Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2012

There's something about the culture of business that tends toward excess — in financial markets, to be sure, but also in the "market" for new ideas and management techniques. Southwest Airlines never said, "We want to be the country's most innovative airline."

Innovation 16

Innovation Airlines Six Sigma Lean Production 16

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

In my opinion, deregulation, as a whole, has worked negatively upon business and society (banking, airlines, trucking, and broadcasting), and the SEC is no exception. It was very ‘old school’ (a management style that was 40 years obsolete), though it pretended to be ‘new school.’ Congressional Hearings.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2016

.” And yet the lean startup methodology, born in Silicon Valley as a way for startups to tune in to customer needs with limited resources, has been gaining major momentum inside big companies like General Electric, Alaska Airlines, Telefonica, 3M, and W.L. ’ Sometimes you need to be reminded of that.”

Company 8

Company Airlines Ries Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Drucker’s exhortation, “What gets measured gets managed” is often invoked when approaching execution. It is also be a mistake to restrict ourselves to managing what we can easily measure. ” Metric obsession. In the sense that results count, and their quantification is desirable, it seems irrefutable.

Execution 10

Execution Strategy Gantt Chart Film 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

At an airline, one group handles reservations, another is in charge of the website, another handles your miles, and yet another is responsible for customer complaints. MyEdu was made up of developers, designers and product managers, and after acquisition, we all worked for Blackboard.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Software Construction Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

You’ve managed the same team for the past five years — then one day you find out that your most successful employee uses cognitive-enhancing drugs on the job. ” Back in 2008 the narcolepsy medication Modafinil was labeled the “entrepreneur’s drug of choice” by TechCrunch.

Ethics 14

Ethics Stress Policies Morale 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

GE is an icon of management best practices. That includes learning from the outside and striving to adopt certain start-up practices, with a focus on three key management processes: (1) resource allocation that nurtures future businesses, (2) faster-cycle product development, and (3) partnering with start-ups.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2015

At the end of each year, I apply a framework to surface the most important emerging trends in digital media and emerging technology for the year ahead. Where/how are people having difficulty with technology? Our 2015 trends offer great opportunity – along with some unusual new challenges – for managers in all industries.

Trends 8

Trends Retail Learning-by-Doing Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square, for example, has $9 billion in assets under management and fewer than ten investment professionals. Organizations such as Y Combinator and TechStars have become magnets for some of the most talented US entrepreneurs by providing expert guidance with limited funds.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This narrative has rested on three propositions: that globalization is a major driver of growth and prosperity; that technological progress enriches our lives; and that shareholder returns reflect businesses’ contributions to societal progress. The same goes for technology.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2015

Today, a few organizations – like Medium, David Allen Consultants, and Zappos – are adopting a radically different, approach to management: holacracy. For all of the sturm und drang surrounding the idea, as we talked I realized a lot of holacracy is just codifying many of the informal elements of good management.

Groupthink 8

Groupthink Agility Diversity Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

They allow managers to suspend normal rules in an acceptable way and they provide an effective audiovisual medium for absorbing ideas. People Express, for example, is a business simulator that provides players with a rich inside perspective on starting and managing an airline.

Seminar 8

Seminar Learning Curve Strategy Comparison 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2014

In fact it was a truly bipartisan coalition that drove the de-regulation of the trucking and airline industries in the 1970s. Sharing economy entrepreneur, Shelby Clark, Founder of car-sharing service RelayRides, suggested the idea of metrics-based regulations. Government Technology'

Business Model 9

Business Model Hotels Venture Capitalist Transportation 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Many business leaders are fond of the spurious Peter Drucker quote that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” To manage the risks of measurement biases, companies must check and recheck their core metrics. ” This attractive, apocryphal quote breaks down upon inspection.

Metrics 8

Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8