Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The long-term is here today.” -- Blair Sheppard, Global Leader, Strategy and Leadership for the PwC network and author of, Ten Years to Midnight: Four Urgent Global Crises and Their Strategic Solutions. The natural tendency during times of uncertainty is to try to fix things and resort to telling people what to do.

Leadership 65

Leadership Uncertainty Long-term Supply Chain 65

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

We named the effort "Global New Directions," and we knew we'd picked the right people almost immediately when they told us that they didn't want to retain employees, they wanted to inspire them. We're essentially reimagining a vision for the global nexus of ideas. And we're always looking to broaden the dialogue.

Globalization 15

Globalization Development Agility Innovation 15

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

Delight Global Snacks Consumers. Shell, on the other hand, muddies the strategic scope – “global exploration, focused acquisitions, accelerating resources to value, cost efficiency, integrated gas leadership, technology + partnerships, portfolio concentration, selective growth.” Kudos to Exxon Mobil for honesty.

Strategy 131

Strategy CEO Company Competitive Advantage 131

In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 17, 2011

With the exception of niche, specialty, and technology markets, I see little evidence of this. Agree that most brands need more attention. I worked on more than a few global brands where the management and marketing team really didin’t fully understand the strengths of own brand. About John. October 18, 2011 at 5:02 am.

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Brand CEO Stage-Gate SWOT 168

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

Dubbed the “Alien Dreadnought,” Tesla’s new manufacturing facility in Fremont, California, was designed to be fully automated — no humans need apply. Humans are underrated.” Moreover, it’s not just technology-related jobs that are being reimagined with AI. To be precise, my mistake.

Power 11

Power Engineering Analysis Training 11

Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

Technology has connected more people in more places at more times than ever before. Leaders need to harness the power of these connections. Letitia, a senior leader at a global insurance company that I worked with, was adamant that her leadership team cultivate the trait of being open. If not, they’ll flounder.

Leadership 105

Leadership Open-book Learning-by-Doing Quality 105

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2015

This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 7th Global Drucker Forum. Invasion has been interpreted in different ways, which is the beauty of imaginative human creations. To give of their best, humans need to focus, tackle one thing at a time, and reflect deeply.

Film 8

Film Drucker Technology Kahneman 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

The first is how much action we need to take. We''re used to hearing that we''ll need to reduce our carbon emissions by some percentage. The blunt reality is that to avoid catastrophic climate change, humanity needs to essentially eliminate all emissions. will need to reduce its climate emissions 80% by 2050.

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Sharpe Technology System Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2016

Smart, quasi-autonomous robots and machines are replacing humans in workplaces all over the world. Intelligent technologies are increasingly delivering greater value for less money. But “better than human” comes with its own managerial challenges. They learn fast, work hard, and certainly complain less.

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Review Kaplan Performance Review Kaizen 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Who doesn’t stand in awe of the advances that science and its STEM siblings (technology, engineering, and math) have created to better our world? But since the time of Aristotle, it has also been recognized that the hard sciences and the humanities must walk side by side in governing human action.

Skills 8

Skills Drucker Gordon Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Each post will examine the challenge from a different perspective, including design, technology, urban planning and more. Achieving Global, Low-Cost, Class-A Construction. The Use of Available Technology. The technology for this urban "design-build" structural approach has already been proven.

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Suri Construction Class EBITDA 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2011

Some companies are technology innovators, others are product innovators or experience innovators. Design works as a differentiator because it responds to human needs, both functional and emotional. Learning which you are in order to direct later efforts is a crucial first step that most companies skip.

Innovation 15

Innovation Consultative Brand Magazine 15