Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

But this single-minded focus can be a major problem when it comes to tackling slow-building, systemic challenges, like global warming, that could take down not just supply chains but, over time, entire economies. Today, we see growing interest in new business benchmarks and in potential breakthrough materials and forms of energy.

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

You’ll often find customer relationship management within marketing, budgeting within finance, supply-chain management within operations, outsourcing within procurement, training within HR, and new product development within R&D. Don’t treat benchmarking as the path to success.

Development 8

Development Supply Chain Incentives Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

The committee includes the leaders of its clinical practice committee (the dean and the vice dean for practice); its Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery (a hybrid research-practice center); and its quality, supply chain, analytics, marketing, contracting, systems and procedures, finance, and planning functions.

Mayo 8

Mayo Health Care Committee Project 8