Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

Since you, the disruptive entrepreneur, can count on incumbent resistance (if not necessarily physical attack) down the road once you're successful, the question is: What can you do early on to be prepared for the onslaught? For folks who are looking for operational principles, take these from Lisa Gansky's fabulous book, The Mesh.

Innovation 15

Innovation Definition Entrepreneur Resistance 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

But it hasn''t yet tackled its operational challenges, the root causes of the country''s crisis. True, to the surprise of many analysts, the prime minister, Antonis Samaras, abandoned his earlier populist rhetoric and tried to sort out public finances. The fact is that Greece is monstrously inefficient as a manager of public services.

Politics 8

Politics Restructuring Crisis McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Resist the temptation to put technology teams solely in charge of AI initiatives.

Survey 12

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Smart as a whip, she possessed impressive analytical skills and a tremendous drive to produce results. When they voiced concerns about the business and organizational impact of her recommendations, she dismissed them as "old school" and resistant to change.

Proposal 12

Proposal Cialdini Execution Influence 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software. That doesn’t work for a host of practical reasons.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Great leaders are like a sponge when it comes to the acquisition of knowledge, the development of new skill sets, and the constant refinement of existing competencies. Who would follow a person who's thoughts and skills are out dated. To the person, the best leaders I know are prolific readers. It fuels creativity to succeed.

Blog 419

Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

What if you upgraded your IT network to a new operating system that promised faster, better and leaner results — only to find that the vast majority of your leaders did not have the necessary competencies to use that new system? However, knowing the skills that are required is not enough.

Management 15

Management Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Influence 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Female managers are concentrated in fields that emphasize people-centered caring skills, while men are concentrated in fields dealing with production-centered skills. Other managerial occupations that became majority-female were education administration, human resources, property and real estate, and finance.

Management 10

Management Real Estate Human Resources Diversity 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Hailed in the 1960s as bastions of sophisticated management, they used cheap financing to acquire, then rationalize, many family-owned firms. Wall Street began charging a “conglomerate discount,” saying that diverse operations were hard to analyze with confidence.

Engineering 8

Engineering Learning Curve Fixed Costs Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

A county network of 12 community-based primary care clinics, 95 specialty clinics, an inpatient hospital, an ambulatory surgery center, and 12 skilled nursing facilities, Parkland has the mission of caring for all Dallas County residents regardless of their ability to pay. We still operate that way today. A mission-driven payer mix.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2017

During the past decade, business analytics platforms have evolved from supporting IT and finance functions to enabling business users across the enterprise. Alternatively, organizations that rely too heavily on gut instinct resist adjusting their assumptions even when the data clearly indicates that those assumptions are wrong.

Technology 8

Technology Sample Depreciation Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

Come armed with ideas for how your job could adapt in ways that are better aligned with your skills and goals. If your job isn’t giving you what you need to develop,” says Clark, “that may be your opportunity to take a leadership role in a professional organization to make contacts and build skills that help you further down the line.”.

Short-term 8

Short-term Career Long-term Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

I have often been struck by the way companies operating in industries as diverse as telecommunications and transport manage to collaborate in a competitive environment, yet health organizations find collaboration difficult even when they are not competing. Health care is not the only industry that is resistant to change.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8