Six Disciplines

MARCH 24, 2011

Companies operated alone, rather than being part of partner networks or plugging their people into informal relationships. It was an ineffective way to operate, especially after the information technology revolution took place, and to break out of it, companies needed management ideas.

Execution 101

Execution Six Sigma Strategy Information Technology 101

Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

It can be creative and innovative, but sometimes it fogs up and must be cleaned by clearing out old views and replacing them with fresh ones. So, I would suspect that your concern about maintaining gross profits of the past, when product sales dominated your business, is very real now that operations are more services oriented.

Information Technology 70

Information Technology Self-aware Software Industry 70

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The number of industrial robots in operation around the world has grown rapidly in recent years, but nowhere more so than in China, where some 30% of the world’s robots are in operation. These have coincided with a clear desire from the government to try and lead the 4th industrial revolution.

Automotive 73

Automotive Banking Industry Information Technology 73

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Previous to our technological advancements, the only way businesses could manage their multiple consumer platforms, numerous transactional tasks, and recover from data emergencies was to outsource to a variety of vendors. Drive Innovation. Engage Customers. It is how people communicate, work, and connect. About the Author.

Strategy 50

Strategy Outsourcing Process Technology 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2017

It is also about developing each employee as an individual and nurturing them so that they can feel fulfilled and make the best contribution to your enterprise. It renews interest in their task and keeps them engaged with your operation. If your business operates in the retail sector, you should invest in sales technique training.

Training 50

Training Budgeting Bottom-up Long-term 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

So why, despite all the evidence to the contrary, do we see so many corporations dip their toes into the pool of innovation instead of diving in? Corporate innovation is already a difficult proposition; why doom it to failure by pursuing it half-heartedly? With the right approach, innovation at a big company is realistic.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Technology Commitment 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

The healthcare industry has long relied on traditional, linear models of innovation – basic and applied research followed by development and commercialization. This model isn’t just about getting greater patient feedback during the innovation process. Innovation Centers.

Health Care 10

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 10

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Design thinking has been recognized as an important means to innovate in the context of developing new products and technologies. Implementing a strategic technology plan. He currently leads Building Informatics Group based in North Bethesda, MD. Strategic plan as jigsaw puzzle.

Creativity 58

Creativity Strategic Planning Construction Politics 58

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2012

Would you look to your information technology organization for ways to improve customer service? David Bogaerts and Jael Schuyer are process improvement experts (" Lean Master Black Belts " and "Agile coaches") in the IT and operations group at ING , a leading bank based in the Netherlands. Probably not. How are they doing it?

Process 14

Process Innovation Agility Insurance 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Agile has indisputably transformed software development, and many experts believe it is now poised to expand far beyond IT. Shewhart taught this iterative and incremental-development methodology to his mentee, W. They keep customers happier.

Agility 8

Agility Nonaka Takeuchi Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

To stay competitive, organizations need to continually find opportunities for innovation in key processes such as customer service and product development, and adoption of a new process almost always requires the implementation of new information technology. MORE ON KNOCKING DOWN BARRIERS TO INNOVATION.

Process 12

Process Innovation Hammer Resistance 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

So why, despite all the evidence to the contrary, do we see so many corporations dip their toes into the pool of innovation instead of diving in? Corporate innovation is already a difficult proposition; why doom it to failure by pursuing it half-heartedly? With the right approach, innovation at a big company is realistic.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Technology Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2014

Google has asserted that this will adversely affect innovation, but those claims are premature. Corporations need to see privacy as another market ripe for innovation, one that can yield global profits, because adapting to EU concerns means extending your market reach across the world. Information & technology Innovation'

Innovation 8

Innovation Safe Harbor Compliance Information Technology 8

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

The most recent being Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation. Paul Nunes and I have known each other for many years, and we’ve both been writing about the subject of disruptive innovation from different vantage points and different angles. DAVID: Yeah. You call it this big bang disruption.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

These stock buybacks have come under criticism as a bad investment – the argument being that companies sitting on record amounts of cash ought to invest in innovation, salaries, or at least dividends, rather than pumping up their own stock price through buybacks. That exceeds its operating income of $52.5 Not so fast.

Innovation 8

Innovation Short-term Long-term Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

In order to see the future more clearly, it''s almost always helpful to look back — and this certainly goes for IT and its ever-increasing impact on operations, and ultimately on competitive advantage. Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

As many companies move from exclusively internal focused R&D to distributed-innovation systems (e.g., P&G''s Connect and Develop ) to increase velocity and quality of their new product introductions, the IT infrastructure support for this business process change is critical. Improving Operational Efficiency.

