Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Developed during World War II, CARVER (then one letter shorter and known as CARVE) was originally used by analysts to determine where bomber pilots could most effectively drop their munitions on enemy targets. (One ” 5 – Very high economic, political, or social impact on the organization. 3 – Moderate impact.

Tools 10

Tools Risk Management Budgeting SWOT 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Yes, political hacktivists brag about Web pages defaced and customer information released over the Internet, but companies rarely reveal the attacks that result in the loss of valuable intellectual property — business plans, proprietary technologies or fraudulent payments. These attacks can be devastating.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Risk Management Hedge Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

She must also have the experience and capability to address business-in-society issues—legislation, regulation, investigation, enforcement and litigation — that now create risk and opportunity in all dimensions of corporate activity. Recent global developments underscore the importance of these societal issues.

CEO 8

CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2014

Concerns about political risk have heightened in the light of tit-for-tat sanctions between Russia and the West. Restrictions on the ability of Russian banks to sell financial instruments were imposed, as were bans on selling technology that would help Russia develop its vast energy reserves. The details suggest not.

Banking 8

Banking Short-term Politics Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

Widespread use of antivirus, intrusion detection technologies, improved cryptography algorithms, and methods for blacklisting infected web sites are just a few examples of how technical advances have improved cyber defense. Today''s cyber-issues involve systemic social, economic, organizational, and political components.

Game Theory 8

Game Theory Incentives Diversity System 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2014

I’m at Lockheed Martin where we focus relentlessly on expanding and improving the technology and tradecraft to remain ahead of adversaries. it would be naïve to think that our adversaries are not finding opposing uses for these technologies). Information & technology Knowledge management Risk management'

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Analysis Information Knowledge Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

Commentators and researchers have focused on the crucial role of the CEO in leading effective corporate action to promote high performance, high integrity , and sound risk management. What’s radically changed in recent years is complexity.

CFO 8

CFO Chief Financial Officer Compliance Due Diligence 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The key to identifying and addressing at-risk employees before a breach or incident occurs is to focus as much on understanding and anticipating human behavior as on shoring up technological defenses. Treating insiders as a technology problem ignores the human aspects of motivation and behavior.”

Forrester 8

Forrester Shaw Absenteeism Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Mugabe’s ouster and replacement with his one-time deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, was the most significant development in the Southern African nation since it gained independence from Britain in 1980. Technology solutions that help accelerate improvements of Zimbabwe’s decaying infrastructure will also be in high demand.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

If the customers haven’t changed much, point to changes in the competitive environment that make your strategy less sound today than it was when it was developed. Mine societal, economic, political, regulatory, and technological trends to identify any external changes that necessitate a shift in your strategy.

Strategic Planning 8

Strategic Planning Due Diligence Proposal Rogers 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Do you have the necessary resources (financial, technology, talent, infrastructure, etc.) How can we improve the risk management, governance, control, and reporting functions for this? Who are your strongest leaders and how are you developing them to handle more responsibility? to hit your objectives?

Team Building 284

Team Building Blog Team CEO 284

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Criticizing others may be cloaked as a subtle or even polite dialog. We can dispense with all that employee training and professional development. We’ve got the latest technology. Our company has got the most up to date technology. Technology represents less than 1% of an organization’s pie chart.

Budgeting 76

Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 76

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

In order for your enterprise to turn an idea into a monetizing and/or value creating event you should develop a strategic plan that attempts to measure the idea against the following 15 elements: 1. It should be developed as a solution to a problem or to exploit an opportunity. Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections.

Blog 413

Blog Innovation Brand Strategic Planning 413

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

This is even more critical for an organization like NASA that has many high-risk projects and an ever-shrinking budget; Have active executive project sponsors; and. Maintain a constant focus on talent development for their teams and, in particular, their project leaders. Continuing Talent Development.

Project 15

Project Survey Budgeting Conflict of Interest 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

This is even more critical for an organization like NASA that has many high-risk projects and an ever-shrinking budget; Have active executive project sponsors; and. Maintain a constant focus on talent development for their teams and, in particular, their project leaders. Continuing Talent Development.

Project 13

Project Survey Budgeting Conflict of Interest 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

On paper, the project seemed like it would be a hit: The investment by the mining company would bring jobs and 21st-century technology to an economically poor area and tax revenues to the government. In reality, just like anywhere in the world, these communities are part of a broader social and political system.

Company 8

Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

Then one of the engineering executives, a fracking enthusiast and unconventional extraction technologies champion, spoke up. The innovation roadmap was hauled out and reviewed less in the spotlight of global opportunities than the cold reflection of domestic politics. What customer would matter most in five years? No one disagreed.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Levitt Tourism Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2017

By doing so they avoid the delays associated with information and approvals traveling up and down the management hierarchy. In politics, this is known as the principle of “ subsidiarity ” or “the principle that a central authority should … [perform] only those tasks which cannot be performed at a more local level.”

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Efficiency Mintzberg Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

It’s no secret that organizations have been increasingly turning to advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve decision making across business processes—from research and design to supply chain and risk management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Engineering Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

Experience: Buyers use a solution, increasingly in pilots or proof of concepts, and develop perceptions about its value based on that usage. Engage: Buyers initiate further contact with providers (or accept proposals from providers) to get help in moving toward a purchase decision.

B2B 8

B2B AIDA AIDAS Disintermediation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

There’s no doubt that our world faces complex challenges, from a warming climate to violent uprisings to political instability to outbreaks of disease. For instance, recently my fellow data scientists and I developed algorithms that accurately predicted the first cholera outbreak in 130 years. Risk management Technology'

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty GDP System Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

There’s no doubt that our world faces complex challenges, from a warming climate to violent uprisings to political instability to outbreaks of disease. For instance, recently my fellow data scientists and I developed algorithms that accurately predicted the first cholera outbreak in 130 years. Risk management Technology'

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty GDP System Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

Over the last two decades, business leaders in the West have been responding to risks posed by profound changes in the global economy, in technology, and in demographics. They have used advances in information technology, which might have destroyed their businesses, to improve their offerings and cut their cost of production.

Politics 9

Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Are corporate boards as polarized politically as the general population? Female directors are much more evenly split between the two main political parties. The ideological divisions we’re seeing in the political arena have permeated the boardroom.

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8