Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2020

Likewise, it has hit the business industry, bringing some tech-savvy innovations, especially for the marketing department. 2020 demands an authentic approach to marketing, and you can make this possible by leveraging the latest tech tools and emerging channels. Instead of trying to compete, try to innovate better solutions.

Marketing Strategy 68

Marketing Strategy Marketing Strategy Audience 68

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week. They will benefit the most from being mentored.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

If you walk into a department store today, you are probably talking to a guy who is untrained; he was selling vacuum cleaners yesterday, and now he is in the apparel section. Developing a bold but executable strategy starts with making sure leaders have addressed the questions of “What are we great at?”

Execution 15

Execution Strategy How To Budgeting 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2011

The Economist 's June 2 article " Following the footprints " explores the latest developments in carbon reporting and what companies are learning as they wade into the challenges of measurement. Thinking of these as measurement or reporting tools misses the point. These are innovation tools. In 2008, Dairy Management Inc.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel Management Retail 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

It was the stuff of Silicon Valley lore : Employees from across the company took a break from their regular projects to develop mind-blowing ideas about artificial intelligence over an intense 24-hour period. At their best, hackathons create a structure and process around idea development. Hackathons are no longer just for coders.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Banking Brainstorming Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

But as I’ve done for the last 4 years, I’ll attempt to summarize some of the latest stories about the big environmental and social pressures on business, and how some innovative companies are dealing with them. Food and food waste gets more attention, debate, and innovation: Can cows save the world, or should we make meat in labs?

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Successful companies develop a system of a few truly unique capabilities that help them create differentiated value for their chosen customers. We define capabilities not as "people capabilities," but as the interconnected people, knowledge, systems, tools and processes that create differentiated value. Let's take a closer look.

Succession 15

Succession Retail Merchandising Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

This popular triumph of the “ heuristics and biases ” literature pioneered by psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky has made us aware of flaws that economics long glossed over, and led to interesting innovations in retirement planning and government policy. Gut feelings are tools for an uncertain world. They’re not caprice.

Uncertainty 9

Uncertainty Kahneman Banking System 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

And citizens, using new social media tools and old-fashioned marches, rose up to drive change. Both in response and pre-emptively, the world’s leading companies continued to aggressively pivot their businesses toward more sustainable and innovative ways of operating. A teenager pressures Cola-Cola and Pepsi – and wins.

Chemicals 11

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

This year, there were countless eco-efficiency stories about companies saving millions of dollars and developing new tools to make buildings, fleets ( Staples and UPS, for example ), and manufacturing much leaner. Sustainability innovation opens up: Unilever, Heineken, and EMC ask the world for help. Company Stories.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. More organizations are using some old tools like “ treasure hunts ” and reimagining them as “ energy marathons ” (26.2 days of innovation).

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8