Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2018

The seven roles for CIUs are: designing shelter for innovation; supporting best practices and methods; developing skills; supporting business unit initiatives; identifying new market spaces; facilitating ideas generation; and directing seed funding. One remarkable example is Johnson & Johnson’s Innovation Unit.

Innovation 10

Innovation Incubator Stage-Gate Idea Generation 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

And, like any new technology making its entrance into office life, it was met with profoundly mixed feelings. But behind the fear, excitement, and macroeconomics of it all are the people and places that are deeply affected by new and different technology, day in and day out. How technology is changing the way we work.

Technology 8

Technology Decentralization Short-term Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

centralized or decentralized), but no matter the structure having data science leaders in the room for product and business strategy discussions will accelerate data product development. Coursera’s Skills Graph is one example. Give data science a seat at the table. Data science can live different places in the organization (e.g.,

Productivity 10

Productivity Products How To Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2015

For example, when a large technology firm integrated specialized engineers into its regional sales teams, there were shifts in roles, client coverage, compensation, goal setting, and teamwork. Success wasn’t guaranteed no matter how effective the change management skills. The change affected hundreds of people.

Kotter 8

Kotter Decentralization Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Charan has turned his attention to these organization dynamics in response to CEOs recognizing that technology, operations, access to financial capital, and even strategic positioning statements are less differentiating than their organization’s ability to respond to opportunities. I suggest a holistic approach to helping the middle 60%.

Charan 10

Charan Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Decentralization 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

We focused on the generations in eight countries, including the four BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), some of the most important markets for talent over the next decade, as well as one country from the Middle East. We also examined two European countries, the U.K.

Education 14

Education Compliance White Paper Politics 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

At the time, though, we were just in search of a new approach to building a sustainable business in that critical but often difficult market. In fact, you could say (and many did) that our previous attempts had failed, in that we hadn’t established a sustained market position. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

It looked at the role technology plays in economic recoveries, both in terms of economic growth and the number of jobs. The dissemination of technology. Indeed, a recent German study found that the jobs landscape is harmed by the poor distribution of technologies such as robotics throughout the economy.

TCO 73

TCO Decentralization CAPEX Industry 73

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

The companies recognized that many of the problems in the agriculture industry — such as low productivity, resource scarcity, and market volatility — posed threats to their businesses and were likely to intensify as demand for food increased along with the global population. Empower widespread innovation and action.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Decentralization Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

He is poised to become the leader in this segment of a multi-billion dollar market. Global supply chains can cut across many “cultures”: national, industry, technology, market segment, and more. “By serving as GE’s and other equipment makers’ supply partner, the whole world is now my scope.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

The old cliché in marketing is true: Customers don’t want a quarter-inch drill. In 2014 the Taproot Foundation wanted to create a digital service that would connect nonprofit organizations with skilled professionals who wanted to donate their services. This was a hugely important marketing and sales goal.

Project 8

Project Management Uncertainty Software 8

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 27, 2011

Certainly, these folks have the skill to develop a major corporation, after all that is precisely how we came to know their names. The very talent and skill that brought them to the top of the heap can lead to a fall when the ground shifts and the heap collapses. General Electric and HCL Technologies provide a good counter example.

Succession 113

Succession Welch Leadership Diversity 113