Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2018

Humans Are Strategic; Machines Are Tactical. McKinsey has been studying what kind of work is most adaptable to automation. As Wise, the roboticist, emphasized, the technology itself is just a tool, one that leaders can use how they see fit. ” Computers are great at optimizing, but not so great at goal-setting.

Creativity 15

Creativity Strategy Venture Capitalist McKinsey 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

companies can’t fill their open positions, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study that found that analytical, engineering, and management roles are the hardest to fill. Human Resources HR will play a leading role in driving this shift. For instance, 40 percent of U.S.

Content 9

Content Katz Forrester Budgeting 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For more than a decade, leading human resource strategists have hit on a recurring theme: You want your star players working in the roles that matter most to the business. USC’s John Boudreau, CEO adviser Ram Charan, and consultants at Bain & Company , McKinsey, and Korn Ferry have made similar arguments.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2017

It doesn’t matter if the idea for how to solve a problem or the insight to craft a new strategy is generated in the middle of the night, or while showering, or in yoga class. It’s much harder to develop, measure, and evaluate the specific value and results that each employee produces. Why is that?

Real Estate 11

Real Estate Constraint McKinsey Cost 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2014

The immense promise of big data to reveal new opportunities and deliver practical business results has so far been focused on technologies and models, and less on the human challenges of staffing roles and processes to take advantage of big data’s promise. The study also found a looming need for over 1.5

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Technology McKinsey Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

Yet the plan backfired, as it was executed without much planning, without consulting the government''s allies, and with no consideration to a recently commissioned plan on how to wrap up ERT and re-build it as a truly independent entity. And the majority of Greeks, as polls showed, broadly supported this drastic move.

Politics 8

Politics Restructuring Crisis McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

He took aim at a high-profile target, a book by three McKinsey & Company consultants called The War for Talent. Here's what Gladwell argued: "The broader failing of McKinsey and its acolytes at Enron is their assumption that an organization's intelligence is simply a function of the intelligence of its employees.

Tacit Knowledge 15

Tacit Knowledge Long-term McKinsey Venture Funding 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Now Stefan was the head of the consultancy's South Asia and Middle East business, and Caroline was its global human resources director. He'd been a star at McKinsey, with perfect Indian and U.S. Companies had deserted McKinsey, Bain, and BCG for Vijay. He wasn't sure how to answer. The partners were thrilled.

Case Study 8

Case Study Consultative McKinsey Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2011

It doesn't teach how to navigate "what if" questions or unknown futures. As Amos Shapira , the CEO of Cellcom, the leading cell phone provider in Israel, put it: "The knowledge I use as CEO can be acquired in two weeks.The main thing a student needs to be taught is how to study and analyze things (including) history and philosophy.".

Innovation 20

Innovation Creativity McKinsey CEO 20