Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

Today, inner cities are "in" — innovative, hip hotbeds of convenient culture, commerce and connection. The centripetal force of today's cities is pulling the ambitious and educated back in, and increasing cities' innovative capacity, without sacrificing (at least some would argue) their inclusiveness.

Innovation 15

Innovation Real Estate Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist 15

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Bono has described himself as a traveling salesman of ideas within songs. U2 is further unified by its participative, consensus-oriented decision-making style that gives each member a voice. Develop a participative, consensus-oriented decision-making style that gives people a voice in matters they care about.

Team 273

Team Consensus Bureaucracy Competitive Advantage 273

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

There is a general consensus that U.S. Can reverse innovation — innovations originating from poor countries — provide one important answer? the approach is to spend more money on major technological advances and come up with innovative products and solutions. healthcare needs major reform. Most definitely.

Health Care 15

Health Care Cost Constraint Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Unnecessary consensus-seeking for reversible, non-consequential decisions. Traveling, often long-distance, to meet people face-to-face, when a phone call would suffice. .” I conducted a two-week, six-hour workday experiment with my team at Collective Campus, an innovation accelerator based in Melbourne, Australia.

Outsourcing 15

Outsourcing Stress Productivity Products 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

They will fail not because AI is all hype, but because companies are approaching AI-driven innovation incorrectly. A few years later they were caught napping when online upstarts disrupted industries such as music, travel, news, and video, while transforming scores of others. Unfortunately, most of these efforts will fail.

Insurance 10

Insurance Video Long-term Project 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

This dialogue reached a consensus among political parties stipulating that the incumbent Islamists hand over power to a technocratic transitional government. Yet I didn’t want to turn down such an honor over the phone, so I traveled from Paris to Tunis to meet Prime Minister Jomaa. How could I refuse?

Politics 10

Politics Chief Information Officer Tourism Environment 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

But unlike most Japanese innovations, it did not come from a big established firm. The loners, those willing to go against the consensus, are anything but predictable. No wonder we resonate to Robert Frost: “I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Business Incubator IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

Research on which methods are most effective for sharing knowledge related to innovation provide some clues. Webinars don't require the time or expense of travel. Personal networks are incredibly important for researching and developing innovative new approaches to problems. Focus on training, not analysis. Ask questions.

Webinar 8

Webinar Participative Content Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

So when Amazon reports below-consensus earnings, as it did Tuesday, and the share price jumps, as it did after-hours Tuesday and again Wednesday morning, the reaction isn't quite the puzzle it seems. Clayton Christensen has long complained that standard financial metrics can be enemies of innovation and growth. Nobody complains.

Training 9

Training Bond Christensen Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2015

Suppose that later this evening, after you have stepped away from your keyboard, put on your coat, and traveled home for supper, your organization underwent a magical transformation, reshaping itself into the world’s best workplace. But the same can’t be said for organizations looking to be on the forefront of innovation.

Edmondson 8

Edmondson Report Consensus Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

In a perfect world, governments would have the cash and the consensus to fund and coordinate the construction of the infrastructure required to sustainably accommodate a rapidly urbanizing world. Innovation in Cities. Social impact bonds could be one of the most innovative and effective. Insight Center.

Finance 8

Finance Innovation Bond Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Executives and entrepreneurs from all over the world have traveled to Silicon Valley to learn the secrets of its success. These conversations highlighted some attitudes and values that seemed to go a long way toward explaining Silicon Valley’s innovation identity. vincent tsui FOR HBR. Build platforms, not products.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

The two executives had to pause before crossing the gravel road that ran through Westmid's grounds, because of the steady stream of trucks traveling to and from construction sites around Birmingham and all the way to London. Hammond was traveling and unable to attend the meeting, so Jane had monopolized it.

Case Study 14

Case Study P&L Cost Due Diligence 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

It''s your job to pour what you know into the project and travel with the team: think of it as an equal partnership. Ziba''s service innovation and retail design work with Umpqua Bank , for example, continues to be relevant and productive years after it was completed, with the bank adding dozens of branches and tens of billions in holdings.

Govindarajan 8

Govindarajan Long-term Short-term Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2013

Our recent article on the subject examines how crowds can be used as innovation partners.). But there was an even bigger problem: with no consensus on what Khan''s burial ground actually looks like, Lin''s machines would simply be guessing, no matter how smart the algorithm they used.

Participative 8

Participative Consensus Cooper Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2013

There have always been friends and family we trust, journalists and film critics we find credible, and publications like travel guides or Consumer Reports that we know are reliable. Today, we add to that a great deal more. For Google, this was the perfect advice consolidation play.

Advice 9

Advice Review Reputation Engineering 9

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 16, 2020

Despite the consensus that change is required, however, the lack of political cooperation on the matter results in little real progress being made. Professor William R. “This time the political restrictions seem to be on high-skill foreign-born, like students, OPTs and those with H1B visas,” the researchers explain.

Human Capital 82

Human Capital Crisis Politics Policies 82

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

"Since 1978," the assembled attorneys write, "the nation has relied on competition among airlines to promote affordability, innovation, and service and quality improvements.". Well, there''s definitely been innovation since the deregulation of the U.S. How''s that been working out for us?

Airlines 9

Airlines Transportation Travel Industry 9