Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

A Unilever R&D team in India first developed and introduced the countertop product, which includes innovative four-stage germ kill technology, in Chennai, India in early 2005. The smart building router was the first product developed by the team in Bangalore first for the Indian market but is now available globally.

Marketing 11

Marketing Company Six Sigma Engineering 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

This sense of being pushed and pulled every which way – without having any broader context or a sense that you’re getting somewhere – is something I see all too often in organizations, as executives try to keep up with new competitors or business trends. What are the lessons learned that you can apply to the next project?

Welch 8

Welch Six Sigma Real Estate Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2015

But with the rapid implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), CNOs are now expected to master new trends in health care information technologies to engage hospital leaders in strategic discussions about major technology investments. The primary driver for new learning is increasingly complex and essential technologies.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Health Care Supply Chain Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

When we surveyed over 300 global executives between 2008 and 2009, one of the primary concerns they expressed was their inability to compete long term without a solid innovation engine that can grow their top line. Three major factors drive convergence: technology, competition, and the customer. Let’s say you’re in the energy sector.

Skills 8

Skills Power Six Sigma Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2013

To gain some real end-to-end experience — perhaps making a concerted effort to try out advanced analytics in the hiring process, improve content in financial reporting, bring more data to decisions made by the senior team, and improve the quality of data used in marketing. Information & technology Strategy'

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Long-term Information Technology Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Next, the 10-member senior leadership team used a variety of means, such as town halls, and videos of executives explaining the plan, to clearly and repeatedly communicate the urgent need for cost reduction as a requirement for process redesign across the system that would ultimately improve patient care. Walk the talk.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2014

But those leaders have had training and experience to succeed in a traditional organization with a C-suite at the top and siloed business units and functions under each executive. The question is, do your executives have the skills and experience to lead a cross-functional process focused organization? What’s in it for Me?

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BPM Process Tips Management 56

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

Corporate executives often don’t understand that there are different kinds of design: There is brand design. The new design function and the new culture need to be protected by the CEO or by somebody at the executive level. What does a design team look like at PepsiCo? That’s where many organizations make mistakes.

Organization 8

Organization Brand Six Sigma Innovation 8

Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

His plan was to have the final assembly team disassemble these cars and learn firsthand how they were assembled. He did not believe the results and instructed the team to repeat the assembly operation. Edwards Deming to several dozen executives in Japan in 1950. To Pipp’s amazement, one car purchased was 100% snap fit.

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System Productivity Products Deming 74

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Her ability to lead and inspire — to become a change leader from her position as a mid-level manager — is helping her team produce results. I recently took another look at my 553 hours of interviews with 380 executives, managers and contributors to see why some managers emerge as change leaders. Implementing the change.

Middle Management 11

Middle Management Six Sigma Taylorism Taylor 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Now, on the other side of my stint as a CEO, what advice would I offer hard-driving executives about coping with those conflicts? At Quest Diagnostics, we turned things around, in part, by adopting Six Sigma, which aims at a standard of perfection. Why One Executive Quit Business Travel Cold Turkey. Then try to do better.

Career 16

Career Six Sigma Deming Advice 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

This failure is not for lack of effort — health systems are making massive investments in new infrastructure, technology, processes and managerial approaches designed to manage change, such as electronic health records, Six Sigma and Lean Management. Kaiser Permanente has sponsored similar excursions.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Six Sigma Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2012

Companies are touting chief innovation officers, innovation teams, innovations strategies, and even innovation days," the hard-hitting piece noted. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal , which did not get nearly the attention it deserved, made the case that the word "innovation" has outlived its usefulness.

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Innovation Airlines Six Sigma Lean Production 16

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

They tend to think of innovation as a shiny new product or service that incorporates a major advance in technology—something like the Model T or the iPhone. Because it takes an enormous amount of money to find a truly revolutionary technology or product. Many of them have little understanding of what innovation actually means.

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How To Middle Management Innovation Technology 76