Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

It needs to figure out its business model before it raises more money.". This "common language" barrier is one of the hidden challenges that can inhibit innovation inside large companies. Have each of them write down on a piece of paper their definition of innovation, and who in the company should be working on innovation.

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Power Consensus Christensen Disruptive Innovation 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

“We had the brand and the audience, and were then able to build an online dating business that was far more powerful as a business model than our core content execution.” “It’s very hard to make money on… consensus. ” Garth and Annett sold GoCard in 2000.

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Consensus Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Video 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Once a team has reached, or appears to have reached, a consensus, it can be very hard for any individual to challenge the group’s interpretation of reality or predictions about the future — or to push back on what the group plans to do (or not do) — without running the risk of being perceived as a heretic or becoming a scapegoat.

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Groupthink Team Consensus Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2013

In my eyes, the work Steve Blank, Eric Ries, and others have done to provide a cogent, accessible frame around the academic concepts of emergent strategy is one of the most important contributions to the innovation movement over the past few years. Innovation' That''s not right. Be prepared for lean''s consequences.

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Ries Telecommunications Business Model Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

Multinational banks are in retreat, and even digital businesses such as Uber and Airbnb have found their business models undermined in several countries by regulations introduced to protect the domestic suppliers they compete with. They must now pay far more attention to innovation and politics. ”

Politics 8

Politics Globalization Business Model Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2012

They exhibit a thirst for new ideas and innovation while demonstrating a willingness to act on their ideas and modify their business models over time.” In fact, the consensus among researchers is that emotional tears serve a positive function — they’re stress reducers. They create jobs too. AS TEARS GO BY.

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Consensus Metrics Business Model Entrepreneur 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

There is a general consensus that U.S. Can reverse innovation — innovations originating from poor countries — provide one important answer? the approach is to spend more money on major technological advances and come up with innovative products and solutions. He also re-invented the delivery model.

Health Care 15

Health Care Cost Constraint Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

These conversations highlighted some attitudes and values that seemed to go a long way toward explaining Silicon Valley’s innovation identity. The kind of innovation that creates new markets always goes against the grain. In many cases elements of the acquired business’ culture can become a model for the acquiring company.

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Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2014

It’s not hard to see why a partnership between a strong, but staid incumbent and an innovative startup appears attractive. ULA benefits from access to Blue Origin’s innovative designs and lean operations. Priorities develop to reflect a company’s business model and over time become enshrined in the company’s culture.

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Industry Disruptive Innovation Innovation Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Originating from agile software development, the sprint has entered the business mainstream as an increasingly popular means to accelerate business model, product, or service innovation. Can you run fast and go deep at the same time?

Agility 8

Agility Strategy Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Its earnings were down 73% from the quarter a year earlier and it missed the analysts' consensus estimate of $0.24 Kindle Fire Tablet — a new market disruption enabled by business model innovation. Amazon, it appears, is willing to wait as long as it takes to develop a portfolio of disruptive-growth businesses.

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Christensen Retail Long-term Incubator 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

s position as a global economic leader has been based on one thing more than anything else: its ability to innovate. Each of the industries that have sprung up around these innovations has become an engine for America's economic growth. Their lobbying and advertising have made it practically impossible to form political consensus.

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Politics Innovation Engineering Entrepreneur 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

Part of the problem is that the industry is still moving at warp speed, and the company has dwindling resources to deploy against innumerable innovation challenges. Industry upheaval often calls for tough choices, and consensus will not be possible. Yet in turbulent times this is dysfunctional.

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Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2018

In the age of rapid advances in data science and artificial intelligence, many organizations still struggle to incorporate advanced analytics capabilities into their business models. True incorporation requires bold decisions about reorganizing the business to make analytics a key component of strategy. David Malan/Getty Images.

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Company Chief Operating Officer Incentives Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2013

The other half might have been open to the idea that law firms needed a strategy, but completely opposed to having anything other than a consensus-built, senior partner-friendly mechanism for making strategic choices, which almost by definition is doomed to fail. Just keep billing those hours! Well, we did warn them.

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Creativity Consensus Business Model Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

Most of us think of biotech as the province of multinational pharmaceutical corporations and well-funded ventures, but the founders of BioCurious believe (as they say in their mission statement) "that innovations in biology should be accessible, affordable, and open to everyone." Socialize your underused assets.

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Mission Statement Class Learning-by-Doing Pharmaceuticals 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

Transformational Entrepreneurs earn their name by creating innovative solutions to the world's biggest problems that are scalable, sustainable and systematic. The organizations that have the greatest impact have scalable business models that produce products and services millions of people are willing to pay for.

Technology 17

Technology Entrepreneur Morale ROI 17

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

Up until recently, there''s been a kind of consensus image of what action on climate might look like: a pastiche of wind turbines, electric cars, green shopping and LEED buildings. Rebuilding cities will cut auto emissions much faster than technological innovation in the auto industry. and internationally. Buildings, for instance.

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Sharpe Technology System Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

A consensus is building that continued growth of the macro-economy risks pushing us into unstoppable climate change and the peaking of many of the finite resources our way of life depend on. The movement seems poised for the next step: turning theory into practice through experimentation and innovation.

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Company Kahneman Long-term Brand 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2014

So finally, real bipartisan pressure and consensus are building. What does that mean for business? But we’re going to have to redefine “business as usual,” a shift I’ve called the big pivot. But the real message of the report is that there are serious economic impacts today.

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Crisis Report Consensus Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Usually when people talk of DNA they're raising questions of corporate culture: Does the company rely on consensus among managers or are strategies and tactics directed from the top? In a company setting, that would be the economics of its business model. How does the company deal with dramatic change?

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Software Intellectual Capital Maturity Customer Loyalty 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Blockchain is a cryptographically secure, shared data layer that enterprises can use to digitally track the ownership of assets across trust boundaries, opening up new opportunities for cross-organizational collaboration and imaginative new business models. Third, the spreadsheet is shared among multiple parties.

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Supply Chain Content Power Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

But the solution to this innovation logjam has emerged: blockchain. and Intercontinental Exchange , the American holding company that owns the New York Stock Exchange, which dominate the IPO and listing business, have been among the largest investors in blockchain ventures. As with any radically new business model, ICOs have risks.

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Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Fast forward to today's generation of business leaders and you hear a very different attitude being expressed: that it is essential for senior executives both to have a nuanced understanding of the major societal forces shaping our world, and to know where and how to respond for the good of their organization and for society as a whole.

Globalization 14

Globalization NGO Leadership Development Politics 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

There is general consensus that a major solution lies in better managing and preventing adult chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart failure. million Health Care Innovation Award and several other pediatric ACOs have also been formed with the assistance of Medicaid funding. Lauri Rotko/Folio Images/Getty Images.

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Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 9