First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 21, 2012

An entrepreneur and veteran of the computer industry, Frank Moss spent his career bringing innovative technologies to market. Ten years ago he set out to make a broader contribution to the world, leading him to cofound a cancer drug discovery company and then to the MIT Media Lab, where he served as director from 2006 [.].

Entrepreneur 80

Entrepreneur Media Technology Innovation 80

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

For industries that depend on innovation, sustaining it is a constant challenge. These two actions cost almost nothing compared to vast sums often spent — and arguably, often wasted — on efforts to foster innovation. Yet they have already generated tens of millions of dollars in value for Roivant.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Incentives Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2017

During our careers, we have worked in industry, academia, clinical medicine, and government and have managed successful academia-industry collaborations. How the most innovative providers are creating value. For academics, publishing and obtaining grants are key to promotion and career advancement. Insight Center.

Conflict of Interest 10

Conflict of Interest Pharmaceuticals Policies Industry 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Having a strong domestic manufacturing base is vital to the United States maintaining its world leadership in innovation. Since joining the Harvard Business School in 2007 (after a long career at IBM, Kodak, Silicon Graphics, and other companies), I have visited hundreds of factories. When R&D and Manufacturing Must Be Near.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Offshoring Engineering Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2012

People of color too often feel that they have to hide their true selves at work, according to "Vaulting the Color Bar: How Sponsorship Levers Multicultural Professionals into Leadership," a new research report from the Center for Talent Innovation. Notes a focus group participant, "You start to be less of who you are. You start tiptoeing."

Diversity 16

Diversity Pharmaceuticals Uncertainty Focus Group 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2012

Technological innovation accounted for almost half of U.S. economic growth over the past 50 years, but the country's standing as the world's indisputable innovation leader is now at risk. We must inspire students to find value in pursuing a career in science. Their inspiring and visionary approach helps drive business growth.

Education 11

Education Creativity How To Pharmaceuticals 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

But we would argue that credibility may also be signaled to important external stakeholders — future employees, patients, the pharmaceutical industry, donors, and so on. The course culminates in a team-based innovation project presented to hospital leadership. …and how training can make them even better ones.

Management 15

Management 360-Degree Feedback Mayo Training 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

Breaking down functional silos is key to everything from encouraging communication to building valuable connections to sparking innovation. arm of pharmaceuticals manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim (BIPI). But, as we all know, bridging interdepartmental chasms is far easier said than done.

Company 9

Company Pharmaceuticals Health Care Participative 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

Employees can manage their own careers and schedules, using on-line benefits management, job posting systems, training, email, scheduling, and so forth. A pharmaceutical company did something similar for safety scientists. IBM's innovation jams are also virtual thinking forums. Thinking is the core of most professional work.

Document 14

Document Information Management Pharmaceuticals Cost 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Library leaders knew that given the immense changes brought on by digital innovations, as well as shifts in the communities that the Library served, it would need to evolve. Innovation communities had been used by Best Buy to grow its portion of the women’s consumer electronics market by $4.4b in less than five years.

Library 8

Library Strategy Reference Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Marissa Mayer, Yahoo''s CEO, ended the company''s work-from-home policy to foster a more collaborative, innovative environment. The team leaders could not offer more money, but they could offer employees opportunities to develop their careers, new technologies to work on, and new colleagues to work with.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Peer Review Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Innovation is widely regarded as important to long-term business performance. However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. The data captured a 20-year period, from 1995 to 2014. Overall, it is a messy picture.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Four years ago, Craig Hatkoff, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, approached me about a brainstorm: an event recognizing and celebrating breakthrough innovators. When I suggested to Clayton Christensen that we partner with Hatkoff to create the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards , Clay’s response was : I trust you Whitney.

Innovation 11

Innovation Christensen Decisionmaking CTO 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

has been an innovation superpower. Take a look at any significant innovation, such as an iPhone , and you’ll find that most, if not all, of the technology came from some government program. In the pharmaceutical industry, the monitoring process can be incredibly elaborate. vincent tsui FOR HBR. Since World War II, the U.S.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Competitive Advantage Venture Funding 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Innovation is one those evergreen themes: it is a rare CEO who doesn't list innovation as one her top four or five priorities. But innovation is an elusive beast. We can look to companies renowned for innovation — like Apple and Google — and try to learn from them. So what to do? But that's a flawed approach.

Company 8

Company Stage-Gate Innovation Bureaucracy 8