Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Executing this strategy required seamless integration of IBM's product capabilities with its geographic reach. This meant abandoning IBM's existing organization, in which product silos and geographic entities operated independently and frequently were more competitive than collaborative. Cisco now sells mostly commoditized products.

Globalization 16

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Is your company ready to compete in a world of smart, connected products ? ” In this world, customers expect their suppliers to surround their products with data services and digitally enhanced experiences. Melody Ivory , a User Experience Product Manager, told me, “I was about employee number 30 in February 2012.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

At The Data Incubator , we work with hundreds of companies looking to hire data scientists and data engineers or enroll their employees in our corporate training programs. Even seemingly harmless experiments may carry ethical or social implications with real financial consequences. Is the data clean and easy to analyze?

Analysis 8

Analysis Incubator Advertising Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

For a business incubated by a large company using an annual funding cycle, you generally need a one-year mission that clearly articulates to direct reports and colleagues what you are aiming to do and what the result should be. Examples of constraints are regulatory, legal and ethical issues, or infrastructural or technological restrictions.

Innovation 8

Innovation Constraint Analysis Objective 8