Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

A hallmark of the successful 32% was the involvement of mid-level managers two or more levels below the CEO. Many change efforts fail because people reduce themselves to checking boxes in safe, defensible systems such as Lean and Six Sigma. Many change leaders use Six Sigma , Kaizen , and Lean for continuous improvement.

Middle Management 11

Middle Management Six Sigma Taylorism Taylor 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

The model for healthcare is being flipped upside down — from decades of focusing on acute care episodes and encouraging utilization to a future where successful organizations are able to reduce utilization, manage population health, and activate patients in the consumption (and delivery) of their own care. Importing New Knowledge.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Six Sigma Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2011

Each post will examine the challenge from a different perspective, including design, technology, urban planning and more. Our team put Six-Sigma thinking to work. Dr. Burns' career has spanned scientific research; issues management; science and technology leadership and business management. Today, Stephanie A.

Govindarajan 15

Govindarajan Six Sigma Energy Transportation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2015

But with the rapid implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), CNOs are now expected to master new trends in health care information technologies to engage hospital leaders in strategic discussions about major technology investments. The primary driver for new learning is increasingly complex and essential technologies.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Health Care Supply Chain Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2013

1 billion price tag paid by Facebook for Instagram, whose primary asset is not technology, but the best photo sharing UX in the business (and some of the best UX talent as well). It also provides the executive leadership with a steady stream of "demos" to show off at CES. The value of UX as a corporate asset is no longer in question.

Strategy 8

Strategy Six Sigma Engineering Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

But who is likely to assume leadership in creating and capturing economic value in Type 3 products: Digital natives or industry incumbents? The characteristics of hardware businesses include long product development cycle, Six Sigma efficiency, and long sales cycle. Ford or Tesla? Rolls Royce or IBM? Caterpillar or Microsoft?

Industry 8

Industry Software Six Sigma Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2012

This is to say that you don't have to wait until the end of the decade for some breakthrough technology to emerge; it's already here, albeit in bits and pieces. They stand on the shoulders of the methods of "Process Strategy 1.0": Lean , Six Sigma , and Business Reengineering. Let's explore what Process Strategy 2.0

Process 8

Process Examples Strategy Six Sigma 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

You may ask, what are some risky investments that stand a high chance of failure but, if successful, enable larger technological leaps that promise earthshaking impact? Three major factors drive convergence: technology, competition, and the customer. ups become successful because they are frugal in their origins.

Skills 8

Skills Power Six Sigma Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

For example, one CEO of a large technology firm oscillated between major expansions (e.g. For instance, think of all the zigzags in strategic direction the old Hewlett Packard took as it went through four CEOs in a decade: first, the focus was on technology innovation, then it was on growth through acquisitions, and then on efficiency.

Welch 8

Welch Six Sigma Real Estate Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

How can these companies overcome the inevitable leadership, organizational, and cultural challenges involved? Here’s a brief account of how GE quickly scaled up a sizable software start-up within a big, successful conglomerate. It also required us to amend our compensation practices to be competitive in the technology space.”

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Next, the 10-member senior leadership team used a variety of means, such as town halls, and videos of executives explaining the plan, to clearly and repeatedly communicate the urgent need for cost reduction as a requirement for process redesign across the system that would ultimately improve patient care.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

On the basis of this early success, you start to build processes that can enable the new culture and approach to be integrated inside the organization. The design leader is moving forward in alignment with leadership and thinks that things are working well, but in reality they are not. The process is really an evolution.

Organization 8

Organization Brand Six Sigma Innovation 8