Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Most leaders are interested in growing their businesses through innovation, but it's risky business: most innovation efforts fail. After years of helping to make innovation happen as chief communications officer at Steelcase and as a consultant, I have a point of view that I'm willing to bet on. Don't lose sight of the horizon.

Innovation 15

Innovation Brand Project Storytelling 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2016

The past year brought a rich array of films depicting connections between a wise, older mentor and a younger person in need of sage guidance, in ways that often defied gauzy stereotypes, from art-house movies like Lily Tomlin’s Grandma to blockbusters like Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Film 11

Film Mentor Education Fashion 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel , a new film set in India and directed by Shakespeare in Love's John Madden (age 63), hangs its plot on the notion of "outsourcing" the elderly. There are signs that market is forming: Marigold's arrival to U.S. There are signs that market is forming: Marigold's arrival to U.S.

Outsourcing 12

Outsourcing Film Hotels Open-book 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

EDENS, of which the latter is CEO, has led the revitalization of the 45-acre Union Market district in Northeast Washington, DC. The Union Market challenge. Located on the east side of the NoMa train tracks, Union Market began as a working food production and distribution center in the 1930s.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2014

This is more than just a smart marketing campaign. Lego’s Mindstorm robots (or education and innovation kits as they are sometimes known) were developed in collaboration with MIT Media Lab as a solution for education and training in the mid to late 90’s. Education Human resources Technology'

Education 13

Education Human Resources Participative Training 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2014

Before the announcement, the stock market capitalization to GDP ratio for Nigeria was 33%, compared to 270% for South Africa. Emerging market investors looking for upside potential in Africa will look at those numbers with interest. Post announcement, the ratio is 18%. Global business'

GDP 8

GDP Human Capital Film Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

While our first instinct might be to help employees find new jobs, what we really need to do is help companies shift into new markets focused on human services and adopt new business models that will allow employees, customers, and communities to benefit from technological change. Automated farming is also quickly advancing.

Company 11

Company Creativity Retail Business Model 11

Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2019

Remind your prospect that you’re there to introduce and provide education on products that are built to help their business grow. This takes very little time and can be filmed with a camera at your desk. Your videos and attached emails should be friendly in nature. Start up a conversation and avoid sales-speak.

Video 10

Video Gordon Film Creativity 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

The fact of the matter is that periodically, technologies or business model innovations allow start-ups to enter industries offering services that are generally cheaper and more accessible, but of far lower quality. This is the essence of what we call "disruptive innovation." But then that Hollywood magic starts to kick in.

Rogers 15

Rogers Telecommunications Disruptive Innovation Innovation 15

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

Cross-cultural stimulus: Whatever field you are in, once-a-month take your team on an educational/cultural outing to do or see something that has nothing to do with thier work. The benefit of this kind of team activity, is the opening of one’s mind, and shared creative stimulus, which fosters innovation. These are just a few examples.

Team 52

Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Earlier this fall, The New York Post ran a story guaranteed to raise hackles among parents anxious about the quality of their childrens education in the public schools. The problem runs far deeper that the prime facie question of which party should own the right to make decisions relating to a childs education.

Guidelines 14

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

It's not to create more jargon, it's to emphasize a point: that social is more than the stuff the marketing team deals with. Fifteen years ago, The Cluetrain Manifesto taught us that markets are conversations and that was a great starting point. Mass markets were a convenient fiction created by mass media. How does this work?

Banking 16

Banking Business Model Supply Chain Mass Marketing 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

HBS Executive Education brings you these articles about business management courtesy of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Hill began to dig into the scholarship around leadership and innovation, she soon realized there was a lot of research on both. As Harvard Business School Professor Linda A.

Education 8

Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Michael Blake's 1988 book of the same name would be adapted into the 1990 Hollywood blockbuster western film directed, produced and starring Kevin Costner. Innovations like the da Vinci Surgical System is designed to make complex surgeries easier. For instance, increasingly, robots are making their way into the operating room.

Technology 8

Technology Film Operations Conference 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Executive education students at Harvard Business School. HBS Executive Education brings you these articles about business management courtesy of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Hill began to dig into the scholarship around leadership and innovation, she soon realized there was a lot of research on both.

Education 8

Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Spurred by government reforms and market expectations, healthcare leaders are being forced to reinvent their organizations. The “Innovation Café” itself is the result of an innovisit to a Whirlpool Corporation facility that included an Innovation Training Center. .

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Six Sigma Consultative 8

Ask Atma

MAY 3, 2011

If you use the limitations of your resources as a design criterion you can often engender a whole new dimension of innovation. Cross disciplinary training and stimulus: Whatever field you are in, once-a-month take your team on an educational/cultural outing to something that has nothing to do with your work.

Creativity 56

Creativity Brainstorming Constraint Learning-by-Doing 56

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2012

The widespread adoption of Eric Ries 's work beyond Silicon Valley has been a godsend for innovators. The Lean Startup has crystallized many of the ideas fundamental to successful innovation and provided companies with additional ways to understand and make room for rapid iteration, agile development, and in-market testing of new ideas.

Ries 16

Ries Business Model Entrepreneur Agility 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

“One of the great things about India is its ability to over-celebrate everything from weddings to rain to the latest Rajinikanth film. To the outsider, it’s the great Indian spectacle. The annual unveiling of the government budget is no exception,” writes Sean McLain of The Wall Street Journal’s Delhi bureau.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Cost Globalization Sharpe 8