Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

But in many large companies, the only true general manager is the CEO. Two decades ago, organizations were designed around stand-alone business units, so all managers had to understand finance, technology, manufacturing, sales, marketing, strategy, human resources, and more. But today no one gets that experience.

Management 14

Management P&L Incubator Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Recognizing that the company's command-and-control culture wouldn't work in the 21st century, he defined leadership as leading by values and created a unique collaborative organizational structure. These are the qualities I believe made him the best CEO, so far, of the 21st century: Humility and openness. Directness.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

In the mid-90s as CEO of Medtronic, I was concerned about whether we could sustain the remarkable success in innovation that we had enjoyed during the previous 10 years. Then I read Clay Christensen and Joe Bower's 1995 article "Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave" in HBR.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Christensen Telecommunications Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

Many big organizations even help incubate startups in their industry. For most established players, the technology and skill gaps are intimidating, and it take years of effort to close them. Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric, has decided that GE needs to navigate its own digital transformation. Build it yourself.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Business Model Incubator Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Twenty years ago, Louis Gerstner transformed IBM by emphasizing consulting and technology services — not just technology — to solve customer problems. CEO Ginni Rometty is leading the company into new areas, betting big on its Watson software and cloud computing. How technology is changing the way we work.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Short-term ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

How can these companies overcome the inevitable leadership, organizational, and cultural challenges involved? CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

The first was the difficulty in creating a set of metrics that are aligned with what senior leadership actually cares about. ” Putting a number on that understanding of new markets and technologies — whether it makes sense for one’s employer to enter them, and how — is difficult. Alignment can take a while.

Metrics 8

Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

This should go without saying, but it’s vitally important to develop relationships with the CEO, business unit leaders, and other key executives to understand the company’s strategy, so that the innovation approach and projects you pursue align with overall corporate goals. Innovation Leadership transitions'

Innovation 8

Innovation Planning Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

This intensive customer focus has increased as technology-enabled transparency and online social media accelerate an inexorable flow of market power downstream from suppliers to customers. The clients don’t have to own or maintain the technology. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

We spent time with established digital players, midsize companies (including Box and Palantir), and startups, particularly those focused on FinTech and technology services. We met with leaders at private equity funds, venture capitalists, and incubators, including Andreessen Horowitz and Playground.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2018

chairman and CEO David A. “Our company appreciates the progress we have seen under Prime Minister Abe’s leadership.” Underscoring this concept, Bayer plans to open a incubation lab for life science startups in Kobe later this year to promote partnerships with universities and local research organizations.

Pharmaceuticals 8

Pharmaceuticals Health Care Industry Content 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2017

Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, October 2016. Ginni Rometty, CEO IBM, recently introduced these ‘New Collar’ jobs in an open letter to President-Elect Trump (https://www.ibm.com/blogs/policy/ibm-ceo-ginni-romettys-letter-u-s-president-elect/). . Ultimately, it is strategy rather than technology that will drive value creation.

Positioning 150

Positioning Company Engineering Incubator 150

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

The next few product launches were not nearly as successful and Ed Zander , a CEO who came in during the successful period, was unable to come up with any more hits. Moreover, firms are often investing in venture capital-type organizations with the hope of striking it lucky with a new technology or offer. Take Motorola, for instance.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Restructuring Competitive Advantage Short-term 8