Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

That’s a shame because the aviation industry as a whole still continues to be an industry model for how to operate with extremely high reliability despite having a highly fragmented set of organizational entities. The biggest challenge for companies when it comes to operational excellence is siloed behavior. Recall how the U.S.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

By any category analysis or analytical standard blogging has obviously developed into a powerful communication medium. I’m also not a fan of going to a blog to read third party news, press or the re-blogging of someone else’s information published for no other reason then to boost their search engine rankings.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 18, 2011

As a leader], you—not the IT department, nor the VP of IT, nor the chief information officer (CIO)—must understand, drive and be accountable for how technology is structured in order to reach the strategic goals of the operation….Technology Younger generations will not operate like the current generation of leaders ….If

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

At the same time, members of the C-suite are measuring their potential impact using different metrics — financial, regulatory, technical, operational — leading to conflicting assessments. Outside cybersecurity experts can help develop the plan.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Yet now, with Innovation Engineering – a data-driven, reliable system for creating fresh ideas and successfully turning them into reality – companies can transform innovation from a random act to a reliable science. Innovation Engineering methods and tools are designed to engage both left and right brain thinkers.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2013

The only way it can happen: marketing, IT, operations, and human resources functions must collaborate in unprecedented ways. Now when you enter these questions in a search engine, River Pools web pages appear prominently. Developing customer trust requires managing interactions sensitively in an environment of increased transparency.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Companies that operate as a collection of silos commit the cardinal sin of underperforming relative to the resources they have invested. Daimler's engineers in Germany could not work with their Chrysler counterparts in Detroit , leading to the sale of the latter at a loss of some $35 billion. Under-collaboration.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

Start by developing a strategy across the entire enterprise that includes a clear understanding of what you hope to accomplish and how success will be measured. Once they addressed those needs, the company was able to use the great platform to achieve significant savings in operating costs. Insight Center. Putting Data to Work.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

Since 2011, General Electric has publicly stated it would spend more than $1 billion on developing sensors, wireless devices, and related software to install on its aircraft engines, power turbines, locomotive trains and other machinery. Operations in a Connected World. The CIO of HP Inc., Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

But platforms and networks can be developed in many different ways. Consider how Nest is networking its thermostats, smoke alarms, and cameras to create home security solutions, or how Caterpillar and GE are each networking their equipment and engines to save millions in maintenance costs. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2017

In my experience with dozens of organizations implementing IoT solutions, those that achieved their expected ROI changed their traditional business approaches in one or more of the following ways: They Developed a Partner Ecosystem. The essence of IoT is interconnectivity. The reason? These groups must work together.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

This perspective created the industrial economy lens through which most managers perceive their operations. A presentation developed for a conference does not produce much value until it is actually presented, an event which may occur weeks or months after the document is completed. Technology investments work the same way.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2014

IBM saw these online social systems for investing in new ventures and decided they would like to develop a similar system internally for selecting innovative projects. Given the success of the program in 2013, IBM’s CIO decided to invest $7 million to expand iFundIT in 2014. Decision making Operations'

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