Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

There’s a growing consensus that companies need strong, independent boards full of qualified directors if they are to sidestep risks and seize opportunities in our complex and dynamic international economy. But boardroom diversity had not kept pace with the demands of international business activity. According to our data, only 7.2%

Globalization 14

Globalization Committee Telecommunications Consensus 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

In fact, some not-for-profit multisided platforms — hardly household names — have helped drive the major technological revolutions of the last several decades, including the internet and mobile. In fact, SSOs played a major role in the technological revolution, reverberating throughout the world, from smart mobile phones.

IPO 8

IPO Succession Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2011

First, we were struck by the diversity of the contributions. That diversity is matched only by the deep humanity of the entries. Meeting Consensus. We hope you'll continue to explore and build upon all of these ideas and approaches. ( You can read them all here. ). It's the Culture, Stupid! Story by John Rotenstein.

Management 14

Management Innovation Storytelling Bottom-up 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

There will always be new technologies and processes you can adopt — an app promising better communication, a service promising smarter collaboration. Don’t expect consensus. Getting everyone to agree before moving forward with a decision can waste time if consensus is not realistic. Environment.

Examples 10

Examples Environment Library Consensus 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

In the 1990s, P&G, like other companies, sought to take advantage of global scale and technology platforms, rolling out their products worldwide. At some point the value for hierarchy must contradict egalitarianism or consensus decision-making runs up against clearly demarcated decision rights. Healthy debate.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Self-aware Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Healthcare has become extraordinarily complex — the balance of quality against cost, and of technology against humanity, are placing ever-increasing demands on clinicians. There seems to be a widening consensus that training physicians for leadership matters. These challenges require extraordinary leaders.

Management 14

Management 360-Degree Feedback Mayo Training 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2016

.” By 2050 it will slash emissions up to 72%, with the exact number TBD, but at a pace that will keep them “in line with scientific consensus.” Develop robust plans to engage suppliers (and provide human and financial capital if necessary) to identify and spread best practices and technologies.

Goal 8

Goal Industry Consensus Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2016

For example, one large technology company embraced a strategy to win through new digital businesses. The diversion of cash from investment slowed long-term strategic success. Another company, in the agricultural technology sector, chose free cash flow as the primary long-term incentive measure.

Long-term 8

Long-term Incentives Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2016

Paul, a diverse set of stakeholders from economic development, philanthropy, business, government, and community development came together to reach consensus on more than 50 indicators of economic, social, and environmental progress that will guide their regional strategy. Promoting economic inclusion begins with agreeing on goals.

Industry 8

Industry Policies Consensus Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

Autocratic decision-making fails to engage all of the critical stakeholders, while consensus sinks every decision to its lowest possible common denominator. Organizational change is driven by marketplace factors: customers, competition, government regulation, and science and technology. Old models don't work.

Critical Success Factor 15

Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

We recently surveyed (PDF) senior Fortune 500 and federal agency business and technology leaders to discover the level of serious interest surrounding Big Data. When asked how challenging it is to source analytical skills, there was unanimous consensus that finding this talent represents a challenge.

Survey 8

Survey Consensus Report Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

But how do you overcome obstacles to spreading innovation, like fear of change, resource constraints, and slow, consensus-based decision making? That gave hundreds of leaders, physicians, nurses, and other frontline staffers a chance to try out the technology and hear Jenny’s story.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation How To Video 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2011

As a result of a deeply engrained deference to authority, Asians in the CWLP survey are also significantly less likely than other ethnic groups to challenge a consensus, let alone participate in the "in your face" leadership model rewarded in much of corporate America. "In In Asia, there's a saying that the loudest duck gets shot.

Human Capital 11

Human Capital Survey Globalization Policies 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Technology trends and tools like the cloud, and collaboration suites, are evolving to make this more and more workable. Balancing team roles can be particularly important to avoid the Apollo effect , where every team member needs his or her idea to dominate and the team is unable to come to a consensus.

Real Estate 11

Real Estate Talent Management Long-term Short-term 11

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 4, 2016

Among my colleagues are coaches who work with leaders and managers of police departments, non-profit organizations focused on building stronger communities, schools that teach diverse populations, and governments. Neitlich is author of five books and received his MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Diversity Consensus Training Career 120

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

The fuzziness was a counter-intuitive advantage in engaging diverse stakeholders to define for themselves the role they would play. In every city I work with, I start by asking entrepreneurs where they really want to be — and the unfailing consensus is uncanny: entrepreneurs need to crowd around these urban watering holes.

Innovation 14

Innovation Real Estate Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

Diversity is the crucial element for group creativity. Innovation teams tasked with creating new products or technologies or iterating existing ones need tension to produce breakthroughs, and tension comes from diverse points of view. Assembling and managing diverse teams is hard work. We've all been on these teams.

Diversity 14

Diversity Creativity Team Groupthink 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

Trend lines, market sizing, and competitive benchmarks that served companies well during periods of gradual market evolution do little good in industries where new technologies create seismic shifts, demand is uncertain, and rivals emerge from left field. Industry upheaval often calls for tough choices, and consensus will not be possible.

Strategy 14

Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

There is general consensus that a major solution lies in better managing and preventing adult chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart failure. Health information and other technology. Technologies hold promise for remote monitoring and intervention. Lauri Rotko/Folio Images/Getty Images.

Health Care 9

Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2013

In recent years, many new sources of customer influence have become available thanks to technology advances, with significant new power to shape how customers think about products, services, and company reputations. The answer, we believe, lies in the changing nature of advice-getting in the digital age.

Advice 8

Advice Review Reputation Engineering 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The key is bringing your entire team to consensus on consistent brand identity and messaging, and then translating into both powerful owned-content and powerfully communicating it to other stakeholders such as the media to multiply the reach of your content. Stay on top of all technological advances pertaining to marketing.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Research shows that no matter how diverse a team is in terms of backgrounds, disciplines, cultures, and generations, they can produce great results if they’re well led. But that diversity can be squandered by trying to homogenize everyone. Tip #2: Engage Peripheral Talent.

Short-term 8

Short-term Diversity Tips Long-term 8

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 19, 2020

Despite the consensus that change is required, however, the lack of political cooperation on the matter results in little real progress being made. The gift of global talent. Professor William R. ” Starved of talent.

Consensus 80

Consensus Politics IPO Report 80

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Donald Trump and many of his advisers appear hostile to action on climate change and to progress on many social issues that companies have already embraced, such as diversity and LGBT rights. But even without those technological shifts, the five megatrends here create an overwhelming case to continue the sustainability journey.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Bottom-up Short-term Globalization 8