In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 10, 2012

This month’s Fast Company names the 100 Most Creative People in Business, with an emphasis on global leaders in technology, design, media, music, movies, marketing, television and sports. The former head of Apple’s retail operations believes the ability to change is the key to success. 4 Ron Johnson – CEO JCPenney.

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Creativity Advertising Belief Systems Storytelling 238

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

After all, your business’s future success depends not only on the health and longevity of the community in which you operate — but also on the health of our entire world. Had they set out simply to make a profit, Apple likely wouldn’t be the revolutionary technology leader it is today. greater revenue growth 34.7%

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

After all, your business’s future success depends not only on the health and longevity of the community in which you operate — but also on the health of our entire world. Had they set out simply to make a profit, Apple likely wouldn’t be the revolutionary technology leader it is today. higher operating profitability.

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

When I took over as chief marketing officer at GE, the mandate from CEO Jeff Immelt was to make marketing a vital operating function that could drive organic growth. GE’s best path to organic growth is to continue the world-changing innovation it has always been known for. Go to new places. Shape the market early.

Innovation 16

Innovation Marketing Incubator Class 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

When I took over as chief marketing officer at GE, the mandate from CEO Jeff Immelt was to make marketing a vital operating function that could drive organic growth. GE’s best path to organic growth is to continue the world-changing innovation it has always been known for. Go to new places. Shape the market early.

Innovation 8

Innovation Marketing Incubator Class 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2018

Currently gaining force is a movement to focus for-profit enterprises more on the essential work of enriching societies — that is, benefiting not only those humans who are their owners as publicly traded companies but also those who work in them and who stand to benefit from more purpose-driven innovation. ”

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Drucker Long-term Short-term Decentralization 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2013

Be strategic and operational. Stay secure and boost innovation. Adopt emerging technologies, while weighed down by the past. Today, however, technology innovation is creating a drastic change — across all major industries — in the way customers want to interact with their suppliers.

CIO 8

CIO Technology Storytelling Strategic Planning 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

For example, a team at a large financial services firm in her study displayed medium-high physical distance, low-medium operational distance, but high affinity distance, indicating potential issues there. What's the cost of such failures? Sobel-Lojeski has done a quantitative analysis, and her results are eye-opening.

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Team Budgeting Operations Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Technologies that connect people to knowledge, services, and one another across the globe have acted as a centrifugal force, spinning functions and authority away from the center toward millions of previously silent and disempowered individuals. A similar phenomenon is happening with traditional professions.

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Storytelling Disaggregation Supply Chain Globalization 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2013

Over the last few years, Dirk began to realize that the business model for wholesale distribution was dramatically changing as manufacturers increasingly sell direct to consumers, and large firms like Amazon and Grainger use their technology and scale to squeeze out the traditional middlemen. As he says, "It's the right thing to do.".

Storytelling 8

Storytelling Kaplan Taylorism Taylor 8

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. ” Instead of just listing facts, compelling storytellers use both soft and hard data. John Fedele/Getty Images.

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Skills Morale Ethics System 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

These changes are driven by seismic shifts in consumer behavior and an explosion of both consumer- and B2B-facing technologies. When and how do we shift our businesses from legacy operating models to ones that better reflect the future? How do we maximize our creativity as an industry while integrating data-driven approaches?

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Media Advertising Audience Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2018

From targeted online advertising to more precise recommendation engines, consumer markets are bursting with innovation around machine learning and advanced analytics. The science of storytelling and brand performance. Any product that requires some expertise to use is a candidate for analytics innovation. Insight Center.

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B2B Chemicals Venture Funding Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

” Faced with hard choices, innovators find ways to transcend the tradeoffs. There is concern these days about how technology is replacing our jobs and estranging our connections. The only hope seems to be make our technology appear more human. Transactions and relationships. Click on a product and you can make a purchase.

Chief Operating Officer 8

Chief Operating Officer Apparel Marketing Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Innovation vs. Regulation. Many organizations, particularly in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, are saddled with trying to do business, let along innovate, under increasingly crushing regulatory environments. Advanced technology is at the core of virtually every company’s business model today.

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Succession Agility Globalization Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. Matthew Eyring , Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of Vivint Inc.

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Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

More and more of my work involves communicating through the written word and exposing myself to some of the great storytellers of our time improves my ability to make my point "stick" [link] Scott Eblin I read (key word there) once that if you're able to read and don't, you might as well be illiterate. and college.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Siege Media stands out from the rest by innovating the way they create their content. TopRank Marketing TopRank Marketing has been doing innovative and impactful work with interactive content and B2B influencers for huge brands like SAP, Dell, LinkedIn, 3M, and Oracle for over 18 years. This goes for B2B, B2C, and B2B2C markets.

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Marketing Content Audience Brand 105