Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

A company must get its sales, marketing, research and development, operations, and even customers and suppliers to work together. And the insurance company will pay for the procedure. Over the last 20 years, I have found the best way to do this is to assemble the key stakeholders of a process in a multi-day workshop.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

In the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics, for example, the global financial crisis caused private developers for the Olympic Village project to withdraw, requiring a refinancing package backed by government. These risks can emanate from the realm of security, public health, natural ecology, technology, or economics.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Slowly but surely, as the little database grew bigger and bigger, the manager would wedge the cost into her operating budget. Departments can automate a business process in the time it would take to enter IT's development pipeline. Other managers might take notice and started building their own databases.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

He started very well, but as soon as his cash flow improved, financial burdens from family systems stifled his operations. When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

This isn’t all that surprising given the level of innovation activity in these sectors, but directors operating in similarly disrupted sectors should take note. Just over one-fifth (22%) of boards operating in the IT and telecom industry sought tech expertise when filling their most recent board seat, higher than in any other industry.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2017

HMSHost will be launching workshops on engagement across the entire company. Offer professional-development opportunities. She breaks down the operational and human resource decisions that make this possible in her HBR article and book The Good Jobs Strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

And they want to be rewarded for saving, or for looking ahead far enough to buy life insurance. That, clearly, makes insurance a tough sell. SPG Keyless and the Botlr were both developed using cross-functional teams including collocated members from Technology, Brands, Security, Procurement, Marketing, and IT. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Yet wanting to be closer with customers, and knowing what actual, operational pathways to take in order to achieve this are two very different things. Consider the battle waged by IBM’s software development teams between competing methods for getting closer to customers. The Future of Operations. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

We hired roughly 1,000 new employees in approximately 15 months to build our operations, human resources, compliance, and technology teams. (We We sat down with small groups of employees across functions and talked about everything — including leadership, operations, compensation, benefits, and staffing. What values drove them?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

We're a network of microfinance organizations; we exist to share practices and develop the leadership skills required by a sector that has grown up fast. Microfund for Women in Jordan, meanwhile, is a standout in the area of bringing women's thinking to bear on its new product development process. percent). Harvard historian David S.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

The resulting images of Play-Doh, newly painted birdhouses, and freshly mown grass led product developers far from the types of scents normally associated with deodorants and antiperspirants. That insight drove the development of a new sub-brand for the Secret line, Destinations, which promises scents that evoke locales and seasons.

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