Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

The CEO as Lead Product Designer. This spirit is exemplified by executives like Akio Toyoda, the CEO of Toyota, who worked his way up the through the ranks from the assembly line. For that, CEOs must move beyond showmanship. Some CEOs do get UX. I taste my car, and if it tastes good, I provide it to the customer."

Leadership 10

Leadership Ries CEO Productivity 10

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 6, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Last week, legendary brand positioning expert Al Ries weighed in on Starbucks reported desire to move away from its powerful ‘specialist’ strategy. During that exciting era, I had the pleasure of spending half a day with Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in Seattle. © 2011 In the CEO Afterlife.

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Ries Brand Hammer Marketing Strategy 122

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Eric Ries has recently become fond of saying, "Entrepreneurship is not cool, it's not sexy and it's totally uncomfortable. But let's not swing the pendulum too far in the other direction and spread the delusion that starting a company is something anyone can do to get rich and famous quickly.

Entrepreneur 18

Entrepreneur Ries Hammer Technology 18

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Eric Ries has recently become fond of saying, "Entrepreneurship is not cool, it's not sexy and it's totally uncomfortable. But let's not swing the pendulum too far in the other direction and spread the delusion that starting a company is something anyone can do to get rich and famous quickly.

Entrepreneur 18

Entrepreneur Ries Hammer Technology 18

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2013

Every business-to-business CEO and CMO I've met — most of whom came of age prior to the social media era — is trying to understand how to leverage social media to grow their business. They want to understand Twitter. They want reports on their Klout scores.

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Ries Brand Early Adopters Media 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Over the past few years, Eric Ries ' lean start-up movement has gained meaningful traction in the entrepreneurial community. Alfred Sloan, the late CEO of General Motors, was known for his focus on maximizing return on investment (ROI). Transfer pricing inside a company is already a complex issue. Test to learn. Use your brain.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company ROI Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. GE is an icon of management best practices. But, as befits a company that has been around for 130 years, GE is moving on.

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Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2014

When CEOs set out to conquer new markets or undertake billion-dollar acquisitions, we’d hope they’d at least sought out some consensus from their trusted advisors. Consensus is a powerful tool. We hope they’d be as sure as possible that their teams are ready, that their strategies are sound, and that they’d done their diligence.

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Consensus Innovation Company Ries 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

Ned Barnholt is the former CEO of Agilent Technologies, the measurement company, and these days he's one of the more respected executives in Silicon Valley. To borrow a phrase from Silicon Valley thought leader and author Eric Ries , they "achieved a failure." HP rise had been remarkable. Their ideas made sense. But they still failed.

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Ries Agility Market Segmentation Christensen 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

The Lean Start-Up movement, as exemplified in Eric Ries' book The Lean Start-Up , has appropriately focused a great deal of attention on the hard decisions and techniques required to create a company from nothing. I have been thinking lately about how hard it is to scale start-ups.

P&L 13

P&L Lewin EBITDA Ries 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

In 2010, one of us was sitting in a room at the Harvard Business School with Eric Ries and a number of budding entrepreneurs. The language has been widely adopted, and that includes some folks who haven''t yet had the chance to read Ries'' work or digest the ideas behind it. One of these young entrepreneurs in particular stood out.

Company 9

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

To generate new growth, CEOs must stop thinking of themselves as chief managers and start thinking of themselves as refounders. When Nadella took over the CEO role in 2014, he immediately began refocusing the company on growth. While these tactics are necessary and useful, when used alone they serve merely as Band-Aids to the problem.

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CEO Consensus Management Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

We understand how a CEO might come to such a conclusion. differ­ent risk cate­go­ries (incremental improvements versus speculative ventures); and differ­ent time horizons. ” In our experience, there aren’t many CEOs who think that systemically about making innovation a ubiquitous capability.

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Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8