Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

Large cities like New York and Los Angeles, as well as leading tech and knowledge hubs like Seattle and San Francisco, have experienced gentrification, economic segregation, and a disappearing middle class. One of us is an urban theorist, the other a community-focused real estate developer. We think cities can do better.

Real Estate 12

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 12

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

While I think I’ve come a long way on that journey, I never fully understood what it takes to be a world-class communicator until I read Nancy Duarte’s Resonate. Think about it this way: You likely spend countless hours collaborating and innovating to put forth really good ideas. Thanks, Nancy!”

Tips 62

Tips Audience Newsletter Armstrong 62

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

For example, as it grew, Facebook found that its early “move fast and break things” culture had to be funneled into focused technical teams and product groups to make its product development process faster and less erratic, and for it to have a chance of meeting the demands of its new public shareholders following its IPO.

Banking 12

Banking Strategy Film Operations 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

Remember the scene in the first Austin Powers film where Powers, attempting to escape in a steamroller, warns one of Dr. Evil''s henchman to move out of its path? A large pharmaceutical firm, for example, was about to make a big bet on a new class of drugs. Develop scenarios of how the world might look five or ten years from now.

Industry 8

Industry Pharmaceuticals Disruptive Innovation Strategic Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

and other developed markets? You may think this is an issue for tomorrow—when Chinese firms are known for being innovators instead of imitators, and when their overseas investments are not limited to natural resources in Africa and Latin America. But what happens when China goes West?

Automotive 8

Automotive Long-term Operations Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

To survive and thrive with the conflicting demands of performance excellence and constrained resources, SFO has developed a highly structured organization. Zena and Madhav challenged them to put on the event in just two weeks, by the end of the class, which was far sooner than the SFO staff thought possible. The audience loved it.

Audience 8

Audience Brainstorming Project Class 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2017

This has become a real issue, as evidenced by the $150 million class action law suit that Spotify is currently wrestling with. Napster was an innovative idea that made music more accessible to music lovers. Where would this new music ecosystem “live”?

Licensing 8

Licensing Creativity Taylorism Taylor 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2017

To Foster Innovation, Connect Coworkers Who Share Aspirations. Researchers filmed these simulations and had objective judges evaluate them. How to Handle a Colleague Who’s a Jerk When the Boss Isn’t Around. Amy Jen Su. Celia de Anca and Salvador Aragón. Upbeat Music Can Make Employees More Cooperative. Kevin Kniffin.

Cooper 8

Cooper Hammer Training Film 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2018

LaunchCode has worked with 5,000 students in recent years, and placed 1,000 of them into tech-sector apprenticeships or as direct hires earning more than $50,000 a year as front-end, back-end, full-stack, or mobile developers. Of those hires, 50% were previously unemployed and 37% are people of color.

Incubator 8

Incubator Company Technology Attrition 8