N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Even the most savvy CEO may have blind spots in his or her skill sets, core competencies, or voids in the org chart which can also cause blind spots. Thanks again for the comment Mark.

Blog 288

Blog Brand Depreciation CEO 288

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Today’s C-level executives understand peripheral management of their critical applications, data systems, and shared services is not an effective, efficient, secure, or financially-feasible effort and require more robust, permanent solutions for assimilation into their BPM. Process Automaton.

Engineering 50

Engineering Process BPM Taylorism 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. He is reminding us that true leadership requires a degree of selflessness. We know that leadership is about choices. Successful leadership involves continuous growth and learning.

Leadership 56

Leadership Newsletter Executive Coaching Follow-up 56

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P. He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc.,

Library 70

Library Kaplan Newsletter Audience 70

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

Just as America''s visa rules enabled the rapid growth of India''s information-technology companies over the last two decades, the Obama Administration''s recent drive to reform immigration regulations could prove to be a turning point for them. In the same way, India''s information technology giants must bite the bullet today.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Information Technology Automotive Technology 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Researchers at the IT Leadership Academy are doing just that in Global 2000 enterprises. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

Magazine 51

Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 51

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

It is also impossible to maintain consistency and efficiency when independent groups all pursue analytics in their own way. It is time to connect these groups, elevate analytics to a strategic corporate practice, and assign executive leadership to oversee it. Information & technology Leadership'

Company 8

Company COO Information Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2014

Recently I’ve been having a very hard time talking to students, executives, and business leaders about information technology. This new leadership role is captured in the emerging title of chief business technology officer. He believes technology leadership is about to undergo a shakeout.

CIO 11

CIO Information Technology Forrester Technology 11

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

That requires a new way of thinking about people and leadership. But there’s a model of leadership that will. And efficiency in pursuit of decision reached without rigor is just doing the wrong things more quickly. Efficiency People’s time is a valuable commodity not to be wasted.

Agility 65

Agility Banking Supply Chain CTO 65

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P. He also served as President of Kaplan College, a division of Kaplan Inc.,

Planning 50

Planning Audience Succession Library 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Much has been made of the distinction between leadership and management. Leadership is uplifting, they imply, while management is boring — just a bunch of rigid bureaucrats spinning red tape, or emphasizing efficiency over effectiveness. They care about efficiency. Execution Leadership'

Management 8

Management Real Estate Information Technology Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. We need to strike back and employing Health Information Technology, in the form of electronic health records (EHRs) is an excellent place to start the battle.

Health Care 14

Health Care Film Incentives Information Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2013

Managing this rapid change and fostering innovation while "keeping the trains running on time" is the primary leadership role required of any CIO, new or old. Additionally, we must support the research needs of our faculty by ensuring that we''re providing world-class technological research capabilities. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

CIO 8

CIO Positioning PPM Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

But the savings go beyond efficiency. Daimler Trucks North America executives saw how IoT technology could fix this fundamental flaw in the design of the repair process, making the process smoother and more efficient for drivers and technicians alike. Disruptive innovation Information & technology Internet'

Engineering 9

Engineering CIO Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

But the savings go beyond efficiency. Daimler Trucks North America executives saw how IoT technology could fix this fundamental flaw in the design of the repair process, making the process smoother and more efficient for drivers and technicians alike. Disruptive innovation Information & technology Internet'

Engineering 9

Engineering CIO Disruptive Innovation Uncertainty 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

This will help doctors make better decisions based on up-to-date knowledge in a time efficient manner. Build a learning medical information ecosystem. Through better connectivity, information technology is improving the practice of medicine as never before. The path forward is clear.

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Technology Peer Review Information 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

One of the things that IT departments are after, and I think it could be related to the Veterans Administration, is efficient use of those budgets. So CIOs always have to balance supporting current operations and enabling those supporting operations to be more efficient. It’s convincing leadership of the necessity to do that.

CIO 8

CIO Health Care Metrics Software 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2017

Leaders like Ellyn Shook, the chief leadership and human resources officer at Accenture, actually carry around “dumb phones,” which don’t have any apps and can’t send or receive email. By doing so, they can more readily adapt not just to technology trends but also to organizational and societal trends.

Execution 14

Execution CIO Chief Information Officer Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Drawing on a conference he organized on how the US legal system could be changed to better promote entrepreneurship, Litan points out that the scholarship of law and economics "has been largely about what economists call 'static efficiency' rather than 'dynamic efficiency' or growth."

