Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2017

I’ve been surveying executives of Fortune 1000 companies about their data investments since 2012, and for the first time a near majority – 48.4% — report that their firms are achieving measurable results from their big data investments , with 80.7% of executives characterizing their big data investments as “successful.”

Company 12

Company Chief Information Officer Parcell Survey 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Take Sarah, the head of IT at a global technology company. Her job was to develop new engagement technologies in her organization, but instead of embracing critical feedback on her ideas, she ignored it. Through my executive coaching work (and my own experience), I’ve developed a few conversation-centered techniques that help.

Parcell 13

Parcell Agility Executive Coaching Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

What would new product development executives or project managers in the R&D lab tell you are the organizational dynamics that ice their best ideas? Executives may be playing favorites with one way to approach a particular opportunity, or it may be hard to envision how a tiny customer base can get big. Start with a survey.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

And I couldn't resist following up with an email Q&A: Justin Fox: A lot of smart people have been saying for a while now that public-company executives should put less time and effort into dealing with Wall Street. JF: But shouldn't executives be running their companies, not dealing with investors all the time? Why's that?

Short-term 11

Short-term Long-term Parcell Incentives 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2015

There are complex social, political, and technological reasons for this dramatic change. At the technological level, the explosion of the Internet and social media has made the world more transparent, and has meant that organizations in both the public and private spheres are being forced to face new information-sharing challenges.

Parcell 8

Parcell Public Relations Reputation Information 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

For example, it took Umicore, a global materials technology group, five years (2002–2007) to lay the basis for its transformation from a commodity supplier of base metals into a premium provider of emission control catalysts, rechargeable battery materials and other value-added solutions. Acquisitions are part and parcel of a transformation.

Company 11

Company Chemicals Short-term How To 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

Yet, when it comes to the workforce — one of a company's most expensive and valuable assets — too many executives rely on hunches, making decisions without making use of relevant data. ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you what it comes to." Take Thomas Gradgrind in Hard Times. A man who is.

Metrics 12

Metrics Parcell Call Center Productivity 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

And that is part and parcel of professional life. Damian Vaughn, head of programs at BetterUp, a San Francisco–based company that connects employees with executive-level coaching, believes that being good at sales means that you understand both the “political and personal element” behind every buying decision.

Skills 21

Skills How To Brainstorming Case Study 21

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

Most senior executives are well aware that their data are not up to snuff. Working to find and fix errors is part and parcel of most operational processes, and once they turn a harsh eye on non-value-added work, most leaders can root it out. But absent a business case, data quality doesn't make the cut among competing priorities.

Quality 14

Quality Parcell Cost Deming 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

“We needed an enduring strategy independent of any legislation,” recalls MedStar executive vice president Eric R. CEO Kenneth Samet, along with Wagner and the six other executives on the leadership team, set a long-term goal of building a major growth business from these new areas.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. Failure comes part and parcel with invention” (Bezos 2013 letter). Once that metric is decided, the team is free to execute improvements with little interference. Fortunately, Bezos gave you his plan, if you just know where to look.

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Letter Collins Long-term Parcell 85

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

It is nearly impossible to translate — let alone execute – a strategy that you don’t understand. McKinsey and Company reported similar findings from its Organizational Health Index as did Timothy Devinney at Australia’s University of Technology in a recent experiment. All of the sudden, they get it.

Strategy 8

Strategy Balanced Scorecard Sull Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

They ask themselves big, searching questions like: "What new trends and technologies could possibly undercut our current business?" "Are We fully expect that the 2-in-1 mentality — and accompanying capabilities — will become part and parcel of what distinguishes the most successful leaders of tomorrow. Valuable enough?"

Parcell 11

Parcell CEO Airlines Trends 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

By Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado. Across the retail landscape, a war is going on, and the battles are being fought on multiple fronts: business models, channels, brands, customers, technologies, and more. Some of these are old scores reignited by new protagonists armed with new weapons, but quite a few are new clashes.

Retail 8

Retail Technology Content Chief Technology Officer 8