HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

Adobe For All is a core platform of our employee experience, and during the pandemic, our employee networks went global as they stayed connected and engaged virtually. As a global software company, we have decades of experience with software teams who are geographically distributed. Gloria Chen, CHRO, Adobe.

Software 98

Software Engineering Learning-by-Doing Diversity 98

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 23, 2015

Successful products, services, strategies, and business models now have a shorter shelf-life than ever before in business history, which means that “innovate or die” is not just a cute bumper sticker; it’s a brutal reality of twenty-first century competition. Gary and Diane Heavin noticed that gyms were not catering to the needs of women.

Innovation 120

Innovation Business Model Trends Franchising 120

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

While India remains a formidably challenging market, there are at least three reasons why global firms cannot overlook India without consequences. In fact, JCB makes half its global profits in India. Three factors are driving this boom: the first is India’s investment in its technology infrastructure.

Globalization 8

Globalization CAGR Class Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

It was this received opinion Michael Porter was questioning when, in 1979, he mapped out four additional competitive forces in “ How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy.” The New Ways to Compete. Strategies for staying ahead. When these forces are weak, as in software and soft drinks, many companies are profitable.

Strategy 8

Strategy Porter Blue Ocean Strategy Luehrman 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

The widely accepted view that strategy and execution are separable activities sets companies up for failure in a fast-paced world. One of us (Paul) is a strategy scholar and economist; the other (Amy) studies organizational behavior and operations management. Wells Fargo was even good in implementing the strategy — up to a point.

Strategy 8

Strategy Agility Execution Core Competence 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The ingenuity is compelling: instead of using data to solve problems, AH technologies generate portfolios of provocative problems to solve. Global enterprises and entrepreneurs alike will be able to use big datasets to generate business hypotheses around innovation and new value creation. They’re investing accordingly.

Engineering 8

Engineering Core Competence Hedge Information Technology 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Core Business. Enron (like many other companies) got into areas beyond their core competencies. Technology companies must now learn the lessons that steady-growth companies in other industries absorbed. by Hank Moore.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

The first thing they should know is that not all technological change is “disruptive.” We then used a community detection algorithm to map the overall global inter-connectedness of all topics in the network. In doing so, firms often rely on advancements in technologies to bring their firm to the next level.

Disruptive Innovation 9

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Business Model Human Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2018

The basic fact is that technology eliminates jobs, not work. — National Commission on Technology, Automation and Economic Progress, Technology and the American Economy, Volume 1, February 1966, pg. While technology and globalization have spurred competition, efficiency, and dynamism, the gains have not been shared by all.

Policies 8

Policies Aggregate Demand Technology Education 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Michael Porter, the strategy expert, believes that the HBS approach is the right one. Clay Christensen, the innovation expert, advocates instead the approach taken by Wharton, which has made MOOCs out of all its core courses. Second, factoring in cost makes online technology much more competitive.And

Christensen 13

Christensen Education Discount Class 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Carr predicted that an organization''s ability to compete through investing in information technology was about to change dramatically. The IT boom of the 1980s and early ''90s had brought information technology to the corporate masses, unleashing the first full-scale technology revolution in the enterprise.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

As Steve Davis, former lead in McKinsey's Social Innovation practice and president of the global health NGO, Path, has said: "The best social innovations are not necessarily widely adopted. What happens when you reverse that model and place these investments at the front-end of your corporate innovation strategy?

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Porter Team Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2011

But Thomson Reuters Foundation took a different tack in its response, going beyond donating to leverage its parent company's core competencies in information and the legal industry to catalyze change. Lives were saved and suffering was eased through those gifts. Leverage your networks. Business leaders have unique networks.

Porter 12

Porter Core Competence Globalization Business Model 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

The World Health Organization describes stress as the “ global health epidemic of the 21st century.” Our current work culture is a direct reflection of the increasing complexity and demands faced by businesses globally. The Global Corporate Challenge study of over 1.5 The result is at times a frenetic way of working.

Stress 10

Stress Agility Globalization Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Google Trends is fast becoming an indispensable tool for many analysts who believe — as Brin does — that the wisdom (and/or delusions) of googling crowds can successfully inform investment strategies worldwide. Would our opportunities be more global? Who would want to invest with us?

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

We argued that a business should be seen as a portfolio of “core competencies” as well as a portfolio of products. Strategy gets set at the top. Individuals compete for promotion. Bureaucracy is the technology of control. We’ve encouraged employees to speak up, but haven’t allowed them to set strategy.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

We argued that a business should be seen as a portfolio of “core competencies” as well as a portfolio of products. Strategy gets set at the top. Individuals compete for promotion. Bureaucracy is the technology of control. We’ve encouraged employees to speak up, but haven’t allowed them to set strategy.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

The algorithm was able to master each game by trial and error — pressing different buttons randomly at first, then figuring out an appropriate strategy and applying it without making any mistakes. The questions looming for large, nontech companies are: 1) What are the core competencies of my organization when size no longer matters?

Company 8

Company Supply Chain Core Competence System 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

An innovative care provider organization in Eastern Massachusetts with 30 medical practices and a home health and hospice agency, it already receives almost 80% of revenue from global payments (a fixed payment for all of a patient’s medical treatment during a specified period of time) or other risk contracts.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance P&L 8