Chart Your Course

OCTOBER 9, 2012

” In “Marketing for Scientists” Marc Kucher listed words Jobs used to describe his products between 1998 and 2008: stunning, revolutionary, awesome, beautiful, best, tour de force, cool, remarkable. Is bureaucracy weighing you down? In branding, Jobs understood the power of optimism. Remove obstacles.

Chief Executive Officer 185

Chief Executive Officer Bureaucracy Motivation Innovation 185

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Companies, markets, and the categories in which they compete can be exceedingly dissimilar. Is a “turnaround” artist right for a profitable, steady bureaucracy? In the final analysis, would these improvements in human resource strategy have made any difference to the company’s performance?

CEO 100

CEO Bureaucracy Maturity Human Resources 100

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

What do you do if you're a leader in a large, successful organization with an entrenched bureaucracy, and you see the need for innovation? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), however, was successful in transforming its bureaucracy. Thus, needed process changes within bureaucracies should always be built into such initiatives.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

It was clear to me then that the Defense Department would need to keep pace with the dramatic changes — many of them technological — reshaping the economy, the labor market, and human resource management.

Talent Management 10

Talent Management Learning-by-Doing Advertising Training 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

Over 50% of marketing and IT prefer a salesperson who will listen and match a solution to solve their specific needs. 3: Market Leaders Have an Edge. In most industries a single company controls the market. 5: It’s Possible to Cut Through Bureaucracy. However, the study results provide some good news in this regard.

Price 8

Price Health Care Committee Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

As a result, we expect to see America’s leading companies leveraging what Mark Cuban calls the “spot market for intellect” for an increasing share of their needs. This is already happening in some places. Many complex projects on HourlyNerd, for example, are posted, negotiated, and closed within 24 to 48 hours.

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Bureaucracy Cost Wilde 8

In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 30, 2012

Bureaucracy lurks on the periphery, waiting for its opening to subvert the lean, mean, business machine. In the final analysis, bureaucracy is every company’s greatest threat. Businesses who live by these 5 bargains are the ones who enjoy success – both in the journey and the bottom-line destination. But, beware.

Bureaucracy 245

Bureaucracy Constraint Creativity Discount 245

In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Corporate giants dominated markets and gobbled up competitors; along the way they failed to cope with rapid change. Bureaucracy and stagnation set in. The change-makers are small- to medium-size enterprises that either lead niche categories or are hell-bent on knocking the big guy from the top rung of a mass market.

Mass Marketing 100

Mass Marketing Bureaucracy Entrepreneur Class 100