Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

So it shouldn’t be surprising when a new business model, such as ridesharing, disrupts existing systems and causes friction between entrepreneurs and local government officials, right? Without more public entrepreneurship, it’s hard to imagine meeting our public challenges or making the most of private innovation.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Osgood Storytelling Osborne 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Innovation vs. Regulation. Many organizations, particularly in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, are saddled with trying to do business, let along innovate, under increasingly crushing regulatory environments. Advanced technology is at the core of virtually every company’s business model today.

Succession 8

Succession Agility Globalization Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. How successful has the company been at creating new products, services, and business models?

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

” Instead of just listing facts, compelling storytellers use both soft and hard data. This problem of extending the automatic reasoning of AI systems to understand the context of their decisions is highly complex, and creative innovation, like the one at Google, is usually needed to push the effort forward.

Skills 15

Skills Morale Ethics System 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2014

What happens when an organization innovates? It’s an important question if you want more innovation, because the answer will shape what you do as a leader. We’ve been studying innovative groups and their leaders for the past decade, and we’ve seen how that process works in organizations that are able to innovate over and over and over.

Film 8

Film Innovation Sports Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The team is more important than the idea, the business model, and funding. When I started building WATTx , an innovation lab for smart climate solutions in the Internet of Things (IoT) space six months ago, I quickly came to this exact realization. To some people, storytelling comes naturally.

Company 8

Company Benchmarking Storytelling Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2014

Shelve the commercial pitch in favor of authentic storytelling. Tami Cannizzaro is a brand storyteller. As IBM’s VP of marketing for social business, Tami leads a team that uses IBM’s celebrated “Smarter Planet” theme as the baseline for selling software. That’s how your brand gets found.

Storytelling 11

Storytelling Brand Audience Marketing 11