Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This emotional shutoff valve could make him callous, but it also made him a risk-seeking innovator. “He Entrepreneurs are actually not risk takers,” says X.com CFO Roelof Botha. A maniacal sense of urgency is our operating principle,” he repeatedly declared. It made his engineers engage in first-principles thinking.

CFO 350

CFO Sharpe Engineering Learning-by-Doing 350

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Special guest blog post by Don Esch, President of Bettcher Industries of his story at BW-Center For Innovation & Growth 's Innovation Summit. In meat plants, tens of thousands of operators are “whizzing” meat products everyday in over sixty countries around the world.

Succession 70

Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

This ongoing struggle raises an issue that is endemic in such acquisitions: In search of innovation, big companies often buy other companies whose most innovative days are almost at an end. An acquirer looking for innovation would have been likelier to try to buy Gateway, a company that is almost an after-thought now.

Innovation 12

Innovation Company Biotechnology CFO 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

However, many investors seem to have concluded that the most successful companies with tens of billions of dollars of valuation today could never have justified their valuation at the start of their operation based on discounted cash flow. So, investors, and therefore managers, might be adjusting their approach to risk accordingly.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The world's biggest and fastest search engine can't help but generate terabytes and petabytes of actionable investment intelligence. In fact, Google chief economist Hal Varian (and other economists and forecasters) already use the search engine's data and analytics to predict economic futures.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Three years later, GE hired veteran software engineer Ganesh Bell to be chief digital officer of GE Power and Water. Domain expertise at an automaker includes things like mechanics, telematics, structural engineering, design, and so on. Many such leaders are relatively young and highly sought after. Make the tough calls on people.

Short-term 8

Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Banner’s leaders used its G&A success to extend the optimization program to its clinical operations, starting with Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, the system’s flagship teaching hospital in Phoenix. Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth. Leading Health Care Innovation.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8