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Good News, Bad News: An HBR Management Puzzle on Innovation Execution

Harvard Business Review

The following highly condensed fictional case study draws on their paper “Anatomy of a Decision Trap in Complex New Product Development Projects” in Academy of Management Journal. The customer needs the project completed by mid-2015. Compared to our original plan, a larger part of the development phase will now be executed in 2013.

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Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation

Harvard Business Review

The healthcare industry has long relied on traditional, linear models of innovation – basic and applied research followed by development and commercialization. Patients are co-designers, co-developers, and increasingly more responsible for their own and collective health outcomes. Bogdan Dreava/EyeEm/Getty Images.

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How Banks Can Compete Against an Army of Fintech Startups

Harvard Business Review

It’s been more than 25 years since Bill Gates dismissed retail banks as “dinosaurs,” but the statement may be as true today as it was then. Gates’ original quote contended that the dinosaurs can be ”bypassed.” The glacial pace at which banks have moved SME lending online has left them vulnerable.

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