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

Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 10, 2010

When they appear on stage or in a meeting, the electricity is palpable. I’ve also been fortunate to work for two CEO’s that had plenty of charisma, and I always marveled at their ability to project such “presence” in any public space they inhabited. We need a good operational definition of charisma. All eyes will find them.

Charisma 309

Charisma Welch Stage-Gate Self-aware 309

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. For those operating in China, this is, indeed, a quandary. What all of these entrepreneurs have in common is that they are dreaming big — much bigger than the rest of us.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Proposal Stage-Gate Disruptive Innovation 8

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

What I do in that time sets the stage for the day I will have. Which leads me to this conclusion; one of the healthiest habits you can operate in is healthy thinking! This has been the biggest contributor to how I operate now. Sandip Roy of Happiness India Project. Dan Miller of 48 Days. What is that!?” I could breathe.

Succession 316

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

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Seek mutual advantage , with this especially important when projects have multiple stakeholders who will need to have common strategies. They highlight the success of Operation Warp Speed—a notable public-private collaboration that yielded tangible and significant results, with the development and distribution of vaccines.

Stage-Gate 97

Stage-Gate Innovation Project Learning-by-Doing 97

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.” Balance: the mix of different types of innova­tion (product, service, pricing, distribution, operations, etc.);

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Some companies haven’t used an agency because they believe no one knows their product and the reason for operating in their space as well as they do. One myth for me is that creating unique content for a matrix of each stage of the buying journey for each distinct customer segment is simply not sustainable for most companies.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105