Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Tens of billions of connected sensors are being embedded in everything ranging from industrial robots and safety systems to self-driving cars and refrigerators. In addition, they need the ability to switch to manually controlled environments in case artificially intelligent systems have to be shut down and to recall faulty smart products.

Insurance 8

Insurance Contingency Plans Globalization Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

As regional medical director of emergency medicine for the Houston Methodist Hospital System, one of us (Neil) has been on the front lines of the medical response. All health systems have contingency plans and run drills for emergencies like a hurricane. About 40% of dialysis centers in the area closed.)

Health Care 9

Health Care Crisis Contingency Plans Management 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2017

A doctor’s medical toolbox and supply of best-practice guidelines, ample as they are, do not address a patient’s fears, grief over a diagnosis, practical issues of access to care, or reliability of their social support system. We can create more space for active listening. Patients need and deserve much more. A Way Forward.

Balanced Scorecard 12

Balanced Scorecard Contingency Plans Active Listening Guidelines 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

A systemic shock cutting across industries and borders, Brexit poses significant strategic challenges for business leaders as they navigate the fallout. How can leaders develop a specific view of the industry- and firm-level implications? ” From the map, combine various values to develop multiple scenarios. Run scenarios.

Uncertainty 9

Uncertainty Short-term Supply Chain Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

A terrorist incident, a breakdown of the London rail system, power blackouts, volcanic ash clouds , flooding, an outbreak of infectious disease—the London organizing committee (LOCOG) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) spent years thinking about every scenario they could imagine.

Risk Management 15

Risk Management Management Committee Insurance 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

To effectively manage that chaos, it’s necessary to develop the habit of continuously processing new information, playing out “what if” scenarios, calculating risk factors, and running through checklists. A crisis throws predictability out the window and forces everyone to adopt new ways to run the business.

Crisis 8

Crisis Management Contingency Plans Objective 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The trauma brought about by such change happens every day to countless people, people without contingency plans, or any idea how they are going to cope with what has happened to them. And yet we do, cope I mean, under many conditions and through many challenges.

Performance Review 43

Performance Review Blog Learning-by-Doing Contingency Plans 43

Strategy Driven

MAY 29, 2020

While you can’t completely insulate yourself from every single eventuality, there are steps you can take to ensure that you have the right insight and contingency plans in place should the worst happen. Get Protected Against Cyber Attacks. One of the biggest threats to small businesses is cyber-security.

Insurance 65

Insurance Contingency Plans Norton Crisis 65

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2016

Piloting, prototyping, and contingency planning before a change can save weeks or even years of rework. For example, a major bank tried to do a technological transition of their system without sufficient pre-testing. The system crashed and customers didn’t have access to their accounts for three days.

After Action Review 50

After Action Review Rogers Contingency Plans Leadership 50

Rapid BI

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Internal communications Plan. Increasingly Human Resources (HR) or Organizational Development (OD) teams are being asked to drive and deliver internal communications, but what is an internal communications plan and how do you go about writing and applying one? Why have internal communications plans? Where are you now?

Planning 60

Planning Strategy How To KPI 60

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Following the company’s go-private transaction in October 2013 , Dell put in place new models for strategy development, resource allocation, and performance management. Strategy development at Dell is no longer a batch process tied to some planning calendar; it is a continuous process. Take Dell Technologies, for example.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Contingency Plans Company 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Top leaders tend to focus more on status updates than on contingency planning. Europe’s migrant crisis illustrates how events in developing countries create ripple effects that ultimately affect global business. miragec/Getty Images. This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9