Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2017

I first encountered the term last year, in an intriguing interview with a CEO named Victor Ho, cofounder of a customer loyalty company that has raised more than $100 million in venture funding. He also talked about his stint at McKinsey & Company, the blue-chip consulting firm, and one subversive takeaway.

Schein 8

Schein McKinsey Venture Funding Customer Loyalty 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Dig into the genesis of a paradigm-busting new product or service, and you'll usually find that its success owes more to the indomitable spirit of a lone innovator than to the obliging climate of an inherently pro-innovation management model. Ultimately, every management process must be a catalyst for innovation.

Innovation 15

Innovation Process Competitive Advantage McKinsey 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Just yesterday, on the front page of the New York Times , came a report about how "low-level engineers, product managers and prominent managers" from the executive ranks are leaving the company for high-profile companies such as Facebook as well as venture-funded startups of the sort that dot the technology landscape.

Tacit Knowledge 15

Tacit Knowledge Long-term McKinsey Venture Funding 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. Over the past two decades, we’ve led dozens of innovation projects and have talked to thousands of managers about the challenge of building a high-performance innovation “engine.”

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

There are a staggering 250 collective management organizations overseeing digital content, according to a 2014 EC press release. According to estimates by McKinsey , if France were to shift into a higher gear and equal the U.K.’s Venture funding for European digital groups in 2014 remained a fifth ($7.75

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8