Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2011

For those of us not in operations, supply chain, or logistics, it's a vaguely familiar line item we learned about in finance class. If we could permanently reduce the amount of product sitting idle, we'd save money, energy, and material. We know it's important and that we're supposed to reduce it by increasing "turns.".

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Energy Supply Chain Operations Benchmarking 11

Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

It’s how you achieve those goals that matters most in terms of time, expense and energy. Take a class, attend a seminar, learn a new skill or volunteer for a favorite cause. You don’t need more than three to five goals to stay on track and move your business to the next level. Ask yourself, “How do I want people to think about me?”

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Press Release Discount PR Long-term 157

Chris Brady

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Leadership is the force that prevents the mob tendencies of any group of people and instead channels those energies into productive alignment.     A mob of people is one of the most dangerous and heartless entities on earth. And this leadership can come from any and all levels.

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Team Letter Blog Sports 104

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Wealthy consumers can enjoy luxury brands, world-class restaurants, and high-end automobiles. But the middle class remains overlooked. And that middle class is surging. A recent OECD study projected that spending by Asian middle class consumers will have grown from $4.9 trillion in 2009 to more than $30 trillion in 2020.

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Trends Innovation Govindarajan Class 15

Chris Brady

JULY 11, 2010

Light is the load of a leader who understands that almost anything can be accomplished if enough focus of energy, desire, concentration, talent, effort, perseverance, time, and toil is applied. Focus - heavy is the load for the leader who is unable to focus and prioritize accordingly.

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Travel Hotels Commitment Blog 118

Chris Brady

JANUARY 2, 2011

" Still others view it as a valid goal and extend all sorts of energy in pursuit of it. and a Winner Announced! » January 02, 2011 The Wasting of Your Life There seems to be no limit to the number of varying interpretations of how one is to view the concept of "wealth.

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Rogers Short-term Blog Letter 124

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2018

She had launched her career 12 years earlier with no connections — she just picked up a camera and started making small-budget films, including one she financed out of her own savings account. DuVernay, 44 at the time, had overcome many challenges to reach that moment. Fourth, you can make your own rules.

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Film Engineering Budgeting Energy 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

The risks in lower energy prices have a lot more to do with sustainability of some of the governments around the world that are really dependent on commodity revenues for their own legitimacy and power. The growth and energy demand in China is immense. They’re not going to stop doing that because energy prices are low.

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Price Energy Constraint Marketing 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. Class is always in session for me. What’s interesting is that the best leaders proactively focus on looking for game changers. coming out for the holidays. I try and learn something from every exchange.

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Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 379

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2013

But after hearing Fastow speak twice to my Financial Statement Accounting class and reviewing independent evidence, I think I have good idea. Were the rating agencies aware of Enron''s oft-maligned financing structures? The financing structures built to protect Enron in just such an event were unwound. Ethics Failure Finance'

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Price Credit Rating Finance Chief Financial Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2014

The trillion-dollar number is not random: The International Energy Agency (IEA) has estimated that the world needs to pour $36 trillion of investment into the clean economy between now and 2050 in order to keep the planet below the critical warming threshold of 3.6 Economy Finance Sustainability' degrees Fahrenheit (2 o C).

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Discounted Cash Flow NGO Conference Banking 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

At Ford Motor Company, building world-class software engineering capabilities has become a strategic imperative. And a new ecosystem of finance, insurance, energy, infotainment and maintenance services has emerged based on the data-driven, app economy. Building world-class software is not a core competence for most automakers.

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Company Insurance Engineering Software 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Resource allocation: i ncubating a protected class of ideas. Knowing that today’s operations will almost always win the lion’s share of resources, you need to consciously create a protected class of innovative ideas to invest in, even if money is tight. Says Comstock, “You have to believe that energy storage has a big future.”

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Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

Similarly, you don't have to be an energy company or pulp and paper producer to focus on those resources; all companies use water, energy, and paper. We were building social capital, but we didn't have a way to tell our shareholders — or be held accountable to keep doing it. But few are held accountable.

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Social Capital Report Finance Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

One reason for the paltry performance is that while other business areas, like sales or finance, are considered to be core functions, innovation is often considered to be something that’s “nice to have” rather than essential. So instead of seeking out a broad class of customers, you need to build for the few, not the many.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Chris Brady

DECEMBER 13, 2010

With humor, wisdom and insight, Tony engaged us with lively comments and interactive learning methods covering eight essential aspects of our lives and the lives of all those for whom we work: Faith, Finances, Family, Fitness, Friendship, Fun, Following and Freedom. Here are comments on the evening’s messages: 1.With

Open-book 124

Open-book Learning-by-Doing Travel Blog 124

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

That's why I think the best thing we can do is to lead by example by making this not the focus of our energies, which I personally believe is more decisive than anything, and demonstrate instead how much more we thrive when we openly embrace and utilize our inherent diversity to our advantage. Perception sets the stage for cognition.

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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

in a garret somewhere" would "outline an ideology of the future that could provide a realistic path toward a world with healthy middle-class societies and robust democracies.". Now he's wondering which liberal democracy, and clearly leaning toward one that's more about "a flourishing middle class" than the bottom line.

