Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

innovation is driven by a can-do spirit and a healthy appetite for risk, with established corporations and startups introducing some of the world’s most important and game-changing technologies. Management in German firms is also much more horizontally organized. In the case of the U.S., Germany and the U.S. Another trait of U.S.

Management 8

Management Market Penetration Innovation Engineering 8

Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Every HR, OD professional, and management consultant should at the very least be aware of their existence, if not well-versed in their ideas and theories. In one of the defining management studies carried out in the 90s, Collins and his team complied a list of 1,435 companies in search of those special few that could truly be called “great.”

Human Resources 100

Human Resources Talent Management Resources Ulrich 100

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2014

I also love Uber as a student (and teacher) of disruptive innovation theory, because the challenges the transportation company is encountering as it seeks to expand into new cities helpfully illustrate how to assess an idea’s disruptive potential. Competition Disruptive innovation' Uber looks solid here, as well.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Disintermediation Business Model Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2014

A recent article in The Economist , citing the work of Ryan Raffaelli at Harvard Business School, points to what it calls a “paradox” in the aftermath of disruptive innovation. Yet the industry will always remain a shadow of its former self, even as the products that disrupted pinball have revenues in the billions.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Supply Chain Technology Parcell 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2015

Stamps.com disrupted traditional mail-processing companies like Pitney Bowes by replacing expensive equipment purchases with an online application and monthly subscriptions. So look for industries where upfront costs are high and new technology could offer similar services with little or no upfront commitment.

B2B 8

B2B Disruptive Innovation Short-term Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Call 2014 the year of innovation. Google Trends reveals that interest in disruptive innovation crept up to peak levels this year. It seems that every time you hop on a quarterly earnings call, the CEO mentions innovation. It’s why venture investors and entrepreneurs tend to be committed for the long haul.

Long-term 11

Long-term Innovation Company IPO 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

It''s not that troubled economies and disruptive innovations inherently shed more jobs than they create; it''s that ongoing global restructuring of markets makes temporary and/or part-time employment more attractive for more organizations. The rise of part time jobs means the absence of full-time commitment.

Human Capital 9

Human Capital Real Estate Human Resources Disruptive Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

What happens to self-image and individual expectations as enterprise definitions of "productively innovative" and "innovatively productive" change? At a certain point, innovation cultures are as much about "credibility" as creativity and ingenuity. That''s why Google presents such a special case.

Innovation 15

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Bottom-up Metrics 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2014

Learn quickly from disruption. This Cup also featured a disruptive innovation: the practice of “foiling.” Likewise, managers make their own luck when they look with fresh eyes at conditions they are facing and refuse to be limited by assumptions. Gather resolve from your setbacks. That stopped us for a month.”

Sports 10

Sports Disruptive Innovation Learning-by-Doing Morale 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2011

There is still a debate in strategy circles about whether it is better to be the first mover or a fast follower, and whether missing out on the first wave of disruptive innovation means falling behind forever. But one thing is certain: Learning from a missed opportunity and then innovating beyond it helps anyone get back in the game.

Wireless 15

Wireless Suri Power Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

More tragically, the group has actually come up with something powerful and novel, but — whoa — someone senior realizes that this could have a disruptive or cannibalizing effect on existing cash cows. The innovators get squashed and the idea is shelved. It can be lethal to organizations trying to be more innovative.

Process 16

Process Innovation Diversity Budgeting 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

After a long and successful run, the theory of disruptive innovation has come under attack of late. In a recent Sloan Management Review article, Dartmouth professor Andrew King asked “ How Useful Is the Theory of Disruptive Innovation? Fortunately, disruptive innovation does not have to.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Christensen Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

A good management team will be dedicated to creating product market fit, otherwise the business will flounder. Investors are involved for the long haul, understanding that startup managers will have to experiment and fail along the way to a successful IPO. Patient capital. But you how do you get there? You can''t just ask for it.

Company 9

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2014

.” In this case, it’s also the scene of a fierce and long-running battle between Apple loyalists and skeptics , joined over the past couple of years by a few activist hedge fund managers badgering the company to give them more money. Apple Disruptive innovation Finance'

Price 8

Price Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

If people don't spend their money and time on the new, it's clear they really aren't committed to actually changing. Instead, we need to embrace fearlessness, turning people loose to create strategies, disruptive innovations, and next-gen business models. The fear that says "that's not my department" or "I didn't get that email."

Resistance 12

Resistance Disruptive Innovation Business Model Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

Advances like 3D printing and EdX, the joint venture between MIT and Harvard, mean that even industrial production and education are seeing disruption, and are also having their own incumbents lead the disruption. There are three levers organizations can pull to keep pace: catalytic roles; culture; and commitment. Commitment.

Industry 8

Industry B2C Agility Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The agenda goes far beyond political activism; it attacks root causes by committing to sustaining an inclusive model of economic growth. Providing access to such goods is often a consequence of competitive business activity and disruptive innovation, which starts with someone creating a simpler, more affordable version of a product.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

Such is the nature of disruptive innovation, whose impact across industries continues to accelerate thanks to exponential improvements in digital and other core technologies. Conducting limited and carefully managed trials will unearth the remaining engineering and policy obstacles to a smooth transition.

Technology 8

Technology Information Technology Wireless Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2012

We addressed the question of how leaders turn great invention into business innovation that generates organic revenue growth. How can you adapt management systems that are used to managing short-term performance to become capable of supporting a "test and learn" approach to innovation? This didn't work well.

