The Idolbuster

MAY 11, 2012

Idolatry is about adopting an inappropriate value system, and then crafting illusions to rationalize it. This week I started reading a book about Mussar, the ancient Jewish practice of everyday ethics, and found my inner turmoil described in the third chapter. The last thing they need is someone with questionable ethics at the helm.

CEO 48

CEO Letter PR Ethics 48

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

. “Self-driving” or “smart” cars will simply become whatever we call the next generation of transportation technology. legal system is already having trouble keeping up with the pace of developments in transportation. The change will become invisible. Lawmakers face a critical choice.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

CEOs and managers need to understand what that means to their organizations. Our colleagues at work harbor worries in varying degrees, and management faces the new challenge of non-judgmentally navigating this path to security while recognizing the cost of protection. Managing people Managing uncertainty Risk management'

Cost 15

Cost Uncertainty Risk Management Transportation 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Kalanick and other top executives signal by example what is and is not acceptable behavior, and they are clearly responsible for the company’s ethically and legally questionable decisions and practices. At normal companies, managers look to their attorneys to advise them on how to keep their business within the law.

Licensing 8

Licensing Transportation Document Business Model 8

Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Opportunities were abundant, especially with used cars, since so many dealers were panicking and slashing their inventories even as demand for affordable transportation increased. It seems like just about the time we felt like we had things dialed in, something would come along to throw our system out of whack.

Learning-by-Doing 256

Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 256

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

It made a massive investment (more than $1 billion) to build a software “ Center of Excellence ” in San Ramon, California to manage the data explosion created by the increasing intelligence of its industrial machines. 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

Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 7, 2016

Very few management problems are crises, but all crises are management problems. This is a powerful management approach. Manage the victim dimension This is what leaders and senior managers should be doing rather than hanging around and second-guessing the command center. Note the word “process.”

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Crisis Succession Construction Reputation 100

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2015

Our 2015 trends offer great opportunity – along with some unusual new challenges – for managers in all industries. Deep learning: Artificially intelligent computers are now capable of deep learning using neural networks, which you can think of as brain-inspired systems capable of translating pixels into English.

Trends 8

Trends Retail Learning-by-Doing Banking 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. The West defeated the Soviet Union not through warfare but by maintaining a superior economic system with higher technological standards. But business schools can and should do more.

First-mover Advantage 8

First-mover Advantage GDP Technology Biotechnology 8