HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

If you don’t solve the skills riddle with agility, curiosity, and smart technology capabilities, your organization could fade from existence.” Workers who adapt and grow with the organization in a time of accelerated change will be able to launch products and services that meet market needs. Marti Konstant .

Skills 145

Skills Emotional Intelligence CFO Power 145

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 2, 2019

I had the opportunity to speak with Charles Conn and Robert McLean, two McKinsey alums who share a seven-step systematic approach to creative problem solving that will work in any field or industry. Technology change is speeding business up and providing an edge for disruptive innovators. 7 Steps to Problem Solving. 2: Disaggregate.

Disaggregation 81

Disaggregation McKinsey Skills Gordon 81

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

” It’s part of a Robotics as a Service market that research from Allied Market Research estimated will be worth some $34.7 It will provide capacity in markets that struggle with labor capacity either through the difficulty of the work itself or the cost pressures they face. The need for investment in technology.

TCO 83

TCO Decentralization CAPEX Industry 83

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Even more striking, new research from the McKinsey Global Institute analyzes firm-level financial results and finds a stark contrast in performance between the biggest U.S. They already report that the domestic supplier base is hollowed out, depriving them of the agility they need to respond quickly to new market opportunities.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

McKinsey may have been hired in 2013 by the Vatican, the Bank of England, and the owners of the Rangers and Knicks, but they’re also acting to stave off threats to their business model. Special Forces Innovation: How DARPA Attacks Problems. Emotional Agility. Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption. Let Them Eat MOOCs.

Management 17

Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 17

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

A lot of companies congratulate themselves on having a "social media presence" — by which they mean a Twitter following and Facebook likes and a marketing plan that uses social networks. But some 70% of the extra profit to be made through social technologies has nothing to do with marketing. Integration. into the core.

Media 8

Media McKinsey Supply Chain Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

First we see major shifts in demand: developing economies such as China and India are morphing from the world's source of low-cost manufacturing capacity to the world's best market opportunities. Then, manufacturing's most important role is as a driver of innovation, trade, and productivity.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

At McKinsey, we are conducting our own research into the impact of automation on jobs and organizations and recently published a brief paper previewing some of our findings. Take, for example, the role of a marketing manager or executive in a consumer products company.

Osborne 8

Osborne Technology McKinsey Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2011

One of the driving principles of the Harvard Business Review/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation is that everyone wins when everyone shares. As you design your hack or start to think about your innovation story, the first question to ask yourself is: does it tackle a root cause or a deeply embedded pathology of organizations?

Management 12

Management Short-term How To Strategic Planning 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Challenge (the first of three legs of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation) here last week. Here are just three lessons from our management innovators about leveraging social technologies to create truly social organizations: Trust your people with the future of the company. Maximize peer connections.

Management 8

Management How To Innovation Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

McKinsey, for example, recently outlined the “new organizational capabilities” that chemical companies should develop to deal with frequent oil price shocks. The advice boils down to building better strategic foresight and creating more agile management and operations. Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8