Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Over the past three decades at IDEO, I’ve worked with some of the most innovative companies in the world and seen a lot of creative leaders in action. The free-flowing exchange, in which employees, partners, and collaborators gain social capital through their creative input, has helped propel growth. Innovation Book.

Creativity 8

Creativity Storytelling Social Capital Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

We often find ourselves engaged with members of large organizations on questions of how to be more innovative and entrepreneurial. And like entrepreneurs, these entrepreneurs inside face a substantial set of risks—even though organizations are calling for more creativity, more innovation, and more entrepreneurial behavior from employees.

Entrepreneur 18

Entrepreneur Organization Competitive Advantage Social Capital 18

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

What's not funny is the result: stifled collaboration, reduced innovation and limited growth. But this diminishes your team's social capital. The commercial is funny because it reveals an all-too-common dynamic in team meetings: misallocation of credit (or blame). Most leaders know not to act like the boss in the FedEx ad.

Social Capital 13

Social Capital Metrics Long-term Team 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2011

And business has a very large role to play in ushering in a new economic model that delivers larger social equity through innovation and commitment to sustainable business practices. The company's market capitalization has grown 28-fold in the last 15 years to $33 billion.

Long-term 12

Long-term Business Model Innovation Human Capital 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

It turns out there are lots of people who don''t get the new technology and now social life is a little like a competition to show that we''re not "falling for it." At this point, there can more social capital in saying that we don''t like the tech than that we do. By this time, the innovation is taking off. Acceptance.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Early Adopters Innovation Social Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

Those employees work at two of Britain’s most-admired retailers, John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets, each of which has carved out a powerful bond with customers, both of which have unveiled big innovations in terms of branding, merchandising, and e-commerce. Our focus is on social capital.”

Definition 8

Definition Company Succession Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

Most of us think of biotech as the province of multinational pharmaceutical corporations and well-funded ventures, but the founders of BioCurious believe (as they say in their mission statement) "that innovations in biology should be accessible, affordable, and open to everyone." But don''t let that loss of control frighten you.

Mission Statement 9

Mission Statement Class Learning-by-Doing Pharmaceuticals 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2012

Yes, young and ambitious people with bright eyes and open hearts need to learn to accept the cold shoulder of established industry gatekeepers, even when it seems like the only goal of the latter is to prevent new ideas and innovation bubbling to the surface of their tired companies and low-growth industries.

Social Capital 11

Social Capital Industry Retail Budgeting 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

And yet, when I go “outside,” I constantly see health care providers working brilliantly together in innovative ways that I had not even imagined. Here are just five examples of the dozens of innovations out there that make my head and my heart hurt. Health Innovation Leadership' It makes my chest ache with envy.

Health Care 11

Health Care Examples Mayo Management 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

And yet, when I go “outside,” I constantly see health care providers working brilliantly together in innovative ways that I had not even imagined. Here are just five examples of the dozens of innovations out there that make my head and my heart hurt. Health Innovation Leadership' It makes my chest ache with envy.

Health Care 11

Health Care Examples Mayo Management 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Social Media, Social Business, Social Innovation, Social Era — are they all the same, or are they quite different? Sometimes people use the term Social Capitalism to get to this same idea. And Open Innovation or Crowdsoucing are often linked to any of these three terms - enterprise 2.0,

Media 9

Media Supply Chain Tools Porter 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2016

As noted in research by Paul Adler and Seok-Woo Kwon at the University of Southern California, a well-designed employee network essentially makes up the “social capital” of a company, due to all the assets or resources that can be mobilized through the network. Employees with a high betweenness (e.g.,

Analysis 8

Analysis Competitive Advantage Social Capital Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Avis has taken an interesting (and bold) step by acquiring Zipcar, absorbing an innovative but struggling competitor at what is likely to be seen as a bargain price while acquiring a small but desirable customer base and gaining a foothold in the rapidly growing world of collaborative consumption.

Disaggregation 9

Disaggregation Hammer Mass Marketing Gordon 9

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

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

This isn't a new challenge, but it's more urgent than ever, not just as an effort to escape reform and regulation from the outside, but to restore the public trust, to repair the moral fabric of the system, and to unleash the innovation required to tackle the world's most pressing and important challenges.

Short-term 15

Short-term Long-term Ethics Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

They group these into three areas and argue that over time, you want to review that you are investing enough to balance out your portfolio for a lifetime: Productive assets: Knowledge, skills, professional social capital, reputation. They may be an innovative and promising reinvention of human potential. in 1996.

Career 8

Career Leadership Pipeline Social Capital Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

I spend a significant amount of my time associating with a pro-business think tank that has been building an impressive database of entrepreneurs, small businesses, start-ups, and innovation-driven enterprises in Africa.

Entrepreneur 16

Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain Globalization 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

On occasion, these senior executives may designate lieutenants to sit on the brand council as their representatives, but they ensure the designees have the social capital, as well as the authority, to participate fully. The brand council is charged with using the brand as the lens for strategic business decision-making.

Brand 8

Brand Strategy Advertising Brand Management 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

As a result, workers have a better chance of finding the right job, firms find it easier to innovate, and new firms find it easier to get started. While the U.S. does regulate working conditions and hiring, the rules are much less onerous than in Europe. A growing population, including from immigration. Will America maintain these advantages?

Decentralization 15

Decentralization GDP Finance Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Scotland has the intrinsic qualities of successful small advanced economies: an educated population, social capital, and competitive firms. There will be experimentation and innovation as people figure out the best way forward. What does matter is the ability to set economic policy in a way that reflects local context.

Consensus 10

Consensus Globalization Politics Policies 10