Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

Technology innovation is not slowing down or leveling off, but ramping up — and businesses will soon face a barrage of new digital possibilities. There is no time for complacency. It requires new modes of operation. They reduce duplication of efforts and skills, thus reducing operational costs.

CIO 8

CIO CTO Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

With this model, an investment can be defined as strategic, key operational, support, or high potential. Key operational investments sustain existing business operations, helping to avoid any disadvantage. Executives can sometimes struggle differentiating between key operational and support investments.

Tools 8

Tools Competitive Advantage Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. At the time, BMW had no dedicated, company-spanning unit to leverage the creative power of startups. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

And in terms of its effects on managerial decision-making, the new system should create feedback and incentives that nudge managers toward innovating for tomorrow's world, not optimizing for today's. An innovation-based measure would lead to an acceleration in investment with positive benefits for growth. As the late C.

ROE 12

ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. A design studio is geared for collaboration and innovation work with customers and partners. The first step was to hire someone to run it.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

It was in 1990 that George Stalk and Tom Hout of BCG published Competing Against Time , pointing out that time was an unexploited aspect of competitiveness. Out of their work came a new business focus on "time to market" and "cycle time." As connectivity has grown, innovation has accelerated.

McKinsey 14

McKinsey Efficiency Long-term Analysis 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Yet wanting to be closer with customers, and knowing what actual, operational pathways to take in order to achieve this are two very different things. The Future of Operations. Using these principles Intuit began driving design thinking deep into its culture and operations. Insight Center. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

First, we’ve seen dramatic improvements in flexible automated fabrication, exemplified by innovations like Tesla Motors’ robot-heavy car factories and Nike’s revolutionary Flyknit process. But more than just time and money, the shift will require a new kind of thinking, seeing physical products as platforms, too.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Productivity Products Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

The buds of innovation are fragile, and are easily squashed by critique or a view of the competitive market environment. I support empathy as a process driver not because it’s a silver-bullet for bringing new products and services to market, but because it drives a longer, more sustained improvement in culture.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Reis Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

PMs have to have a deep understanding of how the organization operates and must build social capital to influence the success of their product – from obtaining budget and staffing to securing a top engineer to work on their product.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8