Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2017

When I was in graduate school, I once heard Bill George tell a story about how he’d highlight both patients and employees at the Medtronic annual meeting when he was CEO. Corporate accountants can connect themselves mentally to the larger work of their organizations and take pride and purpose in the customers they help.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Corporate Accountability Article Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

boss, Ina Drew , the former head of their unit in of the bank's, the Chief Investment Office (CIO); and CEO Jamie Dimon, to whom the CIO reported who oversaw the CIO. Although the media has spoken loosely about a company "clawing back" pay, there are, in fact, different ways to hold responsible individuals to financial account.

CIO 8

CIO Committee Risk Management Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

Heins, the new CEO of Research in Motion (RIM), has been plucked from the company's relatively obscure COO position to fill the giant shoes of two longtime co-CEOs as they depart at the behest of angry investors. For RIM, is it the small base of application developers, or the lack of a handful of key applications?

Strategy 14

Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

Sustainable Development Goals forecast to generate market opportunities of over $12 trillion a year by 2030 (and that’s considered a conservative estimate). But the TBL wasn’t designed to be just an accounting tool. But success or failure on sustainability goals cannot be measured only in terms of profit and loss. .”

TBL 11

TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

Incapable of raising the top line through organic growth, corporations turn to managerial and financial tricks to please shareholders. Boards incentivize CEOs to increase short-term profits by any means necessary, even if it means defunding research and development labs and personnel whose value creation may be a few years off.

Technology 8

Technology Short-term Long-term Creativity 8