Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

For the full interview, see the video at the bottom of this post. So… and also about your childhood, where were you born, where you grew up and maybe a little bit about your family. Jim Yeah, so I went to Grosse Ile High school on a little island that sits at the bottom of the Detroit River. Interview Highlights. Audience : Hi.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

For the full interview, see the video at the bottom of this post. So… and also about your childhood, where were you born, where you grew up and maybe a little bit about your family. Jim Yeah, so I went to Grosse Ile High school on a little island that sits at the bottom of the Detroit River. Interview Highlights. Audience : Hi.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

have increased by 6x (from 100k to 600k annually) and, worldwide, start-ups have increased from 10 million to almost 100 million per year. For example, when Rent the Runway founder Jenn Hyman came up with the idea to rent designer dresses over the internet , demand uncertainty was high because no one else was offering this type of service.

Uncertainty 21

Uncertainty Industry Bottom-up Technology 21

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

How about by meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? But a recent report concludes that meeting the goals in just four out of 60 sectors (food and agriculture, cities, energy and materials, and health and wellbeing) could indeed open up market opportunities worth up to $12 trillion a year in less than 15 years.

Chemicals 11

Chemicals Long-term Business Model Bottom-up 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

Earlier this week I visited the Palo Alto headquarters of Better Place , the up-start e-mobility services company, to talk about their novel and risky strategy to put an electric car in every garage. Many of Dow chemical's products, such as its insulation and solar shingles , are energy intensive to make.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Chemicals Energy System 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

What's more, it's made from a material that would otherwise end up in landfills or be burned, contributing to global warming. At the same time it creates shade, and in groves can create a microclimate that can reduce the ambient temperature up to ten degrees Celsius. It's a great case of turning garbage into gold.

How To 11

How To Bottom-up Chemicals Trends 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Google , Starbucks , Nike , General Mills , and other big brands have all opened themselves up to both the potential risk and opportunity of supporting LGBT equality. But there are also concrete business reasons for a company announcing its support of LGBT equality — all tied to the bottom line. The marketplace demands it.

Advertising 16

Advertising Market Segmentation Diversity Chemicals 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2015

During one of my very first consulting assignments, a colleague and I interviewed direct reports of the Chief Information Officer of a chemical company about improving project execution. You can list the next steps for moving forward, or you can collaborate with your client to develop an action plan.

CIO 8

CIO Chief Information Officer Consultative Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

Building a large-scale biopharmaceutical facility requires up to $500 million. The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. This all presents CEOs with a tough dilemma.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

In order to free up all the dry powder waiting for the right impact opportunity, the investment industry needs to help investors clearly articulate three guiding principles behind their investments: what kind of impact they want to have, how deep or broad their intended impact is, and the level of risk they are willing to accept.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

You know, the new “kinder, gentler” Uber — the Uber that is eager to collaborate with local governments, and to calculate its contribution to sustainability and to getting cars off the road, the one that is serious about beefing up its safeguards on access to rider data.

Reputation 8

Reputation Disruptive Innovation Letter Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

What do you think causes millions of people to miss work and school in developing economies? Beyond the humiliating difficulties for millions of impoverished individual women trying to improve themselves and support their families, this is a global issue with significant consequences for the economies of developing countries.

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2013

It was just lousy timing if you happened to be in one of these industries, which were all in the bottom quartile of total shareholder returns (share price change plus dividends paid) in the 10 years through 2012. You may as well take a wrecking ball to everything you''ve built up. Perhaps by a lot. It is, rather, a statistical fact.

TSR 8

TSR Industry Company Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

To us, it’s similar to asking whether reviews, training programs, employee assistance services, or other company initiatives are effective for both worker performance and the bottom line. And there are five common ways these solitary initiatives tend to pop up in companies. Administering health risk assessments only.

Planning 8

Planning Incentives ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

In early April, following the news of faulty ignition switches and recall of more than 6 million cars, GM CEO Mary Barra announced a “Speak Up for Safety” program. “GM This is “not because people screw up, but because of the immense complexity of what we do,” she told The Washington Post. It’s not my job.”

Root Cause Analysis 8

Root Cause Analysis Edmondson Industry CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Hoping to alleviate their concerns, this article also provides concrete examples of how sustainability benefits the bottom line. Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Since its launch in 2012, Flyknit has reduced 3.5 Some 62.4%

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8