Ask Atma

APRIL 20, 2012

Instead you must see a so-called negative tag as a chance to reassess and make room for innovation. The idea is to blend creative vision-the ‘act’-with scientific method to get a stronger balance of imagination and practicality. Establish clear kill points for constructive endings. No financing. Out competed.

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Succession Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing Diversity 71

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

Believing that improving housing for the world’s most poor could help them break out of the vicious cycle of poverty, we issued a challenge to the design community to employ the strategies of innovation and disruptive thinking to attack this persistent problem. What might a house-for-the-poor look like? Boniface Haiti Foundation.

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Govindarajan Construction Workshop Project 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

” They’re all about “the big idea” and partnerships that last, and they understand that “this business of innovation is something that takes a long time” — it’s a marathon, not a sprint. Missionaries, on the other hand, are “strategic.”

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Entrepreneur Kleiner Venture Capitalist Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Particularly in business schools, various Finance and Accounting professors have argued for including more long-term incentives, and for replacing variable pay packages that largely consist of stock options with a mix of bonds and stocks. On routine tasks where learning is not necessary, highlighting performance goals works great.

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Execution Incentives Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

We thought that creative, capability-rich companies would have paid a lot of attention to the way they organized and the value that restructuring gave them. Then came sales forces, finance departments, and R&D labs—including the original labs of Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.

Development 8

Development Supply Chain Incentives Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Leading innovation within today's organizations demands enlisting and mobilizing others since significant change will in all likelihood impact multiple organizational units. This leadership imperative goes far beyond being collaborative and "playing nicely" with peers. None of the steps I've described is either easy or foolproof.

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Proposal Cialdini Execution Influence 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

Be creative. “Negotiation isn’t about conceding, it’s about being creative,” Weiss adds. That positive, innovative approach is not only far more likely to lead you to a beneficial solution, but also to a place of trust. You can “challenge people respectfully,” says Weiss. Further Reading.

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Supply Chain How To Price Case Study 8

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 17, 2011

We expect that Patty from finance will role her eyes when Antoine from marketing suggests an idea, we expect that Don from engineering will begin to scream when Sasha from sales wants faster turn-around on special customer orders. These expectations create a Folkloric Construct of belief, because our brains are essentially lazy.

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Team Building Construction Learning-by-Doing Training 104

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.

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Finance Innovation Bond Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Perhaps people and societies are a tiny bit more adaptive, resilient, intelligent, and creative than yesterdays institutions assume. Perhaps people and societies are a tiny bit more adaptive, resilient, intelligent, and creative than yesterdays institutions assume.

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Banking Crisis Merton Guidelines 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

So, in real terms, debt financing is essentially free. For example, in some industries — say, construction — long-term ROEs are very close to the cost of equity capital. Creativity and ingenuity have always been precious. Companies that encourage innovation take steps to overcome these organizational obstacles.

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ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

I know that finance professors at business schools throughout the nation teach MBAs and executives that, for the sake of economic efficiency, a company should “maximize shareholder value.” I agree and ask you to consider what public shareholders and stock buybacks have to do with innovation at Apple. Social innovation.

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Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 9

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

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Siege Media Siege Media provides an outstanding content marketing service by combining a data-driven approach with genuinely exceptional creativity. Siege Media stands out from the rest by innovating the way they create their content. They are very engaging, creative, and different, not to mention, very high-quality.

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Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Newly armed activists can become the source of creativity, innovation and new ideas to take your company or governmental representatives forward. The project would generate 10,000 construction jobs, the Michigan Transportation Dept. The world is becoming more democratic and reflective of the will of the people.

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Power Norton Hamel Leadership 102

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Lafley - The former Chairman and CEO of Proctor & Gamble gave a clinic on innovation. I’ve never heard anyone speak so fluently on the topic of innovation. I love creative thinkers and her presentation focused like a laser beam on creativity of thought and approach.

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