Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2017

.” Survey respondents included Presidents, Chief Information Officers, Chief Analytics Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, and Chief Data Officers representing 50 industry giants, including American Express, Capital One, Disney, Ford Motors, General Electric, JP Morgan, MetLife, Nielsen, Turner Broadcasting, United Parcel Service, and USAA.

Company 12

Company Chief Information Officer Parcell Survey 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

VCs, they’re told, take more of a long-term approach, have a greater degree of risk tolerance, and parcel out their funds in stages to mitigate risk. The every-idea-must-be-a-winner investor locked all of his resources into smaller projects, none of which was ever going to yield a substantial payback. Innovation Project management'

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Discounted Cash Flow Parcell Project 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I often hear executives reassure me that projects will get done because "we have an execution culture," or that customers will be well taken care of because "we have a culture where the customer comes first." Any management team can assess its culture by asking these kinds of simple questions across a range of organizational behaviors.

Parcell 14

Parcell Consensus Automotive Organizational Behavior 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Addressing the agriculture value chain—soil testing, facilitation of inputs and credit, market linkage, and field advisory services—is part and parcel of agriculture development initiatives. Watershed and natural resource management initiatives have resulted in increase in water table ranging from 3.5

Innovation 9

Innovation Microfinance Parcell Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Anyone who has worked inside a large organization can rattle off a lengthy list of the things that regularly kill promising ideas: conflict with existing businesses, naysayers, management turmoil, insufficient resources. Many companies have figured out how to parcel out small amounts of money to employees cultivating something new.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

While we often measure and manage the latest "what" in business — the leaf — the thing that creates high performance growth is the underlying "how" — the river. And guess what: In that context, people can be expected truly know how their project/product is tied to the strategy. But it's also wrong. It's old school.

Micromanagement 15

Micromanagement Open-book Parcell Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Whether you have a new manager or have worked with your current boss for years, what can you do to make sure your boss appreciates what you bring to the job? A recent HBR study of nearly 20,000 employees around the world found that the most important thing that workers want from their managers is respect. What the Experts Say.

How To 8

How To PR Politics Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

And that is part and parcel of professional life. It’s your job to figure out your customer’s motivations: “What would it take to get your boss to sign off on a project or to get your clients excited about what you have to offer?” ” Earlier in his career, Damian worked as a management consultant.

Skills 21

Skills How To Brainstorming Case Study 21

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. Management Advice from Jeff Bezos. The biggest surprise after studying the Amazon letters to shareholders written by Jeff Bezos is how much management advice he provides. Failure comes part and parcel with invention” (Bezos 2013 letter).

Letter 86

Letter Collins Long-term Parcell 86

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

This includes both the near-term projects needed to enhance the core business and new-growth projects needed to move down the path toward long-term business transformation. This is a collection of budgets to fund both the projects in the innovation portfolio and the new initiatives for the core business. billion in 2010 to $4.9

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

How talent management is changing. So in order to be successful you will need to be self-aware, flexible, and open to new ideas, projects, and people. That client, United Parcel Service, ultimately awarded our firm with the lead-underwriting role in the largest initial public offering in history at that time.

Emotional Intelligence 8

Emotional Intelligence Consultative Self-aware Career 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

But we now see insurers exploiting geographically refined data to more precisely estimate land parcel risk. When valuing these rebates, Re:focus relies on Risk Management Solutions’ modeling software to accurately judge how much a project reduces disaster risk.

Insurance 11

Insurance Real Estate Industry Bond 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2014

Some old technologies, after being rendered obsolete by better and cheaper alternatives (indeed even after whole industries based on them have been decimated), manage to “re-emerge” to the point that they sustain healthy businesses. Indeed, it’s part and parcel of the digital disruption remaking every aspect of the global economy.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Supply Chain Technology Parcell 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

By managing the three key properties of networks that either propel you forward or hold you back—breadth, connectivity, and dynamism—you can develop a stronger network and use it as an essential leadership tool. This article will show you how to reinvent your network, by managing these three critical dimensions.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2016

This is the reassuring physical signal that his part of the never-ceasing, get-it-now economy has successfully turned one more notch on its endless loop — a cycle repeated at 2,000 similar United Parcel Service delivery hubs around the country and the world.

Parcell 8

Parcell Transportation Incentives Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

Yet, according to Donald Sull’s research in the March issue of HBR, almost half of top executives cannot connect the dots between their company’s strategic priorities; and two out of three middle managers say they simply do not understand their strategic direction. This isn’t just about trimming your list of projects.

Strategy 8

Strategy Balanced Scorecard Sull Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2012

Unlike the representatives above, each lawmaker represents dozens of groups whose interests clash head-on, including seniors, the middle-aged, the young, blue-collar workers, professionals, managers, business owners, the unemployed, singles, couples and families with children. But what's the alternative?

Politics 10

Politics System Policies Parcell 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2016

A 25-year lease to put solar panels on a parcel of land would generate the same returns as growing tomatoes—without any irrigation headaches. The manager of the frozen-vegetables plant was pushing him to make the leap. ” Pete explained the lease structure and the projected returns. Pete looked at his watch.

Case Study 8

Case Study Parcell Price Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

” According to Der Standard , an Austrian newspaper , mailing a parcel from Munich to Salzburg (distance: 145km; 90 miles) costs many times more than mailing it from Munich to Berlin (distance: 585km; 364 miles). people, it could compensate for its projected 11 million drop in working-age population in 2025.

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8