Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare. What do you think?

COO 12

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Bob Smith (not his real name), source of the quote and Chief Operating Officer at Otis Elevator, knows that elevators tend to remain well under the radar screen until they break. In the global economy, can analytic practitioners be hugely successful in their careers while going unnoticed?

Magazine 52

Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

We are witnessing an unprecedented transformation of the health care industry. Many physicians and nurses excel at operations management because it requires the same kind of detail and complexity that is required to effectively manage a large clinical load. Leadership development Operations management Healthcare'

Execution 8

Execution Skills Health Care Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

This meant abandoning IBM's existing organization, in which product silos and geographic entities operated independently and frequently were more competitive than collaborative. Palmisano could not have succeeded at placing values at the center of IBM's operations without strong principles of his own. Directness. When the U.S.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

This ultimately required greater centralization and limiting local operator flexibility and discretion. Nate Silver on Finding a Mentor, Teaching Yourself Statistics, and Not Settling in Your Career. Decision making Failure Information & technology' A Predictive Analytics Primer. Beware Big Data’s Easy Answers.

Hotels 10

Hotels Yield Management Discount Price 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The internet has dramatically changed the way companies operate. Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. To figure out how to effectively integrate software robots and digitization, executives can take some cues from the automotive industry. The Next Analytics Age. Sponsored by SAS.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

We''ve all met managers who say things like, "I''ve been working in this industry twenty-five years and I''ve seen it all. The near-certain results are processes, operations, and teams that are increasingly out-of-date. This may be difficult, especially if you''ve hand-picked your management team and their careers depend on you.

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Information Analysis Quality 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. Even technology, information technology, you know, they’ve invested in treating that as a tier-one asset.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2012

Bell Labs led fundamental work in physics, information theory, computing, wireless telephony, and quality control that underpins much of today's economy. I started my career as what would now be called a data analyst, focused on network performance, essentially trying to get more bits from calling to called party.

Organization 14

Organization Wireless Diversity Quality 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Vendors have also worked hard to create entire job functions and career paths centered around their software. Don’t be dazzled by the draw of another favorite industry buzzword, the “ data lake.” As you progress in using data in operational and strategic applications, organizational changes will be inevitable.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Software CIO Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work. His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2017

Sponsored by DXC Technology. Companies deploying IoT successfully in industrial sectors such as manufacturing, oil and gas, mining, and transportation are seeking multiple agile partners with open IP architectures to co-create solutions. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide. How the best companies get up to speed. The reason?

Succession 8

Succession ROI Technology Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

I had worked for several businesses during my career by that time that had become conglomerates, some fairly large, and then had divested themselves of various businesses. And so, ironically, the bundlers of that era were operating probably illegally, in the way that they were forcing the bundle and then price-fixing the bundle.

How To 14

How To Technology Industry Venture Capitalist 14