Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

It needs to figure out its business model before it raises more money.". In the late 1990s, I went out to Intel about twenty times, educating about one hundred managers at a time on the principles and language of disruptive innovation. That's utter baloney," I responded. The company is already in market and earning revenue.

Power 13

Power Consensus Christensen Disruptive Innovation 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

What emerged was a consensus that t he most successful leaders in the future will be those who - like Nelson - can cut their distance to the front line through three key traits: the ability to be authentic, empathy with the customer and front line, and true self-awareness. But only 8% of their customers agree.

Self-aware 15

Self-aware Goleman Emotional Intelligence Competitive Advantage 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

It involves too many people When a strategic plan needs to finely calibrate the moves of loosely controlled business units and achieve consensus, then it often makes sense to include a wide range of stakeholders in the discussions. Industry upheaval often calls for tough choices, and consensus will not be possible.

Strategy 15

Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2013

Companies fall into the Jordan fallacy when they ask their very best operators, who are skilled at executing a known business model, to transform overnight into entrepreneurs who are skilled at searching for an unknown business model. Be prepared for lean''s consequences.

Ries 8

Ries Telecommunications Business Model Competitive Advantage 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.

Creativity 8

Creativity Consensus Business Model Committee 8

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.

Company 8

Company Chief Operating Officer Incentives Project 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

It’s more than open office plans and Ping-Pong tables — it’s a culture where teams self-organize; people from various functions come together to work on specific projects by habit, not by exception; and good ideas gain momentum organically by attracting talent from around the business.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 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? We then collectively developed and presented three competing visions in the form of storylines.

Agility 8

Agility Strategy Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Identifying this so-called “growth gap” is critical, because the bigger the gap, the more a company needs to look beyond its current offerings, markets, and business models to find growth opportunities. Business models that can prosper at structurally lower price points are the engines that power true market disruption.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

That was the general consensus after one of my favorite HBS classes: an entrepreneurship case on a company called Tickle. The most important way to mitigate risk is to become excellent at either engineering, product, selling, or operations and management. “I’m so glad we read that case — I’m NEVER going to start a company.”.

Career 8

Career Company IPO Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

That's become a common label , especially in an era when so many traditional business models need rethinking, but run a Google search on it and you will begin to appreciate the special challenges it creates. It casts veteran managers as part of the problem, not forces for positive change themselves. As one Time Inc.

Emotional Intelligence 15

Emotional Intelligence Short-term Long-term Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Software had turned into a stronger driver of revenue in the computer industry than hardware, and HP management had realized that it had to make the shift to sustain its growth. In a company setting, that would be the economics of its business model. How does the company deal with dramatic change?

Software 14

Software Intellectual Capital Maturity Customer Loyalty 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

Given that energized innovators like these are disrupting many existing products, and the business models behind them, you can feel threatened by them. Leadership skills focus on community building, consensus building, mediation, commitment, and humility.". Employee retention Managing people Organizational culture IFTF'

Mission Statement 9

Mission Statement Class Learning-by-Doing Pharmaceuticals 9

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. These include infant safety and injury prevention, social work, legal advocacy, case management, tutoring, fitness classes, nutrition and lactation, mental health, and dental care.

Health Care 9

Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

Money, equities, bonds, titles, deeds, contracts, and virtually all other kinds of assets can be moved and stored securely, privately, and from peer to peer, because trust is established not by powerful intermediaries like banks and governments, but by network consensus, cryptography, collaboration, and clever code.

Finance 8

Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8

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.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content Power Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The change has not gone unremarked by management's leading thinkers. In research led by Ashridge Business School and the International Business Leaders' Forum to be published later in 2012, we've been exploring this emerging new approach to leadership. align social and environmental objectives with financial goals (81%).

Globalization 14

Globalization NGO Leadership Development Politics 14