Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The new president thought Cellairis should not only sell accessories, it should sell wireless phone service as well. People shopping for cell phone cases were natural customers for a wireless service provider. It stiffed Cellairis and the wireless providers whose services it resold. After nine months, AMP’d filed for bankruptcy.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2015

“Betting on alpha” refers to investing in projects which may have a low probability of success, but also very significant upside. Project Loon is such a moonshot project, providing internet access to remote regions by equipping balloons with wireless capabilities.

Strategy 8

Strategy Maturity Business Model Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Narratives are powerful leadership tools. This kind of leadership communication is sorely needed now to get moving on America’s infrastructure problems. While Congress is stuck in gridlock, leadership is active region by region, as I found in research for my book Move. infrastructure problems.

Transportation 8

Transportation Wireless Entrepreneur Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2013

She proudly began to talk about how she had a prepaid wireless broadband card that allowed him to access education via the family mobile phone. I remember one memorable project review between a client team and a top executive in a global health care company. Innovation Leadership' We asked what she did to support his education.

Wireless 8

Wireless Class Hotels Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I was working on a project recently in which several multimillion-dollar nonprofit organizations were considering participating in a community fundraising campaign. This relentless board meddling takes its toll on leadership. It's as if each nonprofit boardroom has some kind of wireless lobotomizing device at the door.

Micromanagement 14

Micromanagement Wireless Participative Consultative 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

’” Under a different CEO, Econet Wireless Nigeria went on to build a nationwide network of street-side airtime sales. Launching this week is the ambitious African Business Fellowship, which Masiyiwa is chairing with implementing partners the African Leadership Network and Management Leadership for Tomorrow.

Marketing 8

Marketing Career Wireless Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Foundations typically fund projects, not products. Wireless Generation, an innovative assessment company, stepped in to help.

Education 15

Education Innovation Entrepreneur Venture Funding 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

It sends the signal that these are not the projects that people should bet their careers on. Ivan Seidenberg of Verizon was criticized by many — even his own people — for re-purposing the cash coming out of land-lines and phone books to support moves into wireless and entertainment businesses. Set aside a regular budget.

Process 16

Process Innovation Diversity Budgeting 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

Since then, there have been other projects where Huawei experienced severe climate challenges, such as building the highest wireless communication base station in the world (6,500 meters high on Mount Everest) and building the first GSM network within the Arctic circle.

Succession 8

Succession Golden Handcuff IPO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Carter Professor of Business Administration, is Chair of the General Management Program, a unique program designed to accelerate leadership growth of cross-functional executives focused on driving change across their organization. At Harvard Business School’s General Management Program. Sunil Gupta, the Edward W.

Education 8

Education Execution Wireless Content 8