Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The term Budgeting gets tossed around in many ways. Budgets get blamed for gridlock. Budgets get politicized. Budgets get more attention than the umbrellas under which they rightfully belong: Strategic Planning and Visioning. Budgeting by itself is a minor piece of business strategy. by Hank Moore.

Strategic Planning 72

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 72

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2018

Without realizing it, even well-managed businesses versed in modern management practices can generate an environment that is hostile to innovation. At Samsung, the other aspects of the innovation process are relatively well managed at the operating level. How centralized is the Innovation Unit?

Innovation 10

Innovation Incubator Stage-Gate Idea Generation 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2011

In our daily lives, moreover, we can see a very persuasive natural experiment playing out in the realm of marketing communications and advertising. Strapped for cash in an era of marketing budget cuts, they make innovative use of new — and cheaper — media. A Forever21 billboard now reaches out and grabs you.

Altshuller 15

Altshuller TRIZ Innovation Constraint 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

While this “lab-bench to bedside” approach has improved healthcare globally, it can take years, even decades, for an innovation to get to market, often with limited input from patients themselves. Scoping projects for success and managing ambition: Interdisciplinary design teams are, by nature, optimistic and ambitious.

Health Care 11

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

We announced the winners of the Management 2.0 Challenge (the first of three legs of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation) here last week. Here are just three lessons from our management innovators about leveraging social technologies to create truly social organizations: Trust your people with the future of the company.

Management 8

Management How To Innovation Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The criticisms are several: that design thinking is poorly defined ; that the case for its use relies more on anecdotes than data; that it is little more than basic commonsense, repackaged and then marketed for a hefty consulting fee.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Proposal Politics Policies 8