Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

Boards, and companies’ governance processes, are idiosyncratic; exactly how to focus on what’s really needed in the next CEO will depend on the firm. But, at a high level, it is a three-part process: Start with an exploration of likely scenarios for the company in the next several years.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

This includes most of the myriad Lean and Six Sigma continuous improvement projects that drive improved efficiency and effectiveness within an existing management and organizational structure. Performance should be measured by market momentum (such as new targeted customers or partners, deal size, and PR buzz).

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

You must measure quality, build in controls that stop errors in their tracks, and apply Six Sigma and other methods to get at root causes. Ignore Costly Market Data and Rely on Google Instead? You must recognize that everyone touches data and can impact quality, so you must engage them in the effort. BIG DATA INSIGHT CENTER.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2015

And processes like Six Sigma quality control became hugely popular after GE publicly adopted the concept. Some companies brought together Six Sigma and lean production into “Lean Six Sigma” as a way of competing with both lower costs and higher quality. Insight Center. The New Ways to Compete.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Besides front-line people who know how things work today and process improvement experts who know how they could work tomorrow, I'd want team members who could contribute to improvements that would stick. If you do Six Sigma in isolation, the work force doesn't have time to implement the changes.".

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Whether it was branded the Deming Method or Six Sigma or a host of other models, ‘continuous improvement processes’ found their way into organizations large and small and have made a major contribution to improving quality worldwide. Duke succinctly provide not only why to debrief, but how to conduct an effective debrief.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

Boards, and companies’ governance processes, are idiosyncratic; exactly how to focus on what’s really needed in the next CEO will depend on the firm. But, at a high level, it is a three-part process: Start with an exploration of likely scenarios for the company in the next several years.

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CEO Six Sigma How To Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. Marketing plays a catalyst role, providing growth funding. Partnering: getting ideas from start-ups.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

An alternative approach to cost cutting is built into the "Six Sigma" methodology as popularized by GE. The quoted financial savings from Six Sigma projects, while valid, aren't having long-term effects on their cost structure. Companies launch process improvement projects with hard financial targets.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Or how welders working on wind turbines now need specialized degrees and the ability to read CAD blueprints or LEED certification requirements. As a society, we must figure out how to rapidly re-skill vast number of people on an ongoing basis to both remain relevant globally and to avoid long periods of high unemployment.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

pursuing adjacent markets, making acquisitions) and significant contractions (e.g. Each strategic shift, of course, was carefully explained and justified by changing market conditions or opportunities; but the net result within the company was a performance-sapping sense of cynicism.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

This striking gap signals an opportunity for companies: Secure a competitive advantage by building your employees' ability to succeed in the increasingly complicated labyrinths of today's — and tomorrow's — markets. How to Woo Talent From the For-Profit World. Take Allianz, a German financial services company.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The above mentioned list of skills to put on a resume will make a significant difference if you know how to incorporate the ones that are highly valued in all industries. Proficient: You know how to handle particular situations by prioritizing effectively and making decisions more quickly. Six Sigma techniques.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2014

In a blog post, Uber says, "We never use marketing tactics that prevent a driver from making their living — and that includes never intentionally canceling rides." All Sorts of Unfortunate Things What Happened to Motorola Chicago Magazine Motorola, the telecom giant that introduced the world to Six Sigma, has had a rough decade.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 24, 2019

Most businesses collect data without any clear idea of why they are collecting it, and their marketing strategy gets stifled under the sheer amount of available information. The most important output is actually the insights that only shrewd analysis can show, and this is the single most important function of the modern marketer.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

In order to do this, your company needs a process to source radical ideas that can catapult your business to new heights, open up new markets, or bring in completely unfamiliar profit streams. You can teach people how to find pivots. But in today’s ever-connected world, finding radical ideas seems to be getting tougher for companies.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

Our work covers each brand’s visual identity, from the product itself all the way to the marketing and merchandising activities that bring a brand to life across different platforms—music, sports, fashion, and so forth. Let’s say that in the room there is a marketer who tells me the brand is not visible enough.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2014

This blog focuses on how to motivate, engage, and coach the Executive Sponsor and Process Owner during a Business Process Improvement (BPI) project. Reduce time to market for this product). Also see how he responds when you ask him to relate the improvement targets and vision to the company’s overall strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Spurred by government reforms and market expectations, healthcare leaders are being forced to reinvent their organizations. How to Rehabilitate Medicare’s “Post-Acute” Services. How to Turn Employees Into Value Shoppers for Health Care. The Sequestration Cuts that Are Harming Health Care.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

This will create market forces for improvements that don't fully exist today. Disciplined process management: While many aspects of hospital care are not repeatable, many processes are indeed subject to well-established disciplines such as Six Sigma and reengineering. Hospitals of course will never be simple.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

By comparison, think of the long strides many businesses have made in reengineering their supply chains, boosting product quality, and rolling out lean six sigma. In their quest to upend industry rules, they learn how to distinguish “immutable laws” from “ingrained beliefs.” What’s the problem?

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Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

In his first book, NINCOMPOOPERY: Why Your Customers Hate You-and How to Fix It , he leverages research across thousands of companies to show leaders how to find and kill the corporate stupidity that drives customers crazy. Bringing a new prescription drug to market, for example, now costs nearly $2.6

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