Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This year's AGM was a testament to the dedication and commitment of our members, as they gathered to discuss and reflect on the events and activities of the past year and to look ahead to the forthcoming year. We’ll have to keep learning and adapting to new technologies and working practices emerge.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Committee Hotels Webinar 52

Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

Instead, longevity is based on entrepreneurial thinking and innovation – in exploring ways to adapt corporate and business strategies in response to market, technological, and social and cultural change. In the meantime, the firm and supply chain invest heavily in the product or service offering, in hopes of luring customers.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Real Estate Resistance Competitive Advantage 52

Strategy Driven

APRIL 10, 2020

All managers and leaders recognize that one of their most critical tasks is to develop the skills and competencies of their people. Whichever sector, business, or business-cycle, managers and leaders should develop their people now more than ever. Ride-alongs should be Standard Operating Procedure, and managers should ensure that.

Supply Chain 66

Supply Chain Operations Video Sports 66

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Has your advocacy helped inspire other companies to grow and develop this stream of employee health and well-being initiatives? Donna Morris: Walmart has long been committed to the growth and development of our associates to support our customers and enable long-term business success.

Environment 98

Environment Diversity Leadership Supply Chain 98

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

But when leaders can admit ‘it's okay to not be okay’ and that all of us – even them – experience challenges, it allows the team to rally together, support one another and become resilient together.” -- Nathan Magnuson, Corporate Leadership Development Consultant, Facilitator, Coach and author of, Stand Out!

How To 94

How To Uncertainty Long-term Supply Chain 94

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

For Work Management and Supply Chain leaders, areas of potential savings lie with… Executive Briefing Cost Reduction Opportunity: Risk Assurance Maps. Bechtel tapped to work with GE Hitachi on DOE’s Virtual Test Reactor Bechtel has been selected to work with GE Hitachi to develop the U.S. Meanwhile, PaR Systems.

Execution 50

Execution Supply Chain Energy Banking 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2011

Countless companies have reconfigured their supply chains to reflect the latest strategy, only to discover that committing to these "best practices" exposed them to unexpected risks later. MIT Professor David Simchi-Levi says companies need find new ways of managing their supply chains by using a segmentation strategy.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Webinar Price Globalization 8

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

As an essential prerequisite, compliance demonstrates a commitment to adherence and propriety. These initiatives entail more than mere box-checking; they spotlight an organization’s commitment to pursuing high-quality performance, enhancing reputation, and achieving long-term success.

Compliance 235

Compliance Efficiency Ethics Metrics 235

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

But when leaders can admit ‘it's okay to not be okay’ and that all of us – even them – experience challenges, it allows the team to rally together, support one another and become resilient together.” -- Nathan Magnuson, Corporate Leadership Development Consultant, Facilitator, Coach and author of, Stand Out!

How To 65

How To Leadership Uncertainty Long-term 65

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But when leaders can admit ‘it's okay to not be okay’ and that all of us – even them – experience challenges, it allows the team to rally together, support one another and become resilient together.” -- Nathan Magnuson, Corporate Leadership Development Consultant, Facilitator, Coach and author of, Stand Out!

Leadership 65

Leadership Uncertainty Long-term Supply Chain 65

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. How can AI and future technology aid, rather than impair, inclusion?

Policies 121

Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Instead, our interviews found a willingness to let organizational forms and structures evolve naturally, developing in line with the identity of the enterprise. The functional departments, instead of managing projects, focus on learning and development and specialized guidance for the relevant staff assigned to capabilities.

Development 8

Development Supply Chain Incentives Outsourcing 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

There are some pitfalls too that require strategic resolutions: It’s all technology : The core that drives an online marketplace business is pure technology. From the marketplace software to web-hosting, content delivery networks, third party APIs, and compliance with the laws, everything is driven by technology.

Retail 116

Retail Supply Chain Software Marketing 116

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

Most big corporations follow global development trends. That is the reactive approach to economic development. CEOs are proactively engaging with emerging market government to spur economic development and create opportunities for their companies. They are playing development to win. General Electric is a good example.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Subway just joined a growing list of companies (including, again, McDonald’s) committing to buy mainly antibiotic-free meat. All generations have access to more technology and businesses are raising the bar on what they expect from their supply chains. ” This is clean-label investing. What’s its purpose?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Brand Metrics Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Just look at Uber to understand the importance of diversity and product safety or at car manufacturers scrambling to develop a competitive advantage in electric cars as countries seek to decarbonize their economics and fight pollution. In both cases, social and environmental metrics matter for the business’s financial success.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Asset Management Chemicals Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Meanwhile, new technologies are making it easier for sustainability investments to pay off in the middle to long term. Fortunately, the business case for sustainability is broad , if not always easy to measure: A strong commitment to sustainability can boost a company’s reputation with customers and employees.

