Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Buoyed by low-margin structures and new technological architectures that could support lower costs, the competitors that entered your industry were able to take more and more market share — eventually convincing even your best customers to embrace their products and services. Asset-light businesses are not financed with debt.

Christensen 8

Christensen Finance Innovation B2B 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.

Execution 8

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

JUNE 27, 2011

The code not only works, other coders — perhaps less talented — can safely and creatively build on it, with it and for it. Whether in education, consulting, medicine, construction or finance, the 100X gap between median performance (and even 2X to 20X gap from "pretty good" performance) is becoming a New Normal.

Engineering 15

Engineering Taylorism Taylor Productivity 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Business units come and go, but finance, HR, IT, marketing, legal, and R&D are forever. If a company wants to be better than anyone else, at something relevant to its customers, its specialists must be more efficient, technically proficient, and creative than ever before.

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. With a team of talented marketers, amazing creatives, and SEO experts, they create content that stands out in an industry overloaded with a content publication. That's not the case.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

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.” Get rid of the buybacks, and there will be lots of money for other constructive programs to reward employees for their commitment to the company.

Innovation 9

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 9

Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

We have entered the age of empowered individuals, who use potent new technologies and harness social media to organize themselves. Newly armed activists can become the source of creativity, innovation and new ideas to take your company or governmental representatives forward. This is Canada's No.

Power 102

Power Norton Hamel Leadership 102

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Whether constructing, deconstructing, or smashing brands, Martin’s understanding of branding goes far deeper than the tired noise you typically hear from brand agencies. I love creative thinkers and her presentation focused like a laser beam on creativity of thought and approach.

Blog 353

Blog Blue Ocean Strategy Collins Video 353