Mills Scofield

APRIL 29, 2019

They think they’re innovative because they make something in green instead of just red, but they stick with their industries, markets, customers, and (usually dying) business models. Red Lobsters think they innovate and believe they want to, but not enough to expand their comfort zone and hire the right people to do it.

Innovation 140

Innovation Stage-Gate Blanchard Social Capital 140

Coaching Tip

MARCH 11, 2013

Increasing one's social capital is all knowing how to share knowledge so it not only adds value to the organization but also to your recognized worth within it. Success = Human Capital (what you know and can do) X Social Capital (who you know and who knows you) X Reputation (who trusts you).

Social Capital 102

Social Capital Strategy Reputation Human Capital 102

Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

1] He also worked hard to build his social capital with other talented inventors, but also with wealthy families and financiers like J. Human capital: who you are as a leader of innovation . Social capital: who you know with key expertise and resources. Morgan, the Vanderbilts, and the Rockefellers.

Innovation 80

Innovation Social Capital Reputation How To 80

Mills Scofield

APRIL 29, 2019

They think they’re innovative because they make something in green instead of just red, but they stick with their industries, markets, customers, and (usually dying) business models. Red Lobsters think they innovate and believe they want to, but not enough to expand their comfort zone and hire the right people to do it.

Innovation 91

Innovation Stage-Gate Blanchard Social Capital 91

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 18, 2014

Since the benefits of mentoring are well documented, this research took a closer look at the less explored side of the issue surveying 318 businesswomen from 19 different countries and 30 different industries. Since women often have difficulty building social capital at work, mentoring is even more critical to their success.

Mentor 253

Mentor Survey Social Capital Globalization 253

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 15, 2020

But, crucially this trend held even when looking specifically at high-tech industries and companies that had registered patents and received VC funding. This prior experience was crucial as there was a clear link between the number of years someone had spent in the same industry as their startup, and the subsequent success of that business.

Entrepreneur 78

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Library Proposal 78

Coaching Tip

APRIL 2, 2011

The culture of possibility that [his grandmother] Daisy Ford embraced and put to use so brilliantly on behalf of her daughters was passed on to her by the peculiarities of the West Indian social structure. And my mother's education was the product of the riots of 1937 and the industriousness of Mr. Chance.

Committee 99

Committee Social Capital Politics Education 99

Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Network studies of patent citations (references to existing patents in newly filed patents) also reveal that inventions that start in places that are more industrially diverse receive more than twice the number of citations than those developed in smaller or more homogeneous towns. John Agno: Can''t Get Enough Leadership.

Innovation 126

Innovation Kaplan Diversity Open-book 126

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

At Level 4, you're helping customers build their social capital — that is, helping them to build and expand valuable support groups and communities. Helping customers build social capital may seem far removed from the concerns a competitive business should occupy itself with. Give them a say.

Social Capital 9

Social Capital Review Software Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

To me this means that he has, in essence, made the calculation that the use of social networks will replace the “badges” that my generation valued to determine reputation. He has opted for the social network over the fraternity as the basis for future advancement, and I hardly think he will be the last to do so.

Social Capital 8

Social Capital Credit Rating Reputation Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2016

What is defined as a scandal and how severely scandals are punished (including the punishment of innocent parties) differs across countries and industries. Explicit laws vary but so do implicit social norms, which can be easy for outsiders to transgress. Reinforce shared values with desired industry/field.

Company 9

Company Due Diligence Mission Statement How To 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

Finally, when you are at the conglomerate stage, they relate to social capital, as you move talent across internal boundaries and leverage personal relations with politicians, government officials, investors and other external parties who can greatly facilitate or obstruct your plans–not necessarily with the greater good in mind.

Social Capital 8

Social Capital Chemicals Industry Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

We were building social capital, but we didn't have a way to tell our shareholders — or be held accountable to keep doing it. Furthermore the non-financial parts of reporting today are not rule-based, making it impossible to compare performance across industries — and many times even within them.

Social Capital 12

Social Capital Report Finance Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2012

Just last week, Kate called me in tears after attending a media conference with well-known industry bigwigs. You don't have to pander to the person who did you a favor all those years ago, and more generally, you don't have social capital within your organization to protect. You can join them.

Social Capital 12

Social Capital Industry Retail Budgeting 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2018

Perhaps your boss is trying to advocate for you but lacks the social capital and credibility to successfully advocate for anyone. Finally, being an engaged citizen beyond your workplace in your industry or your community can help as well. Or, perhaps your boss may simply not want to be your champion.