Execution 11

Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

In fact, the relentless drive to embrace digital technologies has been ongoing for many decades. What also seems to have been forgotten are the lessons from these earlier attempts to leverage IT (remember that IT is a digital technology). If those linkages cannot be developed, then those investments should not be pursued.

Tools 8

Tools Supply Chain CRM Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In the developed world, we enjoy better medicines, connectivity, and mobility than most of us could have imagined even 20 years ago. And there is an increasing fear that technology could make matters worse by displacing jobs on a large scale. The same goes for technology.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2020

There are some pitfalls too that require strategic resolutions: It’s all technology : The core that drives an online marketplace business is pure technology. From the marketplace software to web-hosting, content delivery networks, third party APIs, and compliance with the laws, everything is driven by technology.

Supply Chain 75

Supply Chain Retail Software Marketing 75

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Seeking to extend its technological edge (particularly in miniaturization), it acquired more than 100 startup companies while pursuing a vast portfolio of research and product development projects. ” Develop corporate plasticity. In 2006 alone, Nokia introduced 39 new mobile-device models.

Strategy 13

Strategy Company How To Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

He said that the EU had set aside €650 million to fund innovative ways to change consumers’ usage of raw materials, reduce electronic and food waste, develop new recycling techniques, come up with new construction materials and new ways of using old ones, and create new energy sources out of waste. Rent instead of sell.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Chemicals Engineering Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

It’s big news and a very good start, but the deal has a major flaw: the commitments will not keep the world from warming 1.5 For example, China committed to implement a carbon cap and trade system , Britain said it would phase out coal plants by 2025, and President Obama vetoed the Keystone pipeline. In the U.S.,

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2018

The term “digital firms” refers to those companies that from their inception have focused on digital services enabled by the internet and related technologies, including mobile. imposing technological platforms developed for the U.S. failure to develop and communicate business strategies effectively.

Competitive Advantage 10

Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology Marketing 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2014

Some old technologies, after being rendered obsolete by better and cheaper alternatives (indeed even after whole industries based on them have been decimated), manage to “re-emerge” to the point that they sustain healthy businesses. Who are these makers if not the revivers of dying or, in some cases, long extinct technologies?

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Supply Chain Technology Parcell 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

This time, nearly every country is entering the discussions with a legitimate commitment to cut carbon. And while the live negotiations are important, the key discussions, those within each country to decide what it could commit to, happened months ago. Things are very different today. For example, the U.S.

Conference 8

Conference Supply Chain Commitment Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

Many conversations about data and analytics (D&A) start by focusing on technology. A robust, successful D&A function encompasses more than a stack of technologies, or a few people isolated on one floor of the building. What’s the best way to build effective D&A capabilities? Jumpstart process and cost efficiency?

Organization 8

Organization How To Supply Chain Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Information & technology Leadership Strategy' Strategy-making can now happen in real time.

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2016

Some governments—especially in low and middle-income countries—sign agreements as a means for commitment. When companies join supply chains, they require assurances that their property rights will be respected. These governments see economic reform as a prerequisite for growth. The effects of trade agreements.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Policies Globalization Politics 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Companies are increasingly more concerned about their human capital than about business issues like sourcing, supply chain and location. Fortunately, new technologies and services deliver education flexibly, giving America new opportunities with "Education 2.0." Encourage the development of talent ecosystems.

Skills 17

Skills Six Sigma Supply Chain Education 17

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Marketing technology, automation, and advanced analytics techniques have now reached the level where effective personalization at scale is possible. A series of virtual “pipes” feed response data from customer interactions into the CDP to develop better statistical and event-based models (e.g., Sales & Marketing.

Marketing 8

Marketing Content Supply Chain CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Businesses from top global firms to main street staples are looking into a future driven by new technology capabilities. These new capabilities connect to the work we’ve done over the past several decades inside our enterprises to automate processes with tools — such as accounting systems, supply chain, call center, and such.

Agility 65

Agility Banking Supply Chain CTO 65

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Sustainable businesses are redefining the corporate ecosystem by designing models that create value for all stakeholders, including employees, shareholders, supply chains, civil society, and the planet.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The list of actions companies take is well-developed and documented, and most large companies do the following: Slash energy use and emissions in operations. Engage employees, through awards and incentives, to innovate, find operational savings, and develop products that cut customers’ emissions as well. What should they do ?

Efficiency 12

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2014

This is particularly common in brand, supply chain, and R&D departments in large consumer packaged goods companies. A notable example I witnessed was when a VP of R&D was bent on using a new machine technology that made ingredients inside a package look twisted like a chocolate and vanilla soft serve ice cream.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Software B2B Brand 8