Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This article includes a curated selection of HBR’s Management Tips on how to show gratitude and appreciation at work. Celebrating your team members, especially around important holidays, can be a powerful, generous, and motivating gesture.

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Tips Management How To Collaboration 138

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2024

So, your manager told you that they’ll be bringing in someone else above you. This refers to a situation where an additional layer of management is inserted between you and your current reporting line. In other words, you’re getting layered. Essentially, it means that someone else is hired or promoted to a position above you.

Management 129

Management Report Company How To 129

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Managing the expectations of a wide range of stakeholders is one of the most challenging jobs of a project manager. In this article, the author suggests five strategies for managing expectations effectively.

Project 126

Project Management Training Strategy 126

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Our Management Tip of the Day newsletter continues to be one of HBR’s most popular newsletters.

Tips 140

Tips Management How To Leadership 140

Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

The Intersection of AI and Innovation Management My journey into the realm of innovation management began as I witnessed many clients wrestling with the increasing complexity of developing new products and services. The Rise of AI in Innovation Management What is Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence Innovation Management Management Generative AI 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

By choosing to use change management to transform organizational culture, you make a commitment to the future of your business, ensuring it remains competitive, innovative, and resilient in a rapidly evolving marketplace. To harness its full potential, change management must be employed strategically.

Culture 100

Culture Change Management Agile 100

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Project managers who aspire to be CEOs are often surprised to learn that their skills, while highly valuable, do not directly align with those needed for positions of executive leadership. Why isn’t successful management of high-stakes projects and organizational resources sufficient to ascend to the top ranks of the business?

Project 130

Project Management Leadership Resources 130

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2023

There’s a popular fallacy that encourages big-project managers to forge ahead as quickly as they can, on the basis that the payoffs will likely be bigger than they imagine.

Project 139

Project Management Analysis Strategy 139

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2024

Successful transformations harness the collective wisdom of middle managers and teams. To increase your company’s chances, you need to: 1) Enlist your very best middle managers. Transforming a business demands a blend of creativity and ingenuity. By setting this challenge you can also test and nurture the next generation of leaders.

Management 109

Management Change Creativity Innovation 109

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This article describes how German automaker BMW and European airline Air France have developed new approaches to managing large projects aimed at creating fundamentally new products, ideas or that profoundly alter human behaviors.

Project 99

Project Management Change Innovation 99

IdeaScale

JULY 24, 2023

While the Agile methodology is really helpful for structuring teams and creating an efficient workspace, there are many different branches that each take their own approach to project management. All of these strategies fall under the Agile umbrella, and in this article, we will compare four of the most popular project management strategies.

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Agile Project Management LEAN 130

Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

Change 73

Change Innovation Agile Leadership 73

InnovationManagement

JUNE 27, 2022

This practice is better known as idea management, and in this article we will define and discuss idea management in full. The post What Is Idea Management? Introducing structures and systems to formulate, organize, and act upon new ideas is one of the best ways to optimize internal innovation.

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Idea Management Management System Innovation 115

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In this article, I’ll explain how you can keep your team’s efforts aligned with the genuine needs of your audience. As a leader, how can you recognize scope creep and realign your team? Shift the focus from “what” you’re building (the deliverables) to “why” you’re building it (the outcomes).

Project 136

Project Management Product Development Strategy 136

Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

Change 80

Change Innovation Artificial Inteligence Culture 80

Business Innovation Brief Submitted Articles

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This article received the 2020 Business Innovation Brief Most Valuable Post Award in the Innovation Strategies category. When it comes to the trifecta of innovative Project Portfolio Management (PPM), PPM, Continuous Innovation and Agile come together to create a complete framework for innovation success.

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Project Management Agile Innovation 229

Kainexus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

How can Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) help this company survive and thrive in a world of ever-increasing complexity and competition? By the end, you'll understand precisely how Lean Portfolio Management can help, even if you feel overwhelmed.

LEAN 87

LEAN Management Competition Resources 87

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2023

We are all project managers to some extent. From film directors and restaurant owners to lawyers and accountants, many professions involve managing projects. For everyone, not just project managers, mastering timeboxing can be a gateway to bridging the gap between intention and execution.

Project 141

Project Management Collaboration Learning 141

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2023

All too often, managers deny the existence of inequities at their organizations and, as a result, resist implementing diversity initiatives there. The authors explain this phenomenon and provide readers with some tactics for combatting it.

Management 91

Management Groups 91

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The world of work is changing fast and the most important thing to do is realize that the old playbooks, especially around talent management, will not work — now, it’s time to adapt. Leaders should focus on three big shifts that will set their businesses up for new levels of success in the age of AI.

Management 139

Management Collaboration Learning Change 139

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2023

As a leader of leaders, you “create the weather” for your team. It’s your job to not only support your burned-out leaders, but also to keep burnout at bay going forward.

Management 98

Management How To Strategy Strategy 98

Innovation Excellence

MARCH 1, 2023

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

Change 58

Change Innovation Innovation Management Management 58

Idea to Value

JANUARY 6, 2017

This is especially true in the field of innovation management, which are so broad that it would be impossible to highlight every diverse opinion on how to approach the subject. He is also one of the leaders in developing the Three Horizons Framework, which a lot of other writers use to illustrate new management principles.

Innovation 175

Innovation Case Study Video Tips 175

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Handling scope creep is one of the most challenging – and important — aspects of a project manager’s role. In this article, the author outlines practical strategies for how to push back on more work in a way that maintains your relationship with the requester, whether that’s the project sponsor, a customer, or another stakeholder.

Project 117

Project Management Strategy Strategy 117

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2023

So how can you be a supportive manager if you manage a large team? Yes, you’re stretched thin and you’ve got a lot on your plate, but when you come across as too busy for your employees, you make them feel as if they don’t matter. It comes down to giving your team members agency and autonomy.

Management 126

Management Report Leadership 126

Viima

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Based on our experience in working with top innovators , and on market insights and trends, we can see that the future of innovation management is agile. We will provide all the answers in this article, a comprehensive guide to agile innovation management and the first in a series dedicated to business agility and agile innovation.

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Agile Innovation Management Management Innovation 73

Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 6, 2020

To celebrate we’ve pulled together the Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2019 from our archive of nearly 7,500 innovation-related articles from more than 400 contributing authors. Click the.

Innovation 92

Innovation Tools Marketing Entrepreneurship 92

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Traditional project management skills, such as project governance or project management methodology, aren’t sufficient to meet changing organizational needs.