Great Leadership By Dan
MAY 31, 2018
Would that same CHRO be as successful at a firm where the culture was more about innovation and less about continuity? Jobs brought a highly distinctive design vision that keyed-in on user experience and an eye for engineering excellence that few could match. Likeability was built into the formula.
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 21, 2011
While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO. Jack Welch the former head of GE built a reputation as one of the great chief executives of this era. That’s about it. Transfer ideas and allocate resources and get out of the way.&#
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Harvard Business Review
APRIL 26, 2016
Our industry does not respect tradition—it only respects innovation.” ” Nadella was sending a clear message to look past the “sacred cows” of the organization and pursue an agenda of innovation over orthodoxy. Innovation leaders are fascinated with that road. It was just what I was looking for.”
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 14, 2014
When Dan Akerson became CEO in 2010, he brought a bit of daylight into the hallowed halls, breaking down siloes to urge collaboration between departments that had long stopped talking to each other — engineering and parts buyers, product development and purchasing, to name some especially critical relationships. Auto industry Leading teams'
Harvard Business Review
MAY 13, 2014
Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. You need to think like a portfolio manager, allocating resources both to innovate in your core and for the future.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
After the initial rush of enthusiasm and energy, established routines and networks can smother the drive for innovation. Yes there are exceptions — Steve Jobs and Jack Welch leap to mind. But according to Professor Luo and his team, the optimal length of time in the proverbial saddle is 4.8 James McNerney, Jr is another example.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 6, 2014
Katrina Brooker describes this process and many other inside details in her anatomy of the firm, which is made up of former engineers and start-up founders and is seen as the golden ticket for any fledgling company in Silicon Valley. The Comfort of Crowds Are Smartphone Users the Missing Link in Building Efficiency?
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