Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Still the agency drags on with its year-old push to end Saturday delivery , the most powerful innovation they can muster — which to be implemented would still take 2 years. This vignette raises a key leadership question: Why do leaders wait too long to modify or abandon their business models?

Business Model 16

Business Model Incubator Supply Chain Welch 16

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Hedge against uncertainty. Intrigued by technology and innovation, Achan took the initiative to develop two iPhone apps. And, as with Achan’s boss, they’re likely to see it as a positive indicator for leadership potential. Here are five reasons it can make a dramatic difference for your career.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

Today’s young professionals grew up in an age of mind-boggling technological change, seeing the growth of the internet, the invention of the smartphone, and the development of machine-learning systems. John Fedele/Getty Images. These advances all point toward the total automation of our lives, including the way we work and do business.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

The bad news: Petabytes of new data and algorithmic innovation assure that “autonomy creep” will relentlessly challenge human oversight from within. They frequently find the technologies are less of a hassle than the people. Human leadership defers to demonstrable algorithmic power. The Autonomous/Autonomy Advisor.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Still the agency drags on with its year-old push to end Saturday delivery , the most powerful innovation they can muster — which to be implemented would still take 2 years. This vignette raises a key leadership question: Why do leaders wait too long to modify or abandon their business models?

Business Model 9

Business Model Incubator Supply Chain Welch 9

Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

O NE OF the unfortunate side effects of living in an age of accelerating technology is having to deal with increased uncertainty. Should they make a big bet, hedge their position, or just wait and see? Our instinct for determinism may well have been an evolutionary innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2011

Seems like strategic management 101, but oftentimes companies are unable to ask this question due to turf battles or leadership blind spots. One professional service firm told us how a senior partner sold only technology implementation services &38212; an area he was personally passionate about — to his clients in South America.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

However, this may have been a hedging strategy as Starbucks built up its own digital capability, including a popular app and payment system. For most established players, the technology and skill gaps are intimidating, and it take years of effort to close them. Starbucks stopped accepting the Square payment system in late 2014.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Business Model Incubator Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

” People in industries as different as commercial real estate, pharma, biotech startups, hedge funds, and public school districts worried about how to transform a competitive, star-driven culture into a collaborative one when they had no power to juggle financial rewards and no influence over promotion decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2014

Jim,” as he is known to all, not only did pioneering work in mathematics; he also founded Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund that relied on scientists to make predictions and trade in global markets. BONUS BITS Countering Intuition Has ''Disruptive Innovation'' Run Its Course?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Even in the most hard-nosed of private equity firms or hedge funds you will find that people align with strategies that mean something to them, that they’re passionate about. Private equity or hedge funds through the ‘80s and the ‘90s, exactly the same story. Corporate social responsibility Leadership Social enterprise'

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

Moreover, firms are often investing in venture capital-type organizations with the hope of striking it lucky with a new technology or offer. As the pace of competition intensifies, it is going to be harder and harder for companies like Dell to keep a leadership position. Competition Disruptive innovation Strategy'

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Venture Capitalist Restructuring Competitive Advantage Short-term 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 10, 2016

It drives large efforts from spearheading a movement to bringing a game-changing product or technology to market. It animates us as people and fuels organizational innovation, value creation, and growth. Janet Feldman is a Managing Principal for Korn Ferry Leadership and Talent Consulting, based in the Firm’s Minneapolis office.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

What will be the administration’s take on science and technology? Likewise, we know that whatever our historical assumptions have been, many are likely to change as technology advances. Modularity also facilitates innovation through recombination and promotes greater agility because of the reduced scale of each unit.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 26, 2021

What are the most innovative companies doing to position themselves? and has studied emerging business and technology trends. While they are focused on optimization, their shareholders continue to demand that they pay out greater dividends or engage in larger share buy backs instead of investing their profits for future innovation.

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