Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. In 2009, GE’s transportation unit developed a new sodium battery for a hybrid engine for locomotives.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2018

” and the marketing team provides one answer, sales a second, and accounting a third. Thus, the term “customer” can mean a potential buyer to the marketing department, the person who signed the purchase order to sales, and the legal entity that it bills to accounting. Jorg Greuel/Getty Images.

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Six Sigma Supply Chain Long-term Definition 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2013

You even people talking about UX as the way in which a consumer connects to a business — all the touch-points from marketing to product development to distribution channels. Lean UX : In many cases, the best way to embed UX thinking in your product development teams is not to focus on design as a specific competency.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Spurred by government reforms and market expectations, healthcare leaders are being forced to reinvent their organizations. This requires developing creative approaches to finding new ideas from outside of healthcare. The development of Memorial’s Heart and Vascular building is another example of ideas inspired by innovisits.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

We don’t expect Amazon or Microsoft or IBM to design, make, and market agricultural tractors, aircraft engines, or MR scanners. The question really is: Can digital natives develop software-enabled solutions that siphon off significant value from industrial hardware? The answer is “yes.”

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

These high-growth jobs focus on the science, health and business fields — positions like biochemists, market research analysts and occupational therapists are set to skyrocket over the next decade. Fortunately, new technologies and services deliver education flexibly, giving America new opportunities with "Education 2.0."

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2011

Each post will examine the challenge from a different perspective, including design, technology, urban planning and more. Our team put Six-Sigma thinking to work. Dr. Burns' career has spanned scientific research; issues management; science and technology leadership and business management. Today, Stephanie A.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. Bill and his team set out to develop a system that could bring all GE machines onto one efficient cloud -connected platform. Bill Ruh was selected in 2011.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2012

This is to say that you don't have to wait until the end of the decade for some breakthrough technology to emerge; it's already here, albeit in bits and pieces. They stand on the shoulders of the methods of "Process Strategy 1.0": Lean , Six Sigma , and Business Reengineering. Let's explore what Process Strategy 2.0

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

In order to do this, your company needs a process to source radical ideas that can catapult your business to new heights, open up new markets, or bring in completely unfamiliar profit streams. Develop Creative Discontent. Three major factors drive convergence: technology, competition, and the customer. Use Convergence Thinking.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2014

In a blog post, Uber says, "We never use marketing tactics that prevent a driver from making their living — and that includes never intentionally canceling rides." All Sorts of Unfortunate Things What Happened to Motorola Chicago Magazine Motorola, the telecom giant that introduced the world to Six Sigma, has had a rough decade.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2013

To gain some real end-to-end experience — perhaps making a concerted effort to try out advanced analytics in the hiring process, improve content in financial reporting, bring more data to decisions made by the senior team, and improve the quality of data used in marketing. Information & technology Strategy'

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

Our work covers each brand’s visual identity, from the product itself all the way to the marketing and merchandising activities that bring a brand to life across different platforms—music, sports, fashion, and so forth. Let’s say that in the room there is a marketer who tells me the brand is not visible enough.

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