Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2023

But time and again, the revolutionary potential of the approach has failed to materialize.

Construction 24

Construction Decentralization Transportation Engineering 24

Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

Maintaining a market position under intense pressure. Technology trends. Whether you’re in a command and control, hierarchical organization or one that is decentralized, if you see evidence of direction, alignment, and commitment, then leadership is happening,” Altman explains. The message is clear: Leadership matters most.

Altman 76

Altman Decentralization COO Restructuring 76

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. With the advent of the Information Age and increasingly rapid waves of technological change, the Alpha model – which Ardi likens to an army, led by a commander-in-chief in which information flows in only one direction – is on its way out, explains Ardi.

Venture Capitalist 76

Venture Capitalist Decentralization Idea Generation Books 76

Eric Jacobson

JULY 22, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. With the advent of the Information Age and increasingly rapid waves of technological change, the Alpha model – which Ardi likens to an army, led by a commander-in-chief in which information flows in only one direction – is on its way out, explains Ardi.

Venture Capitalist 59

Venture Capitalist Decentralization Idea Generation Books 59

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. With the advent of the Information Age and increasingly rapid waves of technological change, the Alpha model – which Ardi likens to an army, led by a commander-in-chief in which information flows in only one direction – is on its way out, explains Ardi.

Venture Capitalist 55

Venture Capitalist Decentralization Books Idea Generation 55

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Those benefits fall into three categories: To jumpstart network effects that provide a first-mover advantage: Many of the projects being built using blockchain technology are “protocols” that govern the interactions between users in a decentralized autonomous network.

Cost 8

Cost Decentralization Finance Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

As a result, when companies are hacked, it can take days for information technology teams to isolate infected systems, remove malicious code, and restore business continuity. But they continue to operate and communicate with other systems until information technology teams shut them down and correct the malfunction. Harm Reduction.

System 9

System Decentralization Information Technology Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

We have identified how hospitals’ budgeting systems have erected three distinct barriers to the adoption of technology. These barriers, however, can be overcome by changing how hospitals acquire new technology and by providing incentives to units to use digital innovations to provide more effective and efficient care.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 8

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2017

You may have a comprehensive rule book, a checklist, and an operating manual, but without the right positive corporate cultural attributes, those concrete instructions and processes will not work. There are so many different ways that leaders can build creating a positive company culture. How do leaders build effective cultures?

Positioning 78

Positioning Hamel Company Charisma 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2017

You may have a comprehensive rule book, a checklist, and an operating manual, but without the right positive corporate cultural attributes those concrete instructions and processes will not work. There are so many different ways that leaders can build creating positive company culture. Technology / Offering (Make different).

Positioning 60

Positioning Hamel Company Charisma 60

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Since the mid-2000s, however, this model has been under threat from a new, decentralized model, in which electricity is generated on a much smaller scale near or at the point of use, often through a combination of rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, batteries, and the digital management of the electricity grid.

Company 8

Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2018

In China look at the unique organization of entrepreneurial cells Zhang Ruimin has created at Haier, and in France look at Vinci Group’s success, under Xavier Huillard, with a radically decentralized model designed to foster entrepreneurial creativity in its three thousand constituent companies.

Drucker 13

Drucker Long-term Short-term Decentralization 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

Over 80% of millennials report that making a positive difference in the world is more important to them than professional recognition. On the investor side, more and more shareholders demand tracking and reporting of both positive and negative externalities, compelling some of the largest corporations on earth into action.

Company 10

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2016

While eBay and Airbnb’s platforms rely on the internet, platforms don’t always require technology and are not necessarily a new approach. Avon’s platform is more than makeup; it’s actually a decentralized economic empowerment model for women with product flowing through the platform as the object for connection.

Business Model 8

Business Model Mission Statement Decentralization Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Second, factoring in cost makes online technology much more competitive.And And finally, focusing on current relative positions discounts the importance of technological changewhich, over time, will make online models more competitive. We are decentralized and mostly non-profit. We employ lots of smart people.

Christensen 15

Christensen Education Discount Class 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Many of these women already held senior leadership positions in large companies. It's easy to make the case that collaborative leadership is the wave of the future: Technology makes decentralized decision-making and flat organizations more feasible than ever. Their response was unanimous yet equivocal. Yes and no.".

Career 14

Career Consensus Decentralization Seminar 14

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

JULY 20, 2018

By answering two simple questions, companies can visualize the most appropriate organizational template consistent with their chosen positioning on the 7-Roles spiderweb. Bringing together people, technologies and skills from within and outside the company under the same roof, the Merck Innovation Center is a building made to inspire.