Enterprise Architecture 8

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. Drone operators will be regularly required, for example, to pass a written test, but won’t, as rumored, need to obtain a pilot’s license.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

Just as America''s visa rules enabled the rapid growth of India''s information-technology companies over the last two decades, the Obama Administration''s recent drive to reform immigration regulations could prove to be a turning point for them. In the same way, India''s information technology giants must bite the bullet today.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Information Technology Automotive Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

For the past several years we have watched with increasing dismay at the increasing chasm between information technology (IT) groups and their business counterparts. The business complains that IT doesn’t understand the business, consistently overpromises and under-delivers, and slows innovation.

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Technology Cost Center Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

With a tsunami of new digital technologies all converging simultaneously — social, mobile, cloud, analytics and embedded devices — there has been, once again, a cry for corporate IT to radically change to enable the digital transformation of businesses. It requires new modes of operation. There is no time for complacency.

CIO 8

CIO CTO Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

companies were making progress on the operations front, but now they seem to have lost their way—and business schools are in a position to help set them right again. And in the 1990s, our companies began to learn more from innovations at home, particularly in the area of high-performance work systems. A few decades ago, U.S.

Lean Production 8

Lean Production Operations Health Care Talent Management 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2013

Perhaps the most exciting (and challenging) aspect of working in a progressive IT organization is the pace of technological change. Managing this rapid change and fostering innovation while "keeping the trains running on time" is the primary leadership role required of any CIO, new or old. Generate Room for Innovation.

CIO 8

CIO Positioning PPM Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Strategy-making can now happen in real time. Strategy can anticipate and learn.

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

According to CIO Dieter Haban , whose team identified the idea and led product development, “the innovation combines telematics, mobility, central mission control, big data analytics, and a seamless process from the truck to the driver, fleet manager, and ultimately to an authorized service outlet.”. Lead from the top.

Engineering 9

Engineering CIO Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

According to CIO Dieter Haban , whose team identified the idea and led product development, “the innovation combines telematics, mobility, central mission control, big data analytics, and a seamless process from the truck to the driver, fleet manager, and ultimately to an authorized service outlet.”. Lead from the top.

Engineering 9

Engineering CIO Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

These firms are likely to have already established the organizational structures needed to nurture and spread new technologies and business approaches. And they have well-honed approaches for developing the requisite new skills in employees. Their fundamentally sound innovation practices provide a foundation for evolution.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Technology System Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2014

These skills are now reaching beyond data analysis to encompass information architecture, application development, and technology project management. Starving IT of budget takes a heavy toll on innovation. Information & technology Marketing' into digital-marketing efforts.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain CIO Chief Information Officer Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

These COEs are responsible for innovation, transformation and process governance, and they work closely with operating units in Mexico, Brazil, Central America and the Philippines to roll them out. In the past, IT just provided direct services to the operating groups, according to Chief Information Officer Hector Calva.

Technology 8

Technology Organization Content Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Education is on the brink of rapid change that will create a lot of value for innovators. One representative example: April’s Education Innovation Summit , where more than 2,000 people energetically discussed how technology and markets are charting the future of education globally. But still sitting on the sidelines?

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Education Disruptive Innovation Asset Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

They saw it as an opportunity to completely transform the operation to improve care and the patient experience and to lower costs. To that end, they decided to have a team study how care is delivered, identify the barriers to smooth operations, and fix the barriers. It was fully integrated into emergency room operations at St.

Technology 8

Technology Mayo Health Care Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Foreign investors have flocked to the country’s shores as many of the world’s largest manufacturers have established operations there. In fact, China is already experiencing a labor shortage: Wages are rising and it is losing its labor-cost advantage to other developing countries. China, too, needs more technological innovation.

GDP 13

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2017

How the most innovative providers are creating value. Using that system, a doctor assesses the patient’s age, cholesterol, weight, blood pressure, and several other factors to arrive at the individual’s chances of developing cardiovascular disease over the next 10 years. Insight Center. The Leading Edge of Health Care.

Health Care 11

Health Care System Technology Airlines 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

We have moved from the Internet era in the early 2000s to the cloud era today; however, we will soon transition into the Matrix era – the Matrix being the term the Leading Edge Forum (LEF) uses to describe the intersection of multiple game-changing technologies that will drive significant change in the world in which we live and do business.

Technology 8

Technology Organization Content How To 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

It’s only recently, though, that advances in information technology have made it possible for predictive tools to access and manipulate big data, and to do so continuously — accelerating the generation of insights, and opening up opportunities to anticipate issues with unprecedented precision. Health Information & technology'

Health Care 8

Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

First we see major shifts in demand: developing economies such as China and India are morphing from the world's source of low-cost manufacturing capacity to the world's best market opportunities. They will not, it must be noted, alter how the role of manufacturing evolves as economies develop.

Globalization 9

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2016

Organizations I work with increasingly struggle to straddle two painfully polarizing operating principles. The digitally networked enterprise — whether Slacked, Chattered, Skyped, Google Doc-ed — sharply exacerbates tensions and pain points: More stakeholders can instantly access, and share, actionable information.

RACI 8

RACI Agility Brand Management Decentralization 8