Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

We were a mediocre, at best, institutional operation with a sense of entitlement. I co-conducted a professional peer review of a nearly identical campus on the west coast (size, structure, unions, facilities, budget, number of staff). Our real problem was we were not holding our leaders and staff accountable.

Leadership 64

Leadership Training Peer Review Budgeting 64

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2016

They’ve redesigned their core processes in the area of procurement (online shopping), talent acquisition (marketplaces), collaboration (social networking), market research (peer reviews), finance (mobile payments) and travel (room and ride sharing). Have you reinvented your core processes to the same degree?

Loyalty 8

Loyalty Peer Review Efficiency Call Center 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

To understand how the current political instability in Egypt will affect the NPV of a foreign subsidiary located there, we should first establish a no-instability benchmark, which assumes that the operation there will generate the same level of profitability (adjusted for inflation) for the rest of time.

NPV 12

NPV Short-term Discount Politics 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

Bunge launched a new strategy, aiming to reinvent Björn Borg as a notable premium brand in sports fashion. And at Björn Borg, their key performance indicators have improved after Bunge was brought in as CEO : net sales increased by 27% between 2013 and 2016, and operating profits tripled.

CEO 8

CEO Company Sports Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Yet, as the field of surgery has grown — both in number of surgeons, and in their dispersion across countries — surgeons are less able to rely on casual hallway conversations, conferences, or other informal knowledge sharing strategies to learn from each other and stay sufficiently up to date with new techniques or practices.

Media 8

Media Skills Conference Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

One of the biggest lessons we learned in the process of creating the report is one-time events masquerading as health promotion programs – that is, activities not integrated into a comprehensive workplace health promotion strategy – are likely to fail. Administering health risk assessments only. Asking for help.

Planning 8

Planning Incentives ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

” People not familiar with this strategy might ask, “Then who is in charge?” But the notion that our individual contributors (ICs) shouldn’t own strategy doesn’t hold water. It’s harder for politicians to operate if everyone is on the same page.

Politics 15

Politics Tactics Review Learning-by-Doing 15