Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2013

Business change initiatives (those that involve IT projects) engage enormous resources — not just IT and financial resources, but human time and emotion. At most companies, business and IT leaders cannot immediately answer the question, "What percentage of your projects fully realize their expected business benefits?"

CIO 8

CIO Stage-Gate Project Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

But data scientist are curious creatures who thrive from being able to creatively dabble; there are benefits to giving them flexibility to work on projects that touch both “types” – both for them and for the organization. In most organizations, it makes sense for data scientists to specialize into one type or another.

Engineering 13

Engineering Software Metrics Stage-Gate 13

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

Leading organizations and teams to respond using the best tactical approach will determine if the organization can really deploy the needed projected force with the ability to move freely by means of sufficient sustainability for prolonged operations. shifting results. Remember the Alamo. By reforming his world?view,

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CEO Succession Tips How To 340

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

For this analysis, performance refers to the change in market valuation between the initial First Round investment and the end of 2014.) Moreover, many notable founders, including Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, dropped out of college. First Round looked at the impact of alma mater on company performance.

Succession 8

Succession Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Due Diligence 8

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

​ For example, the job function I have now, digital marketing , didn’t exist when I left college, and had I focused on other areas without adapting as my career progressed, I might’ve missed my calling in digital marketing. It can be a part-time gig, a consulting project, or a sideline that might turn into a startup.

Career 74

Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The same could well be said of Bill Gates, who has left mere connectivity behind in his quest to eradicate major human diseases. Searching for new ideas at Haier involves a competitive screening of business model proposals, open to all, out of which projects and project leaders are chosen.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Proposal Stage-Gate Disruptive Innovation 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

65 Content Marketers List the 44 Content Marketing Agencies Crushing It (Plus 70 Tips & 78 Myths Dispelled) ​Digital marketing is becoming harder to ignore as we now live in a world of internet ubiquity. Click "READ MORE" to see the 44 content marketing agencies and 70 related tips from the experts!

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Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

What I do in that time sets the stage for the day I will have. Even if it’s walking to the local market for lunch, or parking further away in a parking lot. He could have attributed their success to more advanced technology, better marketing, or thinking differently. John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing. Keep moving!

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Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

It shouldn’t happen, but it does: You realize much too late that your innovation project is in deep trouble. The following highly condensed fictional case study draws on their paper “Anatomy of a Decision Trap in Complex New Product Development Projects” in Academy of Management Journal. She reschedules the first gate for Week 42.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate Innovation Execution Management 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

R&D investments have been made, stage/gate processes have been built, creativity training courses have been run, and yet the outputs — exciting new products and services — don't seem to be falling into place. Consider, for example, the UK software company, Red Gate. So a more focused approach may be more worthwhile.

Company 8

Company Stage-Gate Innovation Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

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.” And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever. What’s the problem?

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Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Data-driven storytelling is poised to be the next big trend in content marketing. Indeed, companies are already harnessing its power at every stage in the customer relationship lifecycle—from building up-front brand awareness to reminding customers of their success. Generate leads from your key audience, like IBM.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate Brand Content Media 8

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

This is an ambitious project and it’s not surprising because it’s founded by ever enterprising Sramana Mitra. Through the Entrepreneur Journeys project, I have come to conclude that the most vulnerable phase in an entrepreneur’s life is the pre-$1 million revenue stage. This is where numerous ventures fail.

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Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Finance Incubator 54

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The criticisms are several: that design thinking is poorly defined ; that the case for its use relies more on anecdotes than data; that it is little more than basic commonsense, repackaged and then marketed for a hefty consulting fee.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Proposal Politics Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2017

as the most attractive market worldwide for renewable energy investment, this year downgraded it to third , behind China and India. ” The Brookings report’s most peculiar finding is that VC investment in cleantech has shifted toward later-stage deals. First, another recent Brookings analysis found that U.S.

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Stage-Gate Kleiner Energy Proposal 9