Great Leadership By Dan
MARCH 14, 2013
Innovate more: Employees who know the boss has their back think outside the box without fear of failure or retribution. He then founded Crescendo Capital Partners, a private equity firm, and Catalyst, a private foundation supporting Colorado-based nonprofits and micro-lending in the developing world. Speed = productivity.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
But in my research, and in conversations with hardware entrepreneurs throughout the country, I have noticed several developments that have put manufacturing start-up activity on a faster, more commercial track. Likewise, manufacturing enterprises could flourish without needing large exurban spaces.
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Harvard Business Review
MARCH 1, 2012
Hospira is an advanced contract manufacturer. The United States pioneered the concept of contract manufacturing organizations in the 1980s when Japan was a fearsome economic power and Western companies were realizing they could no longer rely on the vertically integrated production philosophy that dated to Henry Ford.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 11, 2011
The firm has developed a sensing system that captures light hitting the camera from a variety of angles, not just what strikes a plane set behind a small aperture. Standard Oil, AT&T, Ford, and American Express are just some firms that demonstrated the value of a go-it-alone approach for truly innovative offerings throughout business history.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 19, 2012
When they developed relationships with the clerks on each ward, they received more accurate information and were able to do a more efficient job of cleaning. Still most of his tasks — managing schedules, developing contracts, reviewing documentation — involved working alone.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 21, 2015
So, like good innovators, we began working on a solution to our colleague’s problem by building an automatic liquor inventory-management system. Our failure highlights a hidden challenge facing innovators today. The simplicity and affordability of innovation has led to too much action without thought.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 24, 2014
The resulting challenges may include new contract-manufacturing relationships, which can be a complicated and disorienting process for the uninitiated. HR has the job of developing the human capabilities needed to capture the IoT opportunity. My favorite example of this is iRobot , the maker of the innovative Roomba vacuum.
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