HR Digest

MAY 2, 2024

The Core team being affected by the Google layoffs includes engineers who handle the foundation of the company’s flagship products, oversee user safety online, and maintain the company’s global IT infrastructure. At least 50 of these positions included engineering positions from the company’s Sunnyvale California offices.

Trends 59

Trends Decentralization CFO Bureaucracy 59

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

Through sheer force of will (her passion was contagious and her research was solid) she enlisted 20 technical experts at the company, including a number of engineers who worked on their own time to help her advance the idea. Windham built an entire ad-hoc team at Stanley Black and Decker — product planners, executives, and engineers.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Brand Competitive Advantage 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 16, 2020

For years now, huge corporations such as British Aerospace Engineering and Raytheon have completely dominated the market and swooped in to poach promising innovators. The asymmetrical aspects of America’s security, as well as the growing threat of flashpoints with China and Russia , require constant innovation at a quick pace.

Innovation 127

Innovation Software Industry Politics 127

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

For industries that depend on innovation, sustaining it is a constant challenge. These two actions cost almost nothing compared to vast sums often spent — and arguably, often wasted — on efforts to foster innovation. However, these prescriptions for innovation at Roivant have also led to some unexpected challenges.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Incentives Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

In response to the rapid advance of cloud computing, IBM’s software engineering groups embraced the Agile development method – with teams focused on incremental delivery of new capabilities every few weeks or months. To the engineers, the design thinking process seemed like a return to the Waterfall method. .”

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

So, in real terms, debt financing is essentially free. Others reward easy-to-measure improvements in existing processes over less-easily-quantified innovations. Companies that encourage innovation take steps to overcome these organizational obstacles. The result: a shortage of good growth ideas.

ROE 14

ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 14