Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

For example, as it grew, Facebook found that its early “move fast and break things” culture had to be funneled into focused technical teams and product groups to make its product development process faster and less erratic, and for it to have a chance of meeting the demands of its new public shareholders following its IPO.

Banking 14

Banking Strategy Film Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

The debauchery-laden film by Martin Scorsese The Wolf of Wall Street is a prime example of financial corruption, excess, and corporate greed. People who behave like this are what I call Seductive Operational Bullies (SOBs). Some of these people rise to astonishing heights, but in the process they cause enormous damage.

Operations 14

Operations Film Bond Bottom-up 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Executives mobilized experts to develop internal applications that mirrored the functionality of Facebook and Twitter, and built a platform that allowed for the creation of internal wiki pages. The company hired many open source technology developers to build new collaboration tools. Even operational efficiency was unaffected.

Media 16

Media Consultative Restructuring Execution 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

But for women in the workplace—especially those in low-income developing countries—it can be harder to find other successful women to learn from and collaborate with, since social norms often restrict their mobility and opportunities to interact with one another.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Banking Training Goal 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Millions of savers and borrowers listened (and still listen) to reports of record profits at their bank — even as they are told their local branch is closing to save costs. One of my favorites is the story of the JAK Members Bank (or JAK Medlemsbank), a co-operative member-owned financial institution based in Skovde, Sweden.

Banking 9

Banking Finance Globalization Film 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Millions of savers and borrowers listened (and still listen) to reports of record profits at their bank — even as they are told their local branch is closing to save costs. One of my favorites is the story of the JAK Members Bank (or JAK Medlemsbank), a co-operative member-owned financial institution based in Skovde, Sweden.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Globalization Film 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

One solution is to use a flexible, fluid team structure that consists of three tiers : a core, an operational level, and an outer network. The chipmaker Xilinx, for instance, has reported an increase in engineer productivity by around 25% thanks to social media tools that encourage and enable employee collaborative activities.

Team 9

Team Succession Hypercompetition Teamwork 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2017

Facebook created a PR firestorm last summer when reporters discovered a human “editorial team” – rather than just unbiased algorithms – selecting stories for its trending topics section. Just how artificial is Artificial Intelligence? Who are these workers behind the AI curtain?

Content 8

Content Trends Media Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2015

That network footprint, 3D Hub reports, means that one billion people on this planet already have a 3D printer within 10 miles of their homes. Once you begin to assume that your iterations will be so quick, many aspects of how you think about developing and delivering products change.

Technology 8

Technology Learning Curve Tips Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The story, which apparently has echoes in some other school districts around the country, is but one more salvo in the wars of educational reform (recently depicted in the film Waiting for Superman — dont miss it). Brook Manville consults to socially-minded enterprises on matters of strategy and organizational development.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

The company’s website reported that Kickstarter has now funded over 50,000 projects , with pledges coming from over 5,000,000 individual backers. services such as Kickstarter (and others including Indiegogo and Rockethub ) have operated on a donation model. Kickstarter funds everything from art to food to fashion, films, and hardware.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Finance Venture Capitalist Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2013

Harley helped V&S launch Fan Machine by enlisting its fans to develop a new campaign. Meanwhile, V&S tracked the brief, moderated the entries, collected fan data, and reported it back to Harley. MoFilm, Poptent, and Tongal, for example, focus on video production for television and web films. Advertising Innovation Marketing'

Advertising 10

Advertising Brand Innovation Creativity 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2013

It''s a dangerous trap, not just for the media companies that I know best but for any company trying to operate or expand in China. The audience cringed — particularly in light of the fact that Chinese authorities had banned that week''s edition of Levin''s flagship Time magazine, which had carried reports on China''s political exiles.

Magazine 8

Magazine Globalization Film Politics 8