Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2019

The long and more interesting answer, is that my nearly 6 months at the zen Buddhist monastery planted powerful seeds in my mind that have allowed me to evolve more fluidly in my day to day trials and errors as an entrepreneur. Being a Zen Buddhist monastery taught me how to be in a zen Buddhist monastery.

Entrepreneur 50

Entrepreneur How To Peer Review Review 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2014

It’s cheaper because of automation and because small development teams need less coordination and oversight. Continuous integration and automated testing is important for all modern, large scale software development. Google’s test machine is built and run by a “test engineering” group, whose size is about 15% of their total developers.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Development Software 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

We’ve all heard a great deal about the power of positive thinking. In our research, we’ve developed a mental contrasting tool called WOOP — Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan. In the wake of the Great Recession, some businesses even hired happiness coaches to get their workers looking on the bright side.

Positioning 20

Positioning Human Resources Peer Review Health Care 20

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

Our leadership development work with organizations has given us a database of 360-degree assessments from over 75,000 business leaders around the world. This accords with other, peer-reviewed research that shows a connection between displaying confidence and being perceived as competent. (If

Peer Review 8

Peer Review Analysis Engineering Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2012

"Most resources go to ideas and techniques (and researchers) that have proven profitable in the past, while it’s harder and harder to get ideas outside the mainstream either accepted by peer review, supported by the university, or funded by granting agencies.". Of course, the private sector is fraught with innovation problems too.

Sports 8

Sports Peer Review GDP Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

Retailers combine data on demographics and weather to predict sales and develop merchandising plans. The combination of predictive analytics, large data sets, and the processing power of today’s computers is starting to transform change management. It’s time for that to change.

Marketing 8

Marketing Root Cause Analysis Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

They start with the development of the company's purpose and strategy, and then proceed to design performance management, business and human resource policies, and leadership development practices that are tied to essential human values that then comprise an integrated whole. Personal Integration.

360-Degree Feedback 14

360-Degree Feedback Ethics Education Human Resources 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Democratizing Entrepreneurship: Village Capital's Peer Selection Model. An exciting and powerful model for cultivating, evaluating, funding, and growing new ideas — and a detailed recipe for unleashing the power of peer review in any organization. by Ross Baird, Village Capital. Fail Forward.

Innovation 8

Innovation Core Competence McKinsey Armstrong 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2016

Consumer-facing (B2C) companies like these and many others have long realized the power of online digital networks to address the questions or issues of their customers. 97% of professional buyers believe that user-generated content, such as peer reviews and group discussion, is more credible than content provided by the company itself.

B2B 8

B2B B2C FAQ Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

But when we approach our interactions thoughtfully, a company’s culture can be a powerful antibody against destructive office politics. Managers focus on building a great team, creating a vision for how that team will execute its goals, and helping the people on that team develop in their careers.

Politics 15

Politics Tactics Review Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

Recently, I was talking with a senior leader from a world-class global learning and development company. But my peer-review literature search revealed no similar ways to assess how willing leaders are to be influenced or how transparent they are about how they can best be influenced.

Influence 8

Influence Six Sigma Open-book Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Learning from others’ experiences is an important aspect of professional development in surgery. That’s why academic surgical departments across the globe hold weekly Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) conferences that gather surgeons together to review particular cases and share ideas for improving their practice.

Media 8

Media Skills Conference Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Understanding those drivers can help women be more deliberate about the kinds of relationships they need to develop to achieve their aspirations. Rigorous, peer-reviewed research debunks these myths. The key is understanding the basic economic motivators behind sponsorship. The Economics of Mentoring and Sponsoring.

Mentor 8

Mentor Self-aware Execution Peer Review 8