Mentor 15

Mentor Short-term PR Social Capital 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Collectively, they're spawning a range of efficient new "as-a-service" business models in industries as diverse as accommodation, transportation, household appliances, and high-end clothing. The digitization of social brings real-world trust and social capital online.

Disaggregation 9

Disaggregation Hammer Mass Marketing Gordon 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2014

startups in the tech and life sciences industries, and the results hold even after controlling for factors like firm age, capital intensity, and economic conditions. More specifically, on average, each additional degree of founder control reduces the value of the startup by 23.0%?58.1%. The data comes from a survey of 6,130 U.S.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur IPO Human Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

But, in fact, companies everywhere, in nearly every industry, are struggling to fill their talent pipelines. You will fit more easily into the culture, retain part of your social capital, and have larger chances to recover if you fail. It was a stretch assignment for him, but one in which he has thrived.

Positioning 12

Positioning Social Capital McKinsey Globalization 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Very few countries see declines in their overall score but Italy is one of them, with a drop in its performance on the Governance and Social Capital sub-indices. In particular, what do financial industry executives think about it? What kind of reaction do you get to the Index in business circles?

GDP 10

GDP Social Capital Globalization Entrepreneur 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

There is however a substantial segment of social media users, often referred to as the "magic middle," whose network value is relatively high, but who may be more willing to engage with the brand. What American Express stated by announcing this offer, is that they estimate the network value of their community as $10, on average.

Advertising 8

Advertising Discount Media Customer Loyalty 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

This is the case across a variety of labor-intensive industries like construction, mining, manufacturing, transport, farming, fishing, and forestry. See More Videos > See More Videos > The first thing we notice is that people working blue-collar jobs report lower levels of overall happiness in every region around the world.

Report 14

Report Transportation Stress Quality 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

The newspaper industry is a good example of just how difficult it can be to thrive when business goes digital, especially if that business is chronically resistant to change. Integrate the idea of social capital in the monetization approach. And, even if there is discussion, how often is it tied directly to the pricing process?

Price 10

Price Content Reputation Advertising 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2011

ITC decided to measure its own performance in terms of its contribution to creating economic, environmental, and social capital through innovations that would be embedded in its business strategy.

Long-term 13

Long-term Business Model Innovation Human Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

So you engage her by giving her speaking opportunities, you co-present at her industry association, host a webinar featuring her, invite her to local customer forums, and give her a leadership role if she's interested. They're helping customers build social capital. They're improving customers' lives.

Goal 8

Goal Webinar Social Capital Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2013

Ariely points out that once you cross the line from social norms into market norms, you''ll find it very difficult to get your customers to return to social norms. Social Rewards Are More Powerful. But to work, these rewards need to focus on helping customers build social capital, not financial capital.

Guidelines 8

Guidelines Banking Discount Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Beyond shipping new features on a regular cadence and keeping the peace between engineering and the design team, the best PMs create products with strong user adoption that have exponential revenue growth and perhaps even disrupt an industry. Core Competencies. and of course the compensation and benefits.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Whether it’s a formal team community service day or a spontaneous after-work round of beers, these efforts can create the powerful social glue of “us-ness,” as one of us (Martha) calls it. Social capital also counts. Employee retention. Further, it makes employees “sticky” to an organization.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Attrition Absenteeism Social Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

While Fang and Huang’s study is limited to the investment industry, other researchers have found similar effects elsewhere. INSEAD professor Herminia Ibarra found similar effects in the advertising industry 23 years ago in a study conducted while she was at Harvard. ” Promoting someone based on measurable competence!

Advice 8

Advice Sample Social Capital CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

After Derek joined, they’d worked together on further risk management—establishing a central division to set policy, ensure compliance, and evaluate projects worth € 100 million or more and creating an executive council of market and industry experts to advise on budgets and other strategic issues.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Political economist Francis Fukuyama predicted a future when social capital would be as important as physical capital, and that only those societies with a high degree of social trust would be able to create large-scale organizations capable of competing in the new economy.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content Power Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

I can think of 10 features that distinguish America from other industrial economies, which I outline in a recent essay for the National Bureau of Economic Research , from which this article is adapted. economy and a path for citizenship (green cards), based on individual talent and industrial sponsorship. In short, the U.S.

Decentralization 15

Decentralization GDP Finance Incentives 15