Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2018

To make the best decisions, managers need access to real-time data about their supply chain, but the limitations of legacy technologies can thwart the goal of end-to-end transparency. New digital technologies that have the potential to take over supply chain management entirely are disrupting traditional ways of working.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Management Retail Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The buzz around using predictive tools to analyze big data in discrete areas of a business is loud and deserved. The restaurant chain, Olive Garden, uses predictive analytics to guide its food buying and retail staffing plans. This isn’t a retread of scientific management , nor is it an updated take on scenario planning.

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

As corporate leaders grapple with the question of how to prove something is (or isn’t) real, they will need to invest in new technology that helps them keep one step ahead of bad actors. But that technology is still in its early stages, and as it develops you can be sure that bad actors will be working on ways to defeat it.

Reputation 10

Reputation Company Video Crisis 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

They’re starting to use more digital tools to gather information, post questions and comments, connect individuals in remote locations, and present ideas more visually. But there are plenty of other tools they could be using to do their jobs better — technologies that have proved useful in other contexts.

Scenario Planning 8

Scenario Planning Tools Technology Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The buzz around using predictive tools to analyze big data in discrete areas of a business is loud and deserved. The restaurant chain, Olive Garden, uses predictive analytics to guide its food buying and retail staffing plans. This isn’t a retread of scientific management , nor is it an updated take on scenario planning.

Strategy 8

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

It''s the rare CIO who applies scenario planning to the business of IT. Yet, in a function driven by innovation and the uncertainties surrounding the application and implication of future technologies, not using scenarios is tantamount to management malpractice. Scenarios and Innovation.

Scenario Planning 8

Scenario Planning CIO Planning Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

These risks can emanate from the realm of security, public health, natural ecology, technology, or economics. Olympics organizers traditionally focused on reaction and recovery, using tools such as insurance (taken out for personal injury and property coverage), safety plans, and command and control structures.

Risk Management 15

Risk Management Management Committee Insurance 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

The product of an MIT CTL research initiative called Future Freight Flows, it is a method of convening conversations and achieving alignment, based on the practice of scenario planning. This makes scenario planning an effective approach for long-range freight transportation planning.

Planning 8

Planning Scenario Planning Transportation Workshop 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 8, 2019

Now, in 2019, I think anything beyond 10-15 years is reasonably futile because we bump up against the technological singularity (the time when machine intelligence becomes so sophisticated that it causes currently unfathomable changes to human existence). Remember that the future doesn’t just happen – we shape it every day.

Flextime 74

Flextime How To Scenario Planning Consultative 74

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2017

Similarly, directors of power companies need to understand how advances in energy storage and information technology will accelerate development of micro-grids and the decentralization of the electric grid.

Tips 8

Tips Supply Chain Proposal Decentralization 8