Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2018

Truth is, you can have the right portfolio of investments, the right metrics and governance, the right stage-gate development process, and the right talent on the right teams — but if you don’t design the right handoffs between your teams, all of that planning falls apart.

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Project Innovation Team Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2018

Without realizing it, even well-managed businesses versed in modern management practices can generate an environment that is hostile to innovation. Drawing on our findings, we have developed a framework that breaks the Corporate Innovation Unit’s (CIU) role into seven distinct tasks. How centralized is the Innovation Unit?

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Innovation Incubator Stage-Gate Idea Generation 10

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. Leading organizations and teams to respond using the best tactical approach will determine if the organization can really deploy the needed projected force with the ability to move freely by means of sufficient sustainability for prolonged operations. By Damian D.

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CEO Succession Tips How To 331

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

These customer experience management initiatives can be complex. That's exactly what Portuguese airport operator ANA Aeroportos de Portugal did in its quest to attract more major airlines and connecting routes. The primary research also identified six underlying passenger needs and desires.

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B2B Airlines Travel Stage-Gate 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

While political operatives have their own lessons to learn from the 2012 electoral results, marketers need to utilize some of the same strategies Obama used to win a second term — particularly in his appeal to minorities. Start with the majority-minority markets and juxtapose them with local markets with high category development.

Marketing 15

Marketing Stage-Gate Industry Productivity 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2018

While we don’t know all the reasons this is important, founders have stronger strategies (which is why they became successful) and better intuition about how all the pieces work and fit together (because they’ve managed the company from the seed stage). Both of these lead to better management and higher RQ.

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Long-term Innovation Technology Stage-Gate 10

Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 10, 2010

When they appear on stage or in a meeting, the electricity is palpable. A wonderful, special gift, much like artistic, athletic, or musical ones that put those lucky enough to have it a notch ahead of the rest of us at the starting gate. We need a good operational definition of charisma. That aura, that confidence, that vibe.

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Charisma Welch Stage-Gate Self-aware 309

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2013

Every manager in the company should know the answer to that question. This is about engaging project sponsors, system users, architects, and development teams in a clear understanding of the actual value received and how that relates to the business case originally used to justify the project. Think speed not functionality.

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CIO Stage-Gate Project Information Technology 8

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

What I do in that time sets the stage for the day I will have. The healthy habits that I attribute to my success as a leader are practice what I preach, set healthy boundaries, practice mindfulness, exercise, work hard and invest in my ongoing learning and personal development. Dan Miller of 48 Days. What is that!?”

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Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Build trustworthy networks , because developing trust in government will require collaboration across sectors. Make the exceptional routine , as the new era of public management requires the ability to deploy bridgebuilding across government. However, private investment excels in supporting early-stage innovations.

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Stage-Gate Innovation Project Learning-by-Doing 87

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. Over the past two decades, we’ve led dozens of innovation projects and have talked to thousands of managers about the challenge of building a high-performance innovation “engine.”

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Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

” The bottom line is that most people don’t want to be “sold” by an ad anymore; they want to develop a relationship where a business earns their purchase by offering invaluable content. They offer strategies like content development, email marketing, creative and branding, and more.

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Marketing Content Audience Brand 105