Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Whether you have invented an amazing new technology or product, you could still fail. 5] There are also many opportunities to create a new venture—launching a new product, service, or business—inside a company as a corporate entrepreneur (or intrapreneur). Innovation Capital. Moreover, it’s hard. “I

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 28, 2019

Fixing a car is complicated; disrupting the automotive industry is complex. Leadership Tip: Don’t be afraid of how people will react. Leadership behavior that exemplifies, recognizes and rewards the right behaviors. Establish the required leadership behaviors that all leaders must sign up to.

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Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

” is a positive, productive question that we should ask ourselves each day. Indeed, a diligent commitment to improving their already powerful position is what makes the Japanese a formidable competitor in the electronic and automotive industries. Focused leadership over time implies productive, useful perseverance.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

Tesla, Elon Musk’s automotive start-up, is having a very good year. But is its automotive business a disruptor, poised to transform the entire transportation sector? In September, the company expects to begin shipping its all-electric Model 3 to non-employee customers, who have already logged 500,000 pre-orders.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

is a positive, productive question that we should ask ourselves each day. Indeed, a diligent commitment to improving their already powerful position is what makes the Japanese a formidable competitor in the electronic and automotive industries. Focused leadership over time implies productive, useful perseverance.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

In the tech startup world, technology is important for success, but it does not disproportionately determine winners and losers. Two companies can invent similar technologies; one will win and the other will lose. Focusing on technology supremacy alone is a model for failure. For centuries, the Gross World Product was flat.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

While it’s clear that CEOs need to consider AI’s business implications, the technology’s nascence in business settings makes it less clear how to profitably employ it. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging. Furthermore, early AI adopters are 3.5

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. But companies will only be able to realize productivity gains from these new operating models if they skillfully manage the soft side of their automation transformation—the people in what will be a vastly different organization. Insight Center. Sponsored by SAS.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

People were asked about GM products, upholstery textures, colors, vehicle designs, and technology, and their feedback was incorporated into GM vehicles. How technology is changing the way we work. Weaver’s staff sent three million mailings a year to GM and non-GM customers, achieving a remarkable 25% response rate.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

This was the case at Harman , which had achieved extraordinary success in the high-end automotive infotainment systems for luxury cars. Rich countries are the most technologically advanced. Sales of our existing products and services will increase as emerging economies grow and consumer incomes rise. We need only to be patient.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

There are three types of products today. Type 2: These are once-analog products that have now been converted into digital products, such as photography, books, and music. These products are typically sold as a service via digital distribution platforms (Audible.com for books, Spotify for music, Netflix for movies).

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 7, 2018

Ford’s product lineup hadn't kept up with changing consumer tastes and different regions pursued different automobile configurations which diluted the brand identity around the world. Guest post from Denise Lee Yohn: It's been 10 years since Alan Mulally pulled off what has been considered one of the greatest corporate turnarounds in U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2012

And under Ghosn's leadership , Renault-Nissan has proactively embraced frugal engineering and become one of the world's leading producers of both electric cars as well as low-cost vehicles — two of the fastest growing and most promising market segments in the global automotive sector. Yet engineers and scientists love challenges.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

To make big improvements in productivity and customer service, people in an organization must collaborate across corporate hierarchies, functions, companies, and geographies. Emerging social networking technologies offer new ways to overcome these boundaries. This post is part of the HBR Insight Center Making Collaboration Work.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2017

Something’s wrong when optimizing process technologies take precedence over how work actually gets done. Unless we’re actually automating a process – that is, taking humans out of the loop – AI algorithms should make people’s jobs simpler, easier, and more productive.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

If the answer really is electric, autonomous ones, that will pose a huge challenge for an industry that has not fundamentally changed since the first Model T rolled off Henry Ford’s production line. We know that GM or Toyota cannot just close down production of gasoline engine cars and transform themselves into Tesla.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Because of the web, social media, and advances in mobile and interactive communications and information technologies, the experiences of human beings are now at the heart of value creation. Apple under the leadership of Steve Jobs offers a metaphor for the future role of the CEO as a co-creative engagement orchestrator.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

has renewed its product lines many times. In its 2013 proxy statement , GE announced that it is searching for director candidates who will bring technology, marketing, finance — and “leadership” experience to the boardroom. Leadership Boards' Now it is being pressed to renew its governing board as well.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless. Calculating organic growth.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. DDI’s High-Resolution Leadership study reviewed true assessment data from 10,000 global leaders and found no difference in the battle of the sexes for leadership skills.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2015

This means advancing from simply overlaying digital functionality on existing offerings to learning the customer context via connected products and services and adapting them to meet customer needs. This exchange will result in the adaptation of products and services across organizational boundaries to meet customer needs.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

And the sheer complexity of building cars also plays a role — David Cole, the former head of the Center for Automotive Research (and son of a former GM president), insists that this is really what’s behind the ignition switch error and why it was so hard for the company to get to the bottom of the problem.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2016

This magic zone is what John Kotter referred to as the “Productive Range of Distress.” If you believe there is too little stress on your team and that it will take a little more discomfort before your employees are in the productive range of distress, you have a variety of options to choose from.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2017

1 — Consistent Leadership Over Time Matters in This Market. Homegrown automotive companies such as Tata Motors can be formidable partners or competitors. In this mix, an American company must develop a unique, India-specific strategy and product road map. GM will keep its technology center in Bangalore.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You’re competing against platforms like Uber in transportation, Google in automotive, Airbnb in hospitality, LinkedIn in recruiting, Netflix in television, and the list goes on. In a world underpinned by ever more powerful, affordable, and public technology platforms, software is still king.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

I studied large-scale change and innovation efforts in 56 randomly selected companies in the high-tech, retail, pharmaceutical, banking, automotive, insurance, energy, non-profit, and health care industries. They filled 40 pallets with faulty bottles and packages of beauty products. Change management Execution Leadership'

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The team used an outside consultant with experience in automotive product design to train and coach the leader and team members in the new capability. Prototyping care models requires quick access to care locations, medical supplies, IT systems, new medical devices and technology, patients, and time with different providers.

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