Innovation 10

Innovation Incubator Stage-Gate Idea Generation 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The rapid pace of change in business and technology means that more and more companies will find themselves being disrupted. It’s not a good position to be in. To support this decentralized, empowered organization, the company built a real-time, mobile-enabled information platform. Being a CEO is harder than ever.

CEO 8

CEO Metrics Leadership Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

How do you leverage your unique position to create meaningful returns and capture potential growth? If you're willing to acknowledge the barriers in your way, there are a few tried and true levers you can pull to ensure your intrapreneurial endeavors are better positioned for success. The answers to these questions aren't simple.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company ROI Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2016

By supporting worker mobility, cities can both foster the growth of denser talent networks within their borders and increase the likelihood of technological and other productive innovation. And yet some cities seem to attract talent much more easily than others. Insight Center. Innovation in Cities.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Incubator Innovation Human Capital 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 7, 2020

This diverse network of more than 400 organizations is working together to create an open and decentralized public-private data infrastructure connecting a global audience of business, government, education, and technology vendors. Jason Tyszko: Hope is not a strategy.

Diversity 111

Diversity Education Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 111

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This narrative has rested on three propositions: that globalization is a major driver of growth and prosperity; that technological progress enriches our lives; and that shareholder returns reflect businesses’ contributions to societal progress. The same goes for technology.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 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.

Charan 10

Charan Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Decentralization 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

Most held a strong respect for authority, rooted in their early observations that those in positions of leadership were doing admirable things and warranted respect. These members of this generation tended to enter the workforce and advance through affiliation with successful organizations.

Education 15

Education Compliance White Paper Politics 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

Over the past 20 years the economy has progressively moved away from the traditional model of centralized organizations, where large operators, often with a dominant position, were responsible for providing a service to a group of passive consumers. Recently, a new technology has emerged that could change this imbalance.

Decentralization 13

Decentralization Cooper Technology Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In fact, you could say (and many did) that our previous attempts had failed, in that we hadn’t established a sustained market position. Zhou departed in 2005 and went on to found Qihoo 360 Technology, a $12 billion company that now trades on NASDAQ. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point. Tsai, for example, clearly understood U.S.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Lead from Within

MARCH 13, 2024

The world of work is undergoing a profound transformation, a metamorphosis fueled by technological innovations and shifting societal norms. A New Digital Frontier Enter Web3: The latest incarnation of the internet, underpinned by blockchain technology. It’s a realm where trust is decentralized, and innovation knows no bounds.

Decentralization 164

Decentralization Trends Technology Innovation 164

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Blockchain, the distributed ledger technology underlying bitcoin, may prove to be far more valuable than the currency it supports. As we begin to put distributed ledger technology into practice, it’s important to make sure that the initial conditions we’re setting up aren’t setting us up for security issues later on.

Consensus 10

Consensus Decentralization System Operations 10

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 23, 2023

” The Matthew Effect Indeed, far from technology being found to disrupt incumbent operators, the data suggests that investments in digital technology are largely ensuring that dominant incumbents can entrench their strong market position and fight off any upstarts.

Creativity 125

Creativity Innovation Trends Information Technology 125

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 68

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 68

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2015

This new entity could bring together human talent, technology scale, and long-horizon venture and investment approaches to construct business models that could pose a formidable challenge to those designed and perfected in the industrial age. The second era requires larger scale in technology and deeper R&D expertise.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Kleiner Business Model Health Care 8

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 85

TCO Decentralization CAPEX Industry 85

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Instead, we’re creating a single system — or a set of interconnected systems that behave as one system — and we are often in the position of not knowing whether the thing we’re making will work as planned until we’re done. But it is quickly becoming a necessary shift in our software-driven world.

Project 8

Project Management Uncertainty Software 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

That said, my typical pro-marketing position assumes that certain key fundamentals are in place to insure that the lunatics don’t somehow become in charge of the asylum. Lastly, don’t decentralize marketing…consistent messaging across markets, mediums and constituencies is critical.

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Blog Marketing Succession Brand 303

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 27, 2011

Now, Mr. Page is assuming the CEO position. One can hardly imagine a decentralized decision- making process in his operations. General Electric and HCL Technologies provide a good counter example. The gist of the switch was from a triad of three executive peers to a more centralized single top dog. GE and HCL.

Succession 113

Succession Welch Leadership Diversity 113

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

While flights of imagination from science-fiction writers, filmmakers, and techno-futurists involve things like flying cars and teleportation, in practice smart technology is making inroads in a piecemeal fashion, often in rather banal circumstances. The potential for technologies to enable smart societies is rising. trillion by 2026.

Benchmarking 10

Benchmarking Globalization Technology Policies 10