2015 Operations Technology Uncertainty 
Tanveer Naseer
OCTOBER 20, 2015
I imagine for some of you, your answer would be the personal computer and all the technological marvels that now make up our digital world. The talk in question is one given by Mohammed Qahtani, a security engineer from Saudi Arabia, which won him the 2015 Toastmasters International World Championship of Public Speaking.
Strategy Driven
JANUARY 6, 2016
If research and development or technology drive your organization, you’ll be at risk for this phenomenon than other kinds of organizations. Most of my clients have a list of espoused values (what we say we believe) and a notion of operating values (how things are done around here). She can be reached in St. Consider leaving a comment!
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Tanveer Naseer
MAY 31, 2016
Most companies have leaders with the strong operational skills needed to maintain the status quo. Reverse mentoring — in which younger staff members share their knowledge of new technology with a more established staff member — can also be effective. The following is a guest piece by Jessica Leitch, David Lancefield, and Mark Dawson.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 1, 2018
Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market. The soaring U.S.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
In the traditional model of electricity generation, large power plants produce power at a centralized location, which operates at a considerable distance from the points of consumption. electric utilities during 2008-2015—a period in which the decentralized model was in its uncertain, nascent phase. A rare natural experiment.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 16, 2016
I was Dean of a leading business school in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the top mobile telecom operator in Tunisia when the Arab Spring broke out, turning the already troubled Middle East and North Africa upside down. I would say overall, we harnessed technology to push the country toward the future.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 20, 2013
And in a departure from attitudes five or 10 years ago, most employees care more about ensuring that the business operations themselves are sustainable than they do about philanthropic activities, as shown in this chart. Yet many companies are missing the opportunity to fully engage their employees on this issue.
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