McKinsey 14

McKinsey Efficiency Long-term Analysis 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2014

Among health care leadership, it can have the unintended effect of promoting inaction over change and innovation. This process sounds simple, but it will bring astounding efficiency gains. Health care will become a more efficient learning system—capable of continuous and real-time improvement. As a result, U.S.

Health Care 8

Health Care Information Technology Learning-by-Doing Information 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Coordinating health care information technology requires government action, which was a decade slow in coming. Here, then, is the conundrum.

Health Care 15

Health Care Biotechnology Mayo Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

It’s necessary to have a multidisciplinary team, with clinical, analytics, data science, information technology, and behavior change skill sets available from start to finish. Organizational leaders are often unfamiliar with advanced analytics technology and applications. Insight Center. The Leading Edge of Health Care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Long-term Tools Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare.

COO 12

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

But the opportunities for data-science-enabled efficiencies and innovation are too important to defer or deny. Information & technology Leadership Organizational culture' Stop hunting for that data science unicorn and/or silver bullet. Sometimes the data show that “buying time” the right way can be a terrific investment.

BHAG 8

BHAG Software Information Technology Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

And of course, few such managers have a background in information technology. To be done right, integrating such solutions into the enterprise requires not just knowledge about buildings, but also IT and financial leadership. Information & technology' Don’t have a capital budget for energy savings projects?

Energy 8

Energy Resources Information Technology Cost Center 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Standing on that Viennese street a quarter century spent living and working across Europe later, it occurred to me that those trains were one of the most humanizing technologies I have experienced in my lifetime. What made them such was not the efficiency of railways’ engineering or the success of one pricing strategy.

Technology 8

Technology Drucker Taylorism Taylor 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2013

But the data, gathered in our new study " Stop Starving Scale " and compared against benchmarks from APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center), hint at a little-known story: most global NGOs today struggle to master the complexities of managing efficient, integrated operations in large part due to restrictions placed on them by funders.

Globalization 8

Globalization NGO Benchmarking Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

It is a conversation about the increasing importance of information technology and the role it must assume in every enterprise, regardless of size, industry or geography. Not only are there new systems, business and delivery models, types of information, technologies, etc., IT management ROA ROI'

CIO 8

CIO ROI Agility Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

Although that kind of redesign is still required periodically, leaders today are more typically confronted with the challenge of how to find cost efficiencies in certain parts of their organization to invest in other parts of the organization that drive growth. What type of leadership and culture are required to achieve the value proposition?

Ulrich 8

Ulrich Cost Efficiency Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Staffed with dedicated professionals armed with the requisite skills, experience, and credibility, a central group can accelerate the realization of value improvements — better outcomes, more efficient processes, lower costs, and aligned payment models — across the organization. Insight Center. Leading Change in Health Care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Management Cost Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Above all, it requires strong resolve and adept leadership. Through our experience working alongside many of them, we’ve identified five leadership imperatives: 1. Measuring outcomes requires redesigned workflows, enhanced coordination across departments, and investment in new resources. Find the believers.

Health Care 8

Health Care Mayo Long-term Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

As GHDonline’s rapid growth and success have demonstrated, they can indeed be a valuable tool for improving the efficiency, quality, and the ultimate value of health care delivery. Health Information & technology Internet Knowledge management' The Launch. Professional Development. Getting Big Results from a Small Business Unit.

Globalization 9

Globalization Health Care Information Technology Chief Technology Officer 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2015

But with the rapid implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), CNOs are now expected to master new trends in health care information technologies to engage hospital leaders in strategic discussions about major technology investments. The primary driver for new learning is increasingly complex and essential technologies.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Health Care Supply Chain Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

But there is another leadership role that has arisen in many organizations in recent years: the Chief Digital Officer (CDO). It''s OK to experiment with new businesses and tools, but experimentation must be coupled with building scalable, efficient capabilities. The CDO''s job is to turn the digital cacophony into a symphony.

CIO 8

CIO Technology Apparel Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Big data holds the promise of not only vastly improved efficiencies but also bringing greater objectivity to our very unconsciously biased human decision-making. But what if these new possibilities—used by recruiters and managers to efficiently and objectively get the best talent—only bake in current inequities? Or create new ones?

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Class Information Technology Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

But I would suggest that there is something more fundamental happening behind the numbers; something lurking in the very nature of digital marketing and what it asks of leadership and what it means for accountability. That is leadership. Information & technology Marketing Social media' The Digital Disconnect.

CIO 8

CIO Marketing CRM Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

However, doing this with blanket eliminations of layers carries a risk: inadvertently pruning away the next generation of leadership talent. Patients need to flow through them efficiently or the hospital loses money, often in large amounts. Pruning the portfolio of facilities and services.

Cost 10

Cost System Management Franchising 10