Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Organizations with this configuration have the least formalized commitment to sustainability. In these organizations, the sustainability managers have to justify their activities to their peers in other functional areas (who resist the sustainability programs as another corporate imposition). Just right.

Positioning 9

Positioning Company Succession Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

We have also committed to economically empowering 5 million women by 2020. Restructuring a company to focus on sustainability doesn’t happen overnight, so how long did it take to get everyone on board and how did you deal with any resistance to change? Because of this importance, we didn’t really experience any resistance.

CEO 9

CEO Supply Chain Operations Brand 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

His group’s data science, procurement, and supply chain teams crafted algorithmic ensembles that, by all measures and simulations, would save hundreds of millions. These organizations are fully committed to letting algorithmic autonomy take the enterprise to new frontiers of innovation, profitability, and risk.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

D&A should be the pulse of the organization, incorporated into all key decisions across sales, marketing, supply chain, customer experience, and other core functions. Cultural resistance can also become a bigger obstacle than anticipated. What’s the best way to build effective D&A capabilities?

Organization 8

Organization How To Supply Chain Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

failing to rewire the IT systems); that leaders actively resisted the changes; and that employees actively resisted the changes. Similarly, in the military, by improving the process across the logistics supply chain, units can ensure that front-line soldiers have access to exactly what they need.

Objective 8

Objective Survey Supply Chain Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

From which stakeholders have you received the most resistance to your sustainability agenda? That’s why we’re so committed to releasing all of our projects as open-source. As we have seen with Facebook and many other global companies, business can drive change through their operations, supply chains, and partnerships.

Project 8

Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

As his firm grew, he undervalued and underpaid the executives who ran the supply chain and finance departments. The CEOs of midsized firms are often reluctant to commit major funding to any operational or IT infrastructure item that isn’t immediately necessary to keep their key customers’ business.

Operations 8

Operations Company Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

economic and security commitment to the Asia-Pacific. Many Americans would like to help developing economies grow, especially if their higher incomes and stronger global supply chains boost U.S. companies have had to boost productivity with new technologies and supply chains, while offering new products.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Politics Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

When contaminated meat or vegetables are recalled, consumer advocates demand more transparency from food supply chains. Too much transparency can spark resistance. If your employees have this impression, they will be motivated to show resistance to the existing system, resulting in less citizenship behavior.

How To 8

How To Ethics Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2016

In Stephen’s work for Speed of Trust , he found that declaring intent reduces resistance while enhancing commitment — especially in situations where there’s new leaders in charge, massive change under way, or in which employees assume leaders’ motives are mixed. But he listened to them.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Commitment Report Skills 8