Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

VJ, an engineer in India working on a development project, is trying to resolve technical issues within a software application. Since the global consulting firm where he works employs thousands of other developers he can only assume there must be others who have faced this challenge, but doesn't know where to start in reaching them.

Globalization 8

Globalization Incubator Incentives Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. In this way, TFA, like all organizations, develops particular competencies through the careers of its members.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Education McKinsey Sample 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2011

Inclusive growth has become the economic development mantra for both Indian politicians and CEOs in recent months. Recently, for instance, DuPont India's entire Indian leadership completed an immersion program in hinterland India with guidance from MART , a rural marketing consultancy.

Business Model 15

Business Model Bottom-up Entrepreneur Incubator 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

When my publication, Innovation Leader, surveyed 198 senior innovation executives late last year, in partnership with the consulting firm Innosight, we found them using two different kinds of measures. Two-thirds of our respondents, for instance, said that they were tracking the number of projects in their development pipeline.

Metrics 8

Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2013

You even people talking about UX as the way in which a consumer connects to a business — all the touch-points from marketing to product development to distribution channels. frog and our peers in the design consulting world have become more adept in recent years at helping companies build this capacity internally.

Strategy 9

Strategy Six Sigma Engineering Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

So, before you sign on, you need to develop as deep an understanding as possible of what makes this person tick and what it will be like to work for them. Reach out to your network to identify former employees, as well as others who know the company, such as consultants, auditors, lawyers, contractors, and suppliers.

How To 8

How To Incubator Due Diligence Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2011

While it's written from my perspective, he was central to the development of the idea. Bob is the Managing Partner of The Re-Wired Group in Detroit, an innovation incubator and consultancy specializing in demand-side innovation. Finally, assess the level of time you're willing to put into developing this person.

Mentor 15

Mentor Christensen Incubator Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Twenty years ago, Louis Gerstner transformed IBM by emphasizing consulting and technology services — not just technology — to solve customer problems. Develop a portfolio of capabilities with different risk/return profiles. Record so far: IBM has developed Watson’s base IP largely in its own R&D labs.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Short-term ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

In 2012, one of us — Gregor Gimmy, a California-based serial entrepreneur and former IDEO consultant — accepted a new role at BMW’s corporate R&D headquarters. Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

By now, your company probably has a new busi­ness incubator, an idea wiki, a disciplined process for mining customer insights, an awards program for successful innovators, and maybe even an outpost in Silicon Valley—all fine ideas—and yet, most likely, it still struggles to meet its growth goals and seldom thrills its customers.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8