Short-term 15

Short-term Long-term Franchising Maturity 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Invariably, each CEO we host recognizes two truths: Digital disruption will reshape their industry in one fashion or another and they must find a way to embrace these changes. The answer may be that the innovator’s dilemma is no longer the only paradox at play in innovation management. The Old Dilemma.

Christensen 8

Christensen Finance Innovation B2B 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2012

We addressed the question of how leaders turn great invention into business innovation that generates organic revenue growth. How can you adapt management systems that are used to managing short-term performance to become capable of supporting a "test and learn" approach to innovation? This didn't work well.

Short-term 11

Short-term Long-term Franchising Maturity 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

In the decades that followed Kodak established a dominant position in the lucrative film business, with its "you push a button, we do the rest" slogan demonstrating its commitment to making photography accessible to the masses. Its rise to prominence began when it launched its affordable Brownie camera in 1900.

Gilbert 15

Gilbert Film Incubator Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2011

A: While many outsiders think of P&G primarily as a marketing machine, the company's $2 billion annual investment in research and development demonstrates its serious commitment to innovation. Unfortunately, many companies starting their innovation journey make just this mistake by overreaching in their initial efforts.

Innovation 14

Innovation Chief Technology Officer Business Model Definition 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2012

There's this complaint: 'I'd love to think and manage for the long term, but Wall Street won't let me.' That's what Procter & Gamble and Unilever are doing when it comes to the epic packaging waste they contribute to, they've committed that none of their packaging will end up in landfill on a posted schedule.

GDP 11

GDP Long-term Meyer Short-term 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2011

They should be calling for AOL to double down — not by increasing Patch's $150M+ yearly cash burn , but by increasing commitment. Patch has the potential to be a truly disruptive business. Investors shouldn't be calling for AOL to back off the business. Consider the market.

Disaggregation 9

Disaggregation Advertising Business Model Engineering 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

Corporations commit the LeBron-on-ice fallacy all the time. A company makes the strategic decision to create a group dedicated to the creation of innovative growth businesses. But he wouldn't necessarily be world-class. It starts innocently.

Sports 14

Sports Christensen Innovation Class 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2011

The agendas may be inchoate and the uprisings chaotic, but the message is clear: the established way of leading, ruling, governing, and managing is not working anymore. Yeaney cites three key benefits: First, the process generated "more creativity, accountability, and commitment." The effect?

COO 12

COO Learning-by-Doing Bureaucracy Strategy 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

But there's a second job that Netflix has started to fulfill for the committed movie buff, the person who says, "I want to be able to watch a lot of movies, and I want to watch the movie that I want to watch when I want to watch it. They're the ones Netflix has managed to upset right now. And with good reason.

Strategy 10

Strategy Christensen Price Engineering 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Steve Jobs’ successors are at least an order of magnitude more credible as disruptive innovators than the heirs of Ford and Sloan. But the better and more challenging question is, how would the automotive industry’s incumbents respond to genuinely disruptive competition? Don’t bet against him.

Automotive 8

Automotive Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

When Smith stepped into the job as CEO, he was committed to moving the company from shrink-wrapped software to cloud-connected services that were social, mobile and global. Cook founded Intuit 30 years ago, committed to improving people’s lives. Disruptive innovation Leadership Organizational culture' Cook said. “We

Innovation 8

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Christensen Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2017

Each year business leaders commit to an overall revenue growth target, but the reality is that growth within a business is often very uneven. Dave Calhoun, former vice chair at General Electric and now senior managing director at Blackstone, says that it’s better to double down on your winners than to invest in fixing the losers.

Marketing 8

Marketing KPI Company Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2012

The key was Roshan's sustained commitment to on-the-job training of Afghans. Truly game-changing institutional innovations are unlikely to come about from internalizing the rules and making the moves that allowed others to win.

Innovation 15

Innovation Chief Technology Officer Engineering Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

A member of the Forum for Growth and Innovation, a Harvard Business School think tank developing and refining theory around disruptive innovation. They''re the co-founders and managing partners of Isis Associates and authors of Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence.

Advice 12

Advice Learning-by-Doing Career Open-book 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Cultural risk: Having a "failure is unacceptable" culture causes total risk avoidance or an inability to cut losses and walk away from a decision that doesn''t work out — a trap of "escalation of commitment to a losing course of action." IT creates risk confusing leadership, governance, and managing. Sunk costs don''t count.

Dunning 8

Dunning Project CTO Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2012

The key was Roshan's sustained commitment to on-the-job training of Afghans. Truly game-changing institutional innovations are unlikely to come about from internalizing the rules and making the moves that allowed others to win.

Innovation 11

Innovation Chief Technology Officer Engineering Disruptive Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2015

Counsel on Call does e-discovery, contract review and abstraction, and other managed services , Raymond Law Group specializes in “price-sensitive commodity (litigation) work”). For a fixed fee, The General Counsel, Ltd will handle all of a company’s employment law matters.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Attrition Entrepreneur Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2011

The pile — physical or digital — is the outcome of a filtering process to manage information overload. But for many new readers, myself included, this daily commitment is something long abandoned. The hope is that the pile will get reduced as time frees up, and that often happens. But it never goes away.

Media 14

Media Open-book Content Follow-up 14