The Practical Leader

MARCH 29, 2023

A similar study by The Economist Intelligence Unit of 343 business found “the firms that ‘slowed down to speed up’ improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating profits over a three-year period.” Are you taking care of busyness and working overtime?

Kaplan 52

Kaplan Porter Absenteeism Participative 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2014

It relates to what Michael Porter meant with being “stuck in the middle”: if you try to come up with a strategy that does everything for everyone, you will likely end up achieving nothing. They modeled their operations on McDonalds: high volume, highly efficient operations, based on division of labor and cost efficiency.

Management 12

Management Learning Curve Short-term Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Gurus Michael Porter and Mark Kramer have tried to reframe the role of CSR by putting forth the concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) as an alternate model, with "innovation and growth" as one of three primary value propositions. There are significant ethical issues with applying this model to HIV in the USA.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Porter Team Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2011

Meanwhile, Michael Porter wonders if we have missed out on what's good about sustainability , and suggests a new approach. And Tony Golsby-Smith knows that if you really want to develop a new idea or strategy, you need do to it in human-to-human conversations, and not in analytical, Powerpoint-ridden meetings.

Porter 14

Porter Emotional Intelligence Rogers Resources 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2012

Who's who — master and servant, mechanism and operator, principal and agent, sovereign and serf? Michael Porter has suggested that shared value be the linchpin the economy is held together by. Who's who, mechanism and operator, sovereign — and serf? These are the terms of the debate we're not having.

Price 14

Price Short-term Proposal System 14