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Consultative Porter Management Press Release 14

Chris Brady

JULY 19, 2010

Of the paintings we know of, such as the Mona Lisa,he worked on them off and on for years, most experts agreeing that the artitself shows the weaknesses of such a lackadaisical methodology.

Blog 112

Blog Leadership Real Estate Letter 112

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Your time and your energy are your most valuable resources. Disentangle yourself from the Byzantine bickering of the professional managerial class. Most companies have a professional managerial class that absorbs way too much time and energy and distracts CEOs—and others—from focusing on customers and the front line.

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CEO Class Chief Executive Officer Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

For years, those of us who study business innovation have been thrilled by the results and influence of Muhammad Yunus , Grameen Bank, and the idea that one powerful way to fight poverty is to make small loans to villagers (mainly women) who have tons of energy but no access to capital. I hope the only people harmed are speculators.".

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Venture Capitalist Innovation Rogers Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

degrees Celsius, all countries — rich and poor — need to rapidly transition to a low-carbon economy powered by renewable energy. M-PESA is now enabling other disruptive business models in sectors like energy. Climate change is a clear and present danger to all of humanity. To keep the rise of global temperatures below 1.5

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Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Germany does a better job on innovation in areas as diverse as sustainable energy systems, molecular biotech, lasers, and experimental software engineering. has the world’s most sophisticated system of financing radical ideas, and the results have been impressive, from Google to Facebook to Twitter. or China should get the gold medal.

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Innovation GDP Telecommunications Industry 15

Chris Brady

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

It teases us into wasting our time and energies toward its attainment, when all along It is not our highest aspiration, though we may think it is. Scam Orrin Woodward and Me out of a free book!) | Main | Reading for Lifetime Growth » November 30, 2010 The Pursuit of Happiness "Don't make that face!

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Blog Long-term Learning-by-Doing Open-book 125

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Our data show that MBA students are flocking to classes to learn the art of social entrepreneurship. Matt Ellis at CBRE, a global leader in real estate services, is designing financing structures that will provide capital for clients' energy efficiency initiatives.

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Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2017

For example, by designing a new cloud-based customer service platform, within nine months a power company could go head-to-head with an internet service provider that had started to sell electricity alongside Wi-Fi services and cheaply financed cars. Shanghai: Starting from Scratch.

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Planning Agility System Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

More entrepreneurs are thinking small, because the costs to starting a company have fallen so dramatically that there is now a whole new class of entrepreneurs creating companies. I see people building productivity apps who have never heard of GTD, or more importantly Energy Management. These founders don't want to change to world.

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Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

More entrepreneurs are thinking small, because the costs to starting a company have fallen so dramatically that there is now a whole new class of entrepreneurs creating companies. I see people building productivity apps who have never heard of GTD, or more importantly Energy Management. These founders don't want to change to world.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

Our audacious challenge was followed by a spirited effort, in a series of HBR blog posts by experts in design, energy, finance and urban planning, to answer the following questions: How can organic, self-built slums be turned into livable housing? How can world-class engineering and design capabilities be utilized to solve the problem?

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Govindarajan Construction Workshop Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

Let's take a closer look at each: Technologies: Rather than placing big bets on scaling up existing technology classes (a game any democracy would be hard pressed to win against China), government could help catalyze future waves of technologies by placing small bets designed to prove the technical feasibility of various emerging approaches.

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Disruptive Innovation Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

Last year, Citi produced a powerful study of the costs and benefits of shifting the energy system toward low-carbon technologies. Where are your financial assets invested and in what classes? Unchecked climate change, Citi said, could cost the world $72 trillion by the middle of the century.

Cost 8

Cost Real Estate Depreciation Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Strategic options could be found that would recognize that the normal debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing in bankruptcy was not likely to be available in the context of the worst financial crisis in 50 years. So I constantly put the question to my colleagues: Suppose government finance was not an option, what would be the best thing to do?

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Process Uncertainty Analysis Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2015

.” Think about what you like doing… Spend a few days mapping your energy and engagement levels at work every few hours. People often begin to notice obvious peaks and valleys to their days—times when they feel productive and engaged in their work, and other times when their attitude sours and their energy wanes.

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How To Mentor Case Study Career 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Voices against dual-class shares, which violate the principles of corporate democracy and the precept of “one share one vote,” have increased over time. An influential 50-member Investor Stewardship Group (ISG) , overseeing $22 trillion in assets, demands a total elimination of dual-class stock. Who is right?

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Class Maturity IPO Short-term 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Throughout the research, Korn Ferry used our best-in-class CEO benchmark, which comprises typical scores for CEOs (virtually all male) who are in the 99th percentile of work engagement, as a touchstone to highlight similarities and underscore differences for the women in the study. That conversation was a bit of a wake-up call.”

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CEO Benchmarking Mentor Career 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

The country’s urbanized and large middle class has maintained a strong preference for foreign-made products despite restrictions due to U.S. sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. of government revenue was derived from energy in the first half of FY 16. sanctions and a fragile economy.

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Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

This is apparent in India, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is using a collaborative approach to build a national digital highway , partnering with the country’s world-class technology companies in the process. Develop portfolios of financing to offset risk and achieve greater scale.

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Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 10