In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 24, 2017

What’s left in apparel and sporting goods is a good strategic fit with Nike’s operations. The power of the do less better strategy is its capacity to keep thinks a simple and uncluttered from production and distribution all the way to sales, marketing, and service. Nike is a Do Less Better company. 1 Big Idea .

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Company Apparel Competitive Advantage Long-term 177

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2018

In time, AI-powered crime-fighting tools could become a requirement for large businesses, in part because there will be no other way to rapidly detect and interpret patterns across billions of pieces of data. Below, we explain some of the steps they’re taking: Evaluating the strategic fit. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

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Banking Strategic Fit Risk Management Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Others are a poor strategic fit. When I ask participants in my executive programs what gets in the way of growth in their companies, the list goes on and on: lack of incentives, power of the existing business, management desire for near-term success, too many silos, fear of failure, "it's no one's job," and so on.

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Supply Chain Strategic Fit Innovation Idea Generation 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

But a closer look at Smucker's reveals a powerful set of growth strategies driving these results: A strategic approach to acquisitions. In 2001, Smucker's acquired Jif and Crisco from P&G, which no longer saw them as a strategic fit.

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Brand Strategic Fit Retail McKinsey 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

All have served at or near the pinnacle of company power, and they now bring that experience to judging who has the requisite skill-set to lead the world’s largest software maker in a fast-morphing market. Thompson, the former CEO of Symantec, leads its search committee, and he is joined by Steve J. Noski, former CFO of Bank of America.

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CEO Committee P&L Charan 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Third, firms driven by values of commitment, teamwork, caring and fairness prevent hierarchy—differentials in perceived power—from undermining performance. Southwest’s profits are larger than the profit of all other airline companies combined.

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Company Teamwork Airlines Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

By way of underscoring the power of the bottom-up appraisal, America’s special forces have utilized a similar method in selecting those who will join the nation’s most elite missions. Even the sitting CEO who knew the three finalists as well as anybody was surprised.

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CEO Bottom-up Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8