The Horizons Tracker

MAY 18, 2022

The researchers found that there isn’t really a uniform approach to corporate venturing, with many programs operated in an incredibly inefficient way. This bureaucracy is compounded by the lack of uniform reporting structure, with some reporting to the CEO, others to the CFO, and others again the chief strategy officer.

Short-term 102

Short-term CFO Bureaucracy Long-term 102

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 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

We are delighted to announce the winners of the Beyond Bureaucracy Challenge , the second leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. We asked some big questions in our quest to bust bureaucracy: What does it mean to build an organization in which everyone is aligned and inspired by a deeply-felt sense of purpose?

Bureaucracy 11

Bureaucracy Company Agility CIO 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2018

As an experienced manager, he knew that his manufacturing and operation division’s success depended on getting creative ideas from his employees. Golan focused on removing organizational and psychological barriers such as fear of making mistakes, poor management attitude, lack of relevant resources, and stifling bureaucracy.

Creativity 9

Creativity How To System Motivation 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

They’ve simply reached a level of maturity where health is not about getting bigger, but about sustaining vitality. The economy we’re operating in today may have been built to serve corporations, but not many corporations are doing well in the digital environment. This doesn’t mean they’re dead.

Technology 8

Technology Short-term Long-term Creativity 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

Products and services assist the bureaucracy to do its job more efficiently but cannot claim credit for Big Picture success of a client’s entire industry. Doing nothing causes much more organizational damage than making mistakes while operating in good faith. Maturity is a process. We Make Money the Old Fashioned Way.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50