Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

Because they try to repeat their past success formulas — the ones that work so well for them in developed markets. However, the company's initial steps to penetrate developing markets were unproductive. But the starting point is to understand your company's current dominant logic. What is your company's score?

Chief Technology Officer 12

Chief Technology Officer CTO Constraint Engineering 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

The best CEOs are excellent at growing and running a company within a known business model. Sure, there are exceptions who are both visionary CEOs and innovators — Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos, for example — but there are very few companies that can stomach that sort of leadership. Build the future for the company.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur CTO Business Model CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

Wanting something that encouraged more-frequent conversations between associates and partners, the senior lawyer read about what companies like Adobe were doing, and then asked his firm to help him create a new approach. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

Technology 11

Technology Talent Management Process Management 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

This seems to be a key question on the minds of not just marketers, but company strategists these days. We have shifted from a competitive landscape in which companies are more exclusively focused on external forces affecting their industries and sectors, to one that has become significantly more customer-centric.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A new book written with three coauthors attempts to answer the question of why some companies, such as Pixar, are able to invent continuously, while others aren’t. At Pixar, for example, the company was caught up short in 2008 in a clash over production schedules for the movie Up and the short film Cars Toons.

Education 8

Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

A new book written with three coauthors attempts to answer the question of why some companies, such as Pixar, are able to invent continuously, while others aren’t. At Pixar, for example, the company was caught up short in 2008 in a clash over production schedules for the movie Up and the short film Cars Toons.

Education 8

Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

In 1998, the company launched its website, making Sephora an early player in e-commerce. The original creation of Sephora.com was largely outsourced, and we didn’t have an internal digital development team when I joined. Digital is often one of the many silos within a company. How have you addressed this since joining Sephora?

Brand 11

Brand CTO Marketing Retail 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Celine Schillinger sought to change the leadership landscape of Sanofi, a major pharmaceutical company. But as she began to consider her future at the company, she realized that all of the people above her were white, male engineers or accountants.

Innovation 11

Innovation Christensen Decisionmaking CTO 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

For companies with existing productivity suites, the incremental improvements of new productivity features is small; however, the integration of collaboration features may significantly improve the value realization of the underlying productivity suite. The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

CTO 8

CTO Franchising CIO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In the spirit of becoming more adaptive , organizations have rushed to implement Agile software development. These companies have become agile in name only, as the process they’ve put in place often ends up hurting engineering motivation and productivity. Agile software development.

Agility 8

Agility Engineering Software How To 8