Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Learn about the future economy project. Harvard Business Review interviewed the CEOs and other business leaders who signed up to the Future Economy Project, our initiative spotlighting businesses’ sustainability agendas. The result will be innovation. A roundtable conversation with our advisers.

Project 8

Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2020

This efficiency won’t just mean that the day finishes faster; it also means you can squeeze more tasks, contracts, and projects into a single workday. Innovative Appearance. Profit margins, budgets, and return on investments are all things that are hammered into business owners’ heads daily.

Hammer 67

Hammer Efficiency Tools Innovation 67

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

They trained experts in improvement projects (" Black Belts ") who then drove initiatives that achieved large financial results. Many of those organizations then embraced Lean for different set of tools for improvement projects, tools that helped them connect project results to key strategic measures. Consider this example.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma BPM Process Hammer 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

The firm then tasked each employee with a specific project to cut costs, armed with their tools and training. They like the notion of using experienced improvement experts (internal or external) to drive projects with short ramp-ups and delivery times. However, the push approach comes with complications.

Six Sigma 15

Six Sigma Bottom-up Cost Project 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Shifting from Drucker's erudition and measured tone to Hammer's revolutionary and provocatively violent declarations ("don't automate, obliterate") was a bit dizzying. In transition periods, during big technological shifts or the ends of recessions, companies often turn their aspirations to growth through innovation. As the U.S.

Prahalad 15

Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Leadership 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Looking at LVMH’s efforts, I’ll highlight three areas where I see great impact and innovation: managing carbon and energy, building a connection with customers around brand purpose, and working closely with suppliers. The most innovative part of LVMH’s carbon strategy is the use of an internal carbon fund.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Payback Period Brand Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

I've worked with a wide range of clients as a consultant and have seen too many companies hire employees they thought were top talent, only to watch them spend company time on personal passions and then walk out the door when their side projects were ready to launch. Sometimes it seems that everyone wants to be an entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Incentives Hammer Project 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

Following are three such innovative approaches for connecting with top talent. ” Such innovative solutions have paid off: Fortune magazine recently named Highfive to its list of the 10 Best Small Workplaces in Technology. Don’t keep relying on the same old social media platforms.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Hammer Media 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

But because we failed to hammer out exactly how we would operate (including our respective roles and responsibilities), infighting distracted from operating, cash became a concern, and the business slowly, then quickly, imploded. As we moved from idea to execution, I asked another friend to take a key role in the project.

Due Diligence 14

Due Diligence Magazine SWOT Christensen 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Or you could participate in projects financed in part by conventional investors and in part by non-profits. And the beauty of innovative sectors such as impact investing is that we can experiment, collaborate and try to — even in a very small way — reconcile some of what didn’t work previously. So here’s the money management industry.

Insurance 8

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

Shiller hammered away on this point in the ‘80s, and in fact Fama also published some of the same observations. Instead what he says is let’s have financial innovation that is actually helpful. They tend to be followed by declining prices. He didn’t want a behavioral explanation.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discount Price Finance 8