Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2015

It is the hub of the world’s energy industry, headquarters of medical innovation and entrepreneurial phenomena. Recurring themes include pioneer spirit, business innovation, community give-back, growth and vision. Today, I see Houston as a collection of communities, economic engines and entrepreneurial opportunities.

Entrepreneur 50

Entrepreneur Competitive Advantage Quality Books 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

What if the person capable of hatching that innovation is, today, a middle-school girl in a village in Ecuador? If we could only put the same level of resources into inspiring girls in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) that we do into discovering America's Next Top Model , the chance wouldn't seem so remote.

Engineering 14

Engineering Learning-by-Doing Career Class 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

a Boston-based innovation management collaborative. Your organization won't innovate productively unless some underlying factors are in good shape. A compelling case for innovation. Unless people understand why innovation is necessary, it always loses to core business or the performance engine in the battle for resources.

Critical Success Factor 15

Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 15, 2015

Innovation Advocate. Contact: caduhigg@gmail 9 43,800 5,107 9,706 Clayton Christensen Innovation, Leadership Professor at Harvard Business School. Tweets with occasional assistance from the Fellows at the Forum for Growth & Innovation. 37 103,000 2,813 132,141 Guy Kawasaki Innovation, Leadership Mantra: I empower people.

Leadership 100

Leadership Executive Coaching Goleman Emotional Intelligence 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

Companies that are able to master continuous online product innovation have big advantages: Dramatic reductions in the time it takes to make critical product enhancements. A team typically consists of three to seven people who have strong software engineering, product management, testing, and marketing skills. Insight Center.

Innovation 10

Innovation Company Software Engineering 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

Staying true to its roots as an engineering-centric company, Google has stood out both for its early skepticism of the value of managers as well as for its novel, often quantitative approaches to management decisions. If you only read one piece, make it this one by David Garvin in 2013 , on how Google sold its engineers on management.

IPO 14

IPO Management Engineering Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

If you want to win their hearts and minds, you have to master the latest technology, assimilate vast quantities of data, engage and delight your customers, and deliver products and services that surpass expectations. And yet today’s top marketers are combining technology and teamwork to generate extraordinary results.

Marketing 13

Marketing Teamwork Technology Information Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The appointment of Mary Barra as CEO-to-be of General Motors is a signal to car-lovers everywhere that the company is serious about its products and vehicle innovation. An engineer with a diemaker father who worked in a Pontiac plant, Barra is a 33-year company veteran. Barra began her career at the old GM as a young student engineer.

Engineering 11

Engineering CFO Industry Bureaucracy 11

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

It involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize business processes—principally sales activities, but also those for marketing, customer service, and technical support. Collaboration, teamwork, and two-way communication should be encouraged across hierarchical boundaries, especially with respect to process improvement.

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2014

In traditional product management, smart people (marketing, engineering, strategy, product managers, R&D) come up with new products and lob them over the wall to operations to put into production. As Singleton told me, “The technology world is a cult of innovation. Software is an almost-pure form of innovation.

Software 8

Software Industry Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

Teamwork all too often feels inefficient (search and coordination costs eat up time), risky (can I trust others to deliver for my client?), On the contrary, clarity about where the buck stops is one of the most critical enablers of efficient teamwork. To Foster Innovation, Connect Coworkers Who Share Aspirations. Collaboration.

Chief Operating Officer 11

Chief Operating Officer Consensus How To Project 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2011

The Verizon Wireless side of the telecom giant, which is 45 percent owned by Vodafone, is also deepening ties with Google for the Droid and betting on its faster fourth generation (4G) network based on new LTE (long term evolution) technology to leap forward in the wireless marketplace. But roles might soon be reversed.

Wireless 15

Wireless Suri Power Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2015

In the fall of 2014, the HBS-HMS Forum on Health Care Innovation launched the inaugural Health Acceleration Challenge — a “scale up” competition that focuses on compelling solutions to problems in health care delivery that have already been implemented at a small scale and have the potential for wider dissemination.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Cost Self-aware 8

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

People, Business, Human resource management, Recruitment, Teamwork, strategy and leadership Concepts. The app focuses on outbound hiring, and with the curated search engine tool, it matches a multitude of profiles as per the requirements of the company and offers the most eligible candidatures.

Productivity 101

Productivity Products Management Conference 101

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

The difficult angle for the Dana-Farber — the challenge shared by many companies — is that collaboration doesn’t come naturally to many of the highest performers and the system seems almost geared against teamwork. The organizational stars have tremendous autonomy over key work decisions. Get the benefits flowing faster.

Payback Period 8

Payback Period How To Real Estate Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2013

Visualizations support and enhance teams and teamwork. More recently, the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (CASL) visualizations had a huge impact on an innovation workshop because they facilitated a cross-functional design conversation that the organization's existing visualization portfolio could not.

Information 8

Information Performance Review Teamwork Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. Matthew Eyring , Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of Vivint Inc.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

At least, that’s how the story is often told today, and that telling meshes with how people see innovation: a single, simple observation, a flash of brilliance, and — eureka! Put simply, Fleming didn’t have the requisite skills to engineer his discovery into a practical solution to the problem of disease.

Innovation 8

Innovation Business Model Competitive Advantage Chemicals 8