Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Given the unrelenting pace of change surrounding organizations in virtually every industry, companies are looking for executives who know how to innovate and introduce change, not simply caretakers who can manage the status quo. Senior management doesn't really encourage innovation, you'll hear. They won't let me take risks."

Innovation 15

Innovation Merchandising How To Proposal 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Pioneers of new business models, such as Alibaba and Amazon, are launching innovations in rapid succession, such as voice ordering and real-time pricing, while simultaneously building scale and driving down costs. Below, we explore each one, in turn: Empower mid-level teams. Danita Delimont/Getty Images.

Retail 9

Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

Innovative forms of financing, such as Kickstarter, will continue to grow, also invented by social entrepreneurs. Designers will become even more valued members of product development and planning teams in every field.

Health Care 15

Health Care Merchandising Incubator Airlines 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

They see disrupted incumbents from retail, finance, health care, transportation, professional services, and manufacturing requiring radical restructuring of assets, productivity , and innovation. Conversely, superior user experience designs frequently inspire insight into innovative use-case opportunities.

Levitt 8

Levitt Disaggregation Kaizen Call Center 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

Innovative forms of financing, such as Kickstarter, will continue to grow, also invented by social entrepreneurs. Designers will become even more valued members of product development and planning teams in every field.

Health Care 8

Health Care Merchandising Incubator Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

His group’s data science, procurement, and supply chain teams crafted algorithmic ensembles that, by all measures and simulations, would save hundreds of millions. The bad news: Petabytes of new data and algorithmic innovation assure that “autonomy creep” will relentlessly challenge human oversight from within.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Innovation is widely regarded as important to long-term business performance. We’ve found that CEOs of big pharmaceutical companies, for example, are more likely to have a background as company lawyers, salespeople, or finance managers, than one in medicine or pharmaceutical R&D.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8