Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

During this time, an engineer named Taiichi Ohno (known today as the father of Toyota) began the task of building a new capacity for Japanese industrial production. They create value not by making things but by designing what gets made, determining markets for products, and generating consistent customer satisfaction.

Ohno 50

Ohno Productivity Products Six Sigma 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Certain forces in the recording industry have announced intentions to cease production of compact discs and convert their music marketing to digital downloads. In 1888, Emile Berliner invented the phonograph record, for the purpose of transporting music to consumers. by Hank Moore. Why those speeds?

Download 55

Download Industry Trends Technology 55

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

Western multinationals — especially the most successful ones — consistently struggle to achieve their growth targets in emerging markets. Because they try to repeat their past success formulas — the ones that work so well for them in developed markets. It is impossible to earn healthy profits in emerging markets.

Chief Technology Officer 12

Chief Technology Officer CTO Constraint Engineering 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

They failed to come up with any, unable to imagine horseless transportation. Infomocracy , by governance researcher Malka Older, explores how software could change our public institutions through the social and technical engineering of elections. Assumptions are a luxury true leaders can’t afford.

Stephenson 13

Stephenson White Paper Real Estate Hedge 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

The company delayed entering the robo-advisor market until it had results from two years of testing. The company’s 136-year journey has taken it from power through transportation, appliances, health care, finance, media, and industry leaps. Second, Vanguard tested the waters before diving in.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Transportation Software 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

As a city dweller, the need to transport our dog is starting to feel like the only thing preventing me from ditching our station wagon. We know that GM or Toyota cannot just close down production of gasoline engine cars and transform themselves into Tesla. The few that do succeed often employ an “ ambidextrous” solution.

Industry 8

Industry Engineering Transportation Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Second, fix the transportation infrastructure. We need a more strategic approach to planning and funding our nation's transportation infrastructure for the future. Today, we address critical transportation needs in isolation. Trade is the most powerful engine of job growth and prosperity.

Transportation 13

Transportation Energy Globalization Budgeting 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You’re competing against platforms like Uber in transportation, Google in automotive, Airbnb in hospitality, LinkedIn in recruiting, Netflix in television, and the list goes on. When modular in design, they adapt easily for different markets and can evolve over time. Consider GE.

Software 8

Software Company Airlines Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

The failure last month of green-tech start-up Better Place, which promised to free drivers and nations from oil dependence and revolutionize transportation, has generated both attention and derision. Note to Tesla owners: you are not the mass market). A small number, but these are also small markets.

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Transportation Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2018

Since the Apollo program, NASA has faced funding cuts, competition from other nations for space leadership, and a radical restructuring of its operating environment due to the emergence of commercial space – all of which have forced the organization to change its ways of thinking and operating. Adapting to change.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Technology Innovation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2016

Increasing the social media marketing budget is not digital transformation. Real digital transformation requires transformation at a deeper level—transformation of the leadership team’s core beliefs. Appointing a Chief Digital Officer, with no budget and no clear mandate, is not digital transformation.

Business Model 8

Business Model Industry Metrics Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2011

At Starbucks, that has meant contributing both money and time to meet local needs in the communities it serves, promoting sustainable farming communities and ethically sourcing coffee, and packaging and transporting its products with sensitivity to their environmental impact. He's now proved, for a second time, that his approach can work.

Conference 15

Conference Business Model CEO Transportation 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This is data that comes through search engines, social media platforms, loyalty points and other digital transactions, such as dynamic cookies. The rich data set allowed the organization to create a new skin care product based on real-time consumer market through a consent-led platform. Empowering Digital Societies.

Content 8

Content Niche Marketing Discount Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Five thousand years ago, use of the wheel began to spread from Mesopotamia across Eurasia, revolutionizing transport and enabling chariot warfare. Science and engineering have become devalued amongst American students and policy-makers. Korean children learn English from robots and become proficient in programming at early ages.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage GDP Technology Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

How can these companies overcome the inevitable leadership, organizational, and cultural challenges involved? ” So GE has hired 1,000 software engineers and data scientists to provide enhanced software and analytical skills across GE’s many businesses. And the market for software talent was hot hot hot.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Then at the end of 2007 the housing market crashed. By the summer of 2008 GE leadership wanted to sell the appliances business or spin it off. Dirk''s answer was: "We can save on transportation and be closer to our customers. We can have engineering work more closely with production. from Korea, China, and Mexico.

Insourcing 8

Insourcing Operations Offshoring Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 1, 2014

The program pairs start-ups with government workers to improve government services in areas including transportation, energy, data services, and the environment. When we asked our fellows, here are the reasons they shared with us: The opportunity to explore something new and find new paths to leadership. At over $140 billion, the U.S.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Politics Budgeting Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2011

The explosion of salaries on Wall Street has attracted many of the talented individuals who otherwise would have gone into research, design, and engineering occupations. Markets will not generate enough innovation. We need to guard against it. This is what the U.S.

Politics 15

Politics Innovation Incentives Credit Rating 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2015

Companies were split into divisions, each with their own leadership. Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information, which helps it attract world-class engineers who share its mission. Tesla’s mission “to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport” transcends car manufacturing.

Groupthink 8

Groupthink Agility Diversity Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Digital players wield outsize market power. With products that rely on network effects, these players enjoy economies of scale and dominant market share. Digital markets are uneven. Politics, regulations, and levels of economic development play a major role in shaping the digital industry and its market attractiveness.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

In an industry that involves selling machines that transport humans at fast speeds, the notion that employees wouldn’t be encouraged to discuss safety seems odd. In a recent New York Times video on both disasters , one former engineer, Rodney Rocha, recalls asking why his request was rejected.

Root Cause Analysis 8

Root Cause Analysis Edmondson Industry CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

But most successful companies used electricity and motors to reinvent their existing businesses, whether in manufacturing, transportation, or construction. A platform connects providers and users in a multisided market. Everyone on the leadership team has a role to play in making this pivot.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

And in pharma or tech, CEOs should have also had a relevant formal education such as in medicine or science for pharma, and in math, engineering, or computer science for tech. And these often have to be significantly better than what’s on the market (in other words, breakthroughs) due to the high cost of R&D.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2015

” When leaders include vivid images in their communications, they’re transporting employees to the future by telling snippets of a compelling story — a story that captures events that have yet to unfold. Along these lines, visions with image-based words are more consistent with the literal meaning of the word “vision.”

System 8

System Long-term Chemicals Benchmarking 8

HR Digest

JULY 22, 2019

Mining automation market will reach $3.29 In Mali’s capital Bamako, Resolute Mining firm, which took over gold-rich Syama mine since 2015, is partnering with Swedish engineering company Sandvik to implement the world’s first fully automated mine. billion by 2023. million ounces of gold. MarketsandMarkets Inc. billion by 2023.

Industry 87

Industry Operations Transportation Technology 87