Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

That is like setting up a finance organization to do exotic risk hedging before putting in place basic reporting and compliance. No board would allow a finance function to focus exclusively on investor reporting or risk hedging, but this type of mistake is all too common when it comes to HR.

Compliance 10

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The book did quite well — it has been translated into 18 languages at this point, become part of the ongoing innovation dialogue, allowed me to present ideas to executives across the world, and to build a unique consulting firm with clients on six continents. Once the book had been written, I had to market it.

Succession 16

Succession Diversity Open-book Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

Part of the problem is that the industry is still moving at warp speed, and the company has dwindling resources to deploy against innumerable innovation challenges. Dig deeper and you'll find that the diversity of views usually corresponds with how executives frame the problem. The company could merge with Dell.

Strategy 14

Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

The four-story glass building designed by Norman Foster seamlessly integrates a long and diverse list of technical achievements — from the enormous solar panel array on the roof to hidden cable management mechanisms at the workstations — all according to Jobs’s uncompromising design standards. Peter’s Square in Rome.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Technology Hedge Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Some countries have been highly innovative in this area. To start, the board should ensure that the compensation committee is suitably independent and diverse so that its members will be attuned to sentiments on pay inside and outside the firm. Exemplars of moderation on pay can be found in different markets. In the U.K.

Execution 10

Execution Committee Incentives Hedge 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

In malleable environments, such as in newly created or disrupted markets, they will need to envision and realize new possibilities. For example, the presence or absence of a trade deal or an interest rate cut can potentially have a bigger impact than reducing cost or increasing marketing. Invest in Resilience. Modularity. Adaptation.

Strategy 9

Strategy Uncertainty Long-term Politics 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Conversely, why market cigarettes? He reasoned that if marketers worked on maximizing return on sales, production managers were rewarded for the sales they squeezed out of their physical plant, and finance managers focused on minimizing the amount of equity capital they needed, ROE would take care of itself. Social media spending?

ROE 12

ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 12