Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

In order to do this, your company needs a process to source radical ideas that can catapult your business to new heights, open up new markets, or bring in completely unfamiliar profit streams. Three major factors drive convergence: technology, competition, and the customer. Let’s say you’re in the energy sector. Find Pivots.

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Skills Power Six Sigma Disruptive Innovation 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

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Process Examples Strategy Six Sigma 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Is your company ready to compete in a world of smart, connected products ? ” In this world, customers expect their suppliers to surround their products with data services and digitally enhanced experiences. Melody Ivory , a User Experience Product Manager, told me, “I was about employee number 30 in February 2012.

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Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2014

In a blog post, Uber says, "We never use marketing tactics that prevent a driver from making their living — and that includes never intentionally canceling rides." All Sorts of Unfortunate Things What Happened to Motorola Chicago Magazine Motorola, the telecom giant that introduced the world to Six Sigma, has had a rough decade.

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Six Sigma Airlines Tactics Innovation 8

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Productivity. You can find some of the most significant hard skills here: Technological savviness. Six Sigma techniques. B2B Marketing. We will start with soft skills to put on resume. Here are the best skills: Effective communication. Conflict management . Teamwork skills. Time management . Stress management .

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Skills Six Sigma Software CRM 111

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2013

From reducing costs by improving quality, to enriching existing products and services by informationalizing them , to innovating by bringing big data and analytics to bear, data are showing themselves worthy across the board. Our Six Sigma program is decent enough, and our first choice is to leverage that effort for data.

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Six Sigma Long-term Information Technology Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Simply put, bad data make everything about Big Data — from discovering something truly novel, to building a product or service around that discovery, to monetizing the discovery — more difficult. Ignore Costly Market Data and Rely on Google Instead? It demands an urgent and comprehensive response. BIG DATA INSIGHT CENTER.

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Six Sigma How To Quality Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

At PepsiCo, we’re leveraging design to create meaningful and relevant brand experiences for our customers any time they interact with our portfolio of products. This applies not only to the current portfolio of products, but also to PepsiCo’s future portfolio. That’s where our work is really about innovation.

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Organization Brand Six Sigma Innovation 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2014

Reduce time to market for this product). This role could be filled by a Business Architect, Process Improvement Expert, Lean Six Sigma Practioner, Business Analyst or Project Manager. It may be easier to use common terms, like, “What are your goals for this BPI project?” and then turn them into improvement targets (e.g,

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BPM Process Tips Management 56

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.

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Govindarajan Six Sigma Energy Transportation 15

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

It’s what happens every time you expect a company’s service or product or process to work, but it doesn’t—and nobody can seem to fix it, even though everybody knows what’s wrong. In fact, we lose up to 40 percent of our productivity by switching between tasks; the more we switch, the worse our performance.

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How To Middle Management Innovation Technology 76

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2012

There's something about the culture of business that tends toward excess — in financial markets, to be sure, but also in the "market" for new ideas and management techniques. They change what needs to change, because it's the only way they can achieve what they want to achieve.

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Innovation Airlines Six Sigma Lean Production 17