Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

Consider three critical mega-trends: resource constraints and rising commodity prices; climate change and extreme weather; and radical, technology-driven transparency. McKinsey, for example, recently outlined the “new organizational capabilities” that chemical companies should develop to deal with frequent oil price shocks.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. ” Improving risk management. Fostering innovation. billion in mining projects since 2010. In 2005, they launched a U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Many business leaders are fond of the spurious Peter Drucker quote that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” Companies should also learn from innovators in other markets, considering how those metrics might translate to their own businesses. Mismeasurement can lead to mismanagement. Unit sales don’t.”

Metrics 8

Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

At the hoary age of 128, it had already beat the odds twice over when it lost its place to chemical maker LyondellBasell at close of trading this year on September 4 th. Under Wood, Sears became a pioneer in using demographic and economic trends to anticipate customer demand.

Retail 8

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

So, rather than take up valuable list real estate with these perennial favorites and big-picture drivers, I'll quickly list them in one big bucket of mega-trends: The rise of the consumer around the world, related to. Here's the rest of my top 10 stories, with callouts for companies and examples that typify the trend.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

While there's much chatter in the management world about the need to be adaptable, only a few creative companies and innovative managers have probed the natural world for its adaptability secrets. Adaptability is the power to detect and respond to change in the world, no matter how surprising or inconvenient it may be.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Real Estate Brand Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

According to executives surveyed by the Collaborative, access to difficult-to-find technical or functional expertise, speed, flexibility, and innovation are the top five drivers of using talent outside your organization. How talent management is changing. Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.

Agility 8

Agility Development Workshop Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

more competitive prices, more localized products) and improve their risk management and operational efficiency. And 45% said that they need to bring new innovations into Sub-Saharan Africa to support their strategic objectives in the next three years. We’ve identified three key areas that need to change: Demand creation.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation Contingency Plans Policies Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It’s not yet clear what Trump’s election means for issues that impact companies’ efforts to manage environmental and social issues. One energy hog, the IT sector, has managed to level off energy use in data centers. days of innovation). Trump Shocked the World. Levi’s Shared What It Knows about Water.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8