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Why the Problem with Learning Is Unlearning

Harvard Business Review

In our era of digital disruption, this goal is more important than ever. In every aspect of business, we are operating with mental models that have grown outdated or obsolete, from strategy to marketing to organization to leadership. In strategy, an entire generation grew up with Michael Porter’s five forces.

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Three Unexpected Ways to Help with Disaster Recovery

Harvard Business Review

It's an approach we call creating shared value ( my coauthor Mark Kramer and FSG cofounder Michael Porter wrote about this in Harvard Business Review ). Instead, it entails reconceiving a company's product and markets, reinventing its value chain, and strengthening the productivity of the communities in which it operates.

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The Marketing of a President

Harvard Business Review

The way in which we market presidents is broken, much like the way that we traditionally market businesses is broken. I say "market" presidents rather than "select" them because the way in which an organization commits to market its products and services can substantially determine the quality of the product it produces and sells.