HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

It’s literally a Harvard Business School case study in business model transformation, but when I think back on it, the impact on the entire organization has been amazing. Without a doubt, the most interesting transformation in my 20+ years at Adobe was our move from selling boxed software to the cloud over the past decade.

Software 98

Software Engineering Learning-by-Doing Diversity 98

HR Digest

MAY 1, 2019

The CHRO of IBM, Diane Gherson however, has different views and she has translated the term “human+machine interaction” into HRM practices. Human Resources has traditionally been very process driven. Diane Gherson is a trailblazer when it comes to introducing agile technologies in the gamut of Human Resources.

Agility 90

Agility Self-aware Innovation Human Resources 90

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. Lead author of Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design , which sold over one million copies in 37 languages.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2015

So one way to view this is as a battle between two powerful networking companies with similar digital business models that are both able to keep getting bigger and bigger by linking people to more people in relentless geometric progression. Making Money with Digital Business Models. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Business Model 8

Business Model Advertising Human Resources Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Pioneers of new business models, such as Alibaba and Amazon, are launching innovations in rapid succession, such as voice ordering and real-time pricing, while simultaneously building scale and driving down costs. Danita Delimont/Getty Images. Few industries are being disrupted as drastically as the retail industry. Insight center.

Retail 11

Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2016

Meanwhile, Zenefits modernizes human resources workflows with slick software to replace outdated paper. In April’s Harvard Business Review , we offer a menu of options for concerned incumbents. So how might a hotel operator respond to the rise of Airbnb? Uber reliably provides cheaper and more convenient rides.

Hotels 8

Hotels Price Tactics Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

Our research shows that companies with platform- and network-based business models are exponentially better at creating value. Building a successful platform business is hard enough when you have an original idea, ample capital, no core business to cannibalize, and a team of top talent. Human capital.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

It could upend supply chains, business models, customer relationships, and even entrepreneurship itself. Executive teams need to assess their industries’ and companies’ time horizons for the technology, because they will have a huge amount of strategic and business process planning to do before their companies adopt it.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Execution Analysis Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

It's a way of operating that creates the most value when it's embedded throughout the organization. Of course companies have distinct quality or R&D departments and professionals, but the most committed companies drive the thinking into every aspect of the business.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Business Model Trends Quality 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

If retailers want to thrive by offering better jobs, they will need to change their operations strategy from one that uses people as interchangeable parts to one that is human-centered. As we all know by now, Toyota’s human-centered operations strategy allowed the company to produce higher-quality cars at lower costs.

Retail 8

Retail Operations Price Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

The CEO’s principal aim therefore is not necessarily to judiciously allocate financial capital but to allocate precious scientific and human resources to the most promising projects and to pull back and redeploy those resources in a timely manner when the prospects of specific projects dim.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Fortunately, demonstrating your skills in this area doesn't demand that you singlehandedly develop a new breakthrough product or revise the company's overall business model.

Innovation 16

Innovation Merchandising How To Proposal 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Energy, agriculture, insurance, retail, human resources — no industry is unaffected. The new business model has yet to solidify, and the leaders have yet to emerge. Life science company executives need to be thinking about what business they want to be in. Or lenders’ enhanced abilities to gauge credit risk.

Health Care 8

Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Perhaps it's easier to start by discussing the pathologies of a dysfunctional Chief of Human Resources Officer (CHRO). The language of business is a foreign language. When the staff conversation turns to operating margins, cash flow, inventory, or revenue, does the CHRO tune out? How do you know you have the right person?

Metrics 14

Metrics Human Resources Attrition CEO 14

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Business leaders striving to stand out from the competition need to reinvent their business model to marry digital and human experiences in the best way possible. Furthermore, 80 percent of a company’s future revenue will come from just 20 percent of the existing customer base.

Company 72

Company P&L Bottom-up Advertising 72

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The banks that have nearly completed their regulatory agenda have a head start, since they can free up more financial and human resources to address evolving technology. Those declines reflect changes in strategies and the basic business model of investment banks, post-crisis.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Bottom-up Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

In fact, only eight percent of companies’ CEOs believe that their business model will remain economically viable if their industry continues to digitize at its current course and speed. They’ve treated human resources and human resource management as a tier-one asset. Angelia Herrin, HBR.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

For any strategy to be successful and sustainable, an organization must develop an offering that attracts buyers; it must create a business model that enables the company to make money out of its offering; and it must motivate the people working for or with the company to execute the strategy. The Profit Proposition.

Blue Ocean Strategy 8

Blue Ocean Strategy Strategy Execution Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

With the ad market under $70 million, many of our local competitors were rapidly experimenting with new types of revenue and business models and were far ahead of us. By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Talk about how complex marketing has become is very much in vogue, but there’s much less discussion about the operational (and diplomatic) muscle CMOs need in order to get things done. Even simple-seeming tasks, such as browsing or buying, often involve several steps, each touching a different part of the business. “If

P&L 11

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 11

In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

CEOs who invest their time advancing their company’s business model or seeking a new one are adding value to their organizations. Advancing the model’ is just another way of saying improving or fortifying the company’s competitive advantage. These initiatives began with the quest to advance the business model through innovation.

CEO 207

CEO Chief Executive Officer Business Model Competitive Advantage 207

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

Organizations have always depended on data — to manage operations, to communicate with customers, to pay employees and suppliers, to plan their futures, and so forth. The strategy has deep roots in science and is beginning to prove itself across a broad spectrum. Academic research suggests that the strategy is very profitable.

Business Model 8

Business Model Price Competitive Advantage Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

All three factors have become more common over time, which we argue stems from firms’ increasing reliance on intangible and knowledge inputs in their business models. Emerging digital firms compete with knowledge, strategy, and expert human capital, attacking even the largest established firms.

IPO 11

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 11

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

If the person(s) responsible for managing are able to look at the eighteen points above and determine they are more or less in place, they are operating at the most fundamental or beginner’s level of management. Business planning (analysis, forecasting, budgeting…). Human Resource Management. Risk assessment.

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

One of the biggest obstacles is that traditional functional departments often can’t meet the needs of IoT business models and have to evolve. Operations. When product-based companies add services and connectivity, operational requirements increase. Human resources.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

In study after study for over a decade, operations researchers have found that retailers understaff during peak hours. Our study also helped pinpoint the reasons why companies have found it challenging to be able to hear the message that lean and unstable scheduling is not the best business model. We hope not.

Retail 8

Retail Productivity Products Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Others lack the processes and operational capabilities to target them with personalized communications and experiences. To build a customer-centric culture, business leaders should take six actions: Operationalize customer empathy. The volume, velocity, and variety of customer data that now exists overwhelms many organizations.

Short-term 13

Short-term Learning-by-Doing Participative Human Resources 13

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 10, 2015

We used to call this mode of operation, “doing business by the seat of the pants.” Business Models Change. Strategy does not curtail change because business models need not be static. Strategy is Constraining. Intentionally So. Without strategic clarity, the complexity virus infects the company.

Strategy 100

Strategy Critical Success Factor McKinsey Retail 100

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

Greg Koch tells the story of how plant managers around the world have absorbed their connection to the communities in which they do business, and work hard to earn the "social license" to operate. million-strong army of advocates for this principled approach to business in its "consultoras" (direct sales agents).

Organization 14

Organization Cooper McKinsey Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

First, fixating on ROE fails to maximize the benefit of business to society because it measures value in terms of returns to only one stakeholder; second, it allocates human resources as if maximizing the efficiency of financial capital were critical to growth of social welfare.

ROE 13

ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 13