Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 28, 2016

Our employees were subjected to counter productive paperwork, for one example, which wasted time and zapped energy for momentum. (We As with most churches in need of revitalization, our finances had been struggling for several years. Organizational structure. As an established church, we had over 100 years of structure. True story.).

Micromanagement 56

Micromanagement Long-term Finance Energy 56

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

The Board Had No Finance Committee. GE’s board had another major structural defect: It lacked a finance committee. If the GE board had had a finance committee, the board might have done a better job of overseeing the design and funding of its retirement plans. The board has since transformed.

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Committee Welch Finance Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

These stock buybacks have come under criticism as a bad investment – the argument being that companies sitting on record amounts of cash ought to invest in innovation, salaries, or at least dividends, rather than pumping up their own stock price through buybacks. Not so fast. However, not all investments are equal.

Innovation 8

Innovation Short-term Long-term Budgeting 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities. One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Then come down—whether it is getting published or getting a new product into stores. Proceed with extreme caution.

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2016

Put simply, public companies and investment institutions are two of the great social innovations of the last two hundred years. As one wag put it, “it is a bit like giving Vladimir Putin a vote on the Senate Armed Services Committee.” Without them, it is difficult to imagine a functioning modern economy.

Company 8

Company Offshoring Finance Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2017

Few issues are more foundational to driving improvements in human health than creating productive, progressive relationships between clinical medicine and the biopharmaceutical industry. How the most innovative providers are creating value. Insight Center. The Leading Edge of Health Care. Sponsored by Optum. Practicing physicians.

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Conflict of Interest Pharmaceuticals Policies Industry 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2012

As such, we blame them for slowing things down, lowering morale, and choking off innovation. For example, I worked with a financial services company that was trying to improve coordination between the product groups and the client relationship teams.

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Committee Construction Finance Morale 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

You’ll often find customer relationship management within marketing, budgeting within finance, supply-chain management within operations, outsourcing within procurement, training within HR, and new product development within R&D. The functional model of organization dates back to the 1850s. Strategy That Works. Add to Cart.

Development 8

Development Supply Chain Incentives Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Today, the guild mentality persists within companies, where functions such as marketing, sales, finance, IT, human resources and R&D all have their own area of special expertise. This cross-functional effort gives Frito-Lay a clear, distinct advantage over its competitors in getting the right product to the right place at the right time.

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Operations Competitive Advantage Supply Chain Retail 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Concerns that it wouldn’t have enough cash to finance its holiday stock has apparently led to the company to sell real estate, spin off its Lands’ End brand, and raise $625 million in unsecured loans and equity warrants. But then “Sears found the answer first,” Worthy reports, in 1924.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

In short, every company benefits from “the commons,” the set of communal resources that allow firms and workers to be productive. A second approach uses innovative funding models and new sources of capital to solve some of society’s most difficult problems.

Resources 8

Resources Company Rivkin Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Business units come and go, but finance, HR, IT, marketing, legal, and R&D are forever. It has sophisticated functions that together manage user-generated content, the in-depth tracking of consumer buying behavior, and the innovation of new features based on the resulting insights. Permanent cross-functional teams tend to fare better.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Real Estate Short-term Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2017

The closet in Mark’s bedroom offers a glimpse into his three-decade career in finance. Yet research suggests that workplaces where creativity and innovation are at a premium nurture and encourage people’s authentic differences. They also represent varying degrees of fabulousness, from subtle to full-on. ” Olu.

Fashion 12

Fashion Participative Class Creativity 12

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Before I go any further, today’s rant should not be construed as a call for elitism, but rather a call for authenticity, innovation and professionalism. As leadership advisors and coaches we counsel our clients on the need for change and innovation, but have we become the proverbial shoe maker without shoes?

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Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 291

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

company takes on the legal identity of foreign subsidiary, usually in order to reduce its taxes — has become about as controversial as corporate finance topics get. We have some of our largest and most innovative companies doing this. Because this is the greatest place anywhere in the world to invest in innovation and R&D.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO System Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

Congress has been the piñata in every poll lately, but recently presented bipartisan legislation — the Start-up Innovation Credit Act of 2013 (SICA) introduced by Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) — is proof that Capitol Hill has its share of good ideas.

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Stage-Gate Committee Entrepreneur Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

Congress has been the piñata in every poll lately, but recently presented bipartisan legislation — the Start-up Innovation Credit Act of 2013 (SICA) introduced by Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) — is proof that Capitol Hill has its share of good ideas.

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Stage-Gate Committee Entrepreneur Innovation 8