Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 7, 2011

They parcel out their observations carefully. The sort of coaching that fosters effective innovation and judgment, not merely the replication of technique, may not be so easy to cultivate. We treat guidance for professionals as a luxury—you can guess what gets cut first when school-district budgets are slashed.

Sports 123

Sports Parcell Executive Coaching Fashion 123

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

The chart may appear to show merely that Cisco’s patent filings lagged its R&D spending by three years, but in fact the decline in spending and the rise in patents were part and parcel of a deliberate strategic shift by the company in 2001. So what was going on?

Innovation 8

Innovation Parcell Wireless Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

After all, diverting investments away from core hospital budgets might be unpopular across an organization that is the largest private employer in the region. The innovation portfolio. This is a collection of budgets to fund both the projects in the innovation portfolio and the new initiatives for the core business.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2016

The induced innovation literature has taught us that drug companies focus their efforts on researching and marketing new drugs for which there is expected to be great demand (think of aging baby boomers’ aching knees). Innovation in Cities. This same logic holds in the case of climate change adaptation. Insight Center.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Parcell Incentives Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

A few years ago the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC), the not-for-profit organization responsible for assessing and classifying more than five million properties in Ontario, Canada, needed to find better ways to manage its budget. The severances team increased parcels processed per day by 175%.

Project 8

Project Parcell How To Short-term 8