies 8

Policies Asset Management Cost Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Meanwhile, in a survey of 89 institutional investors by Callan , 43% of respondents said they incorporate sustainability factors into their investment decisions — up 21 percentage points from 2013. The UN, for example, has outlined 17 broad Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.

Execution 10

Execution Incentives How To Committee 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

They are called upon to advise companies that must manage risk in an increasingly complex global operating environment and navigate disruptive technologies that threaten their business models. Directors play a key role in setting corporate strategy and appointing senior executives.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Advice Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

social media users actively seek customer service through social media, according to Nielsen and McKinsey Incite , we’ve made getting globally aligned one of GM’s priorities. Because of the exponential growth of social media in recent years, and the fact nearly half of U.S. Keep it simple. Keep it simple.

Media 8

Media Automotive Globalization Active Listening 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

This transformation took time to play out and involved both displacements of incumbents operating in outdated modes and the emergence of new “feeder” roles for those aspiring to the C-suite. Now compare that to the context and condition of today’s CHRO role. And HR’s credibility deficit doesn’t help the matter.

CFO 11

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. McKinsey reports that the value at stake from sustainability concerns can be as a high as 70% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. ” Improving risk management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

In 2013, Accenture suggested that 20 to 30 percent of the total workforce falls outside the organization’s traditional full-time, permanent employment relationship. Too often, purchasing departments manage the selection while operating managers—not involved in selection by fiat—are expected to make the relationship work.

Agility 8

Agility Organization Resources Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

In the 2013 report of the same population, 82% of workers around the world did not trust their bosses to tell the truth. At several financial services firms , for example, business units whose employees reported speaking up more had significantly better financial and operational results than others.”

Company 8

Company McKinsey Survey COO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

In the case of South Bend, that means Mayor Pete Buttigieg , a former Rhodes scholar and McKinsey consultant, who has been known to challenge city workers to tackle problems so thorny that they can only be solved with new kinds of thinking. As we’ve observed, it’s a mindset that starts at the top. Take Louisville, Ky.,

Drucker 8

Drucker Katz Innovation Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

As the new CEO of Google, he has been handed the keys to one of the world’s most valuable brands , the top website to open to get to other websites , the most popular operating system for smartphones , and the most desirable employer for engineering or business graduates. Born in Chennai, India, he came to the U.S.

CEO 8

CEO Engineering Advertising Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

This prescient piece won the McKinsey Award, given each year to the HBR article judged to be the most significant — the first of several that Garvin took home. One of the many articles circling back to this topic of late revisited the still-common use of NPV hurdles in investment decisions.)

Management 9

Management Balanced Scorecard NPV Article 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Based on similar numbers, both McKinsey and PwC UK calculated how fast we must reduce the carbon intensity of the global economy ( PwC's number is 5% per year until 2050 ). It was by no means a hiccup-free year on sustainability issues for Walmart, with deep concerns about corruption in its Mexican operations. Five Questions For 2013.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10