In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 18, 2015

With 60% of annual sales coming from innovative new products, it is clear that LEGO has not been idle. Intuit develops financial and tax preparation software for small business, accountants and the general public. Their evolving brands, Quicken, TurboTax, and QuickBooks continue to be strong contributors to 2014’s revenue of $4.5

Apparel 100

Apparel Brand Franchising Competitive Advantage 100

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

For industries that depend on innovation, sustaining it is a constant challenge. These two actions cost almost nothing compared to vast sums often spent — and arguably, often wasted — on efforts to foster innovation. Yet they have already generated tens of millions of dollars in value for Roivant.

Innovation 10

Innovation Company Incentives Industry 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

New research from the Families and Work Institute (FWI) and the Society for Human Resource Management finds an “on the one hand, on the other hand” contradiction. At the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), we call this “flex around the edges.” Or do they reflect a fear that flextime programs are being eliminated?

Flextime 10

Flextime Human Resources Career Talent Management 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Anyone who has worked inside a large organization can rattle off a lengthy list of the things that regularly kill promising ideas: conflict with existing businesses, naysayers, management turmoil, insufficient resources. But those are two separate functions that require different staffing, relationships, and resources.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), late 2015 was the most difficult hiring period in four years. Following are three such innovative approaches for connecting with top talent. For developers, that may be Stack Overflow, a question-and-answer site specifically for programmers. So venture out.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Hammer Media 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2016

Nike is a leading example of how both anti-sweatshop campaigns and labor standards in trade agreements can be good for innovation and growth in developing countries. If practices like Silver Star’s really are good for productivity and innovation, won’t companies adopt them on their own? Not necessarily.

Policies 8

Policies Technology Bottom-up Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

In 2014, Atrion — a privately owned Technology Services company based in Warwick, RI — had a problem. It also began innovating new services offerings to diversify its portfolio. ” Anticipate other companies’ moves. Dave Ramsden and his team sought input from clients and analysts to start tracking weak signals.

Marketing 8

Marketing Competitive Intelligence Porter How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. Bill and his team set out to develop a system that could bring all GE machines onto one efficient cloud -connected platform. ” It’s working.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The good news is that multiple employers are already innovating in these areas. Offer professional-development opportunities. is an innovator in this area. She breaks down the operational and human resource decisions that make this possible in her HBR article and book The Good Jobs Strategy.

Survey 8

Survey Retail How To Reis 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

The road map starts with creating an environment for frontline workers to imagine innovative new ways of delivering care. When I was CEO of ThedaCare in Wisconsin, we chose a medical-surgical unit at our Appleton Medical Center in 2007 as the place to develop an innovative process for caring for inpatients we dubbed Collaborative Care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Benchmarking Process Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Leaders — especially those in large, successful organizations — must create an environment where people thrive on passion and purpose, and are as agile and innovative as their potential disruptors. Disruptors can come from anywhere, any time. How do you energize and galvanize them around a new course?

Crisis 8

Crisis Banking CEO Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2013

"Training is a funny thing," James Sanders, Manager of Innovation at Deloitte Consulting, told me recently. "No billion business by 2016, and 70 percent of Global 2000 businesses will be managing at least one "gamified" application or system by 2014. Getting Started: Using Gamification For Learning & Development.

Learning-by-Doing 9

Learning-by-Doing Video Training Audience 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Innovating for Value in Health Care. So during initial rollout from May 2012 through February 2014, we examined 80,000 BHDP surveys in four military-treatment facilities. Data on outcomes can be used to develop a comprehensive picture of a health system’s performance. Between 2007 and 2011, more than $2.5 Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Report Information Technology 8