Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

All the content was "good," the timelines "reasonable," the budgets "sufficient.". I wanted to accept the consensus as a sign that the company had rounded the corner on its 3-year slog to be more relevant in their market. The product managers looked at each other, then at their VP, and then, finally, to the CEO.

CEO 16

CEO Engineering Consensus Review 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2015

Here’s a conundrum: On the one hand, there’s a consensus among thoughtful business leaders that too many companies are sacrificing long-term growth on the altar of smooth, reliable short-term earnings. HBR: What got you interested in what impact short-term earnings management has on long-term performance? Insight Center.

Short-term 8

Short-term Henderson Long-term Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2018

GFNorte’s ABU was established with the sponsorship of top management that empowered it to start working with some business lines of the financial group and offered it strong backing from support departments. This setup fosters focus on high-yield projects, actionable analytics, and speed of execution. Support from the top.

Company 8

Company Chief Operating Officer Incentives Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2013

The other half might have been open to the idea that law firms needed a strategy, but completely opposed to having anything other than a consensus-built, senior partner-friendly mechanism for making strategic choices, which almost by definition is doomed to fail. Just keep billing those hours!

Creativity 8

Creativity Consensus Business Model Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Welch was convinced that the speed of globalization and technological innovation in the 21 st century would require companies to work very differently – with shorter decision cycles, more employee engagement, and stronger collaboration than had previously been required to compete. Senior management knew this was an issue.

Welch 8

Welch Supply Chain Consensus Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2012

However, Roger Martin , Michael Porter , Christopher Meyer and Julia Kirby , and other thoughtful commentators have noted that the intent to maximize shareholder value has resulted in myopic management overly obsessed with short-term financial returns. The consensus served as a vital frame for the discussions that followed.

Christensen 13

Christensen Company Consensus Gilbert 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

Part of the problem is that the industry is still moving at warp speed, and the company has dwindling resources to deploy against innumerable innovation challenges. Is it to argue for resources, allocate budgets, create performance metrics, decide among customer targets, or other reasons? Yet in turbulent times this is dysfunctional.

Strategy 15

Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 15

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The answer to that depends on your goals, budget, etc., They somehow manage to engage with their audience consistently by constantly putting out articles, infographics, or anything of value, not just in content marketing but also in sales. Siege Media stands out from the rest by innovating the way they create their content.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Prioritize workforce management – Skills has been a constant in most discussions around AI and automation, and there is a broad consensus now that companies need new skills to get the best out of these new technologies.

TCO 84

TCO Decentralization CAPEX Industry 84