Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The new president thought Cellairis should not only sell accessories, it should sell wireless phone service as well. Skouras, the company’s CEO, thought that sounded like a swell idea. People shopping for cell phone cases were natural customers for a wireless service provider. After nine months, AMP’d filed for bankruptcy.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2013

People will continue to debate Procter & Gamble''s move to replace CEO Bob McDonald with his immediate predecessor A.G. Where was its leadership bench? Is the problem that P&G produces outstanding specialists in marketing but not general managers who can run the business? Is P&G no longer an academy company?

Succession 8

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

In 1933, General Motors President and CEO Alfred Sloan established the automobile industry’s first full-time consumer research department under the direction of Henry “Buck” Weaver, a pioneer in market-based decision making. As with any new endeavor, we have been learning as we go. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Sensors, the cloud, mobile and broadband wireless, and other such technologies are increasing the flow of digitized information exponentially. The result is the reconstitution or destruction of industries, creation of new market spaces, and reshaping of old industry ecosystems. This is not guesswork.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

It gives the CEO a breather until the company has to return to exploration to restock its supply of radical ideas. Visionary leadership is also about helping the company overcome inertia so that it can shift effectively from one frame of mind to another when the time comes.

Innovation 8

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2014

The Mississippi-born former IBM salesman, FedEx COO, and CEO of AT&T Wireless and Netscape Communications argues that funny sayings, especially if they involve animals, stick with people in a way that PowerPoint strategy slides usually don’t. So, it’s not just the fighter, it’s the terrain that they’re on, the market they’re in.

Advice 8

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Medtronic used business model innovation to enter markets formerly out of its reach. It follows in the footsteps of Vodafone ( M-Pesa mobile payment service in Africa ), Dow Corning (Xiameter online channel), and Hilti (tool fleet management services) as a market leader using a new model to power growth.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

Huawei’s revenue from overseas markets exceeded that from the Chinese market for the first time in 2005. For example, when Huawei expanded their 3G market in Europe, they noticed that European carriers expected base stations to be more compact, easier to install, greener, and more energy efficient, while offering wider coverage.

Succession 8

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