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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?. and a development manager at Oracle Corp.

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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business Review

Before explaining how these collaborations can help, it’s important to note that we observe them already in several industries, spanning mining to technology. First, large index asset managers, such as Blackrock, State Street, and Vanguard. The investment management industry has been highly commoditized.

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Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2011

Harvard Business Review

From relentless demand for resources to bamboo-like 9% growth to vicious competition for the technologies and industries of the future, China will be the big story for a long time. The best analysis of the resource scarcity mega-trend came from asset manager Jeremy Grantham. China, China, and China. business continuity").

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The 3 Essential Jobs That Most Retention Programs Ignore

Harvard Business Review

The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point. Although long ignored, these middle management positions have become increasingly recognized as critical to executing a company’s strategy.

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Top 10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2012

Harvard Business Review

And on the resource constraint front, Jeremy Grantham , co-founder of the asset management firm GMO ($100 billion invested), continued his relentless numbers-based assault on the fallacy of infinite resources. Keeping the apparel theme, um, running, check out Nike's new shoe with FlyKnit technology. on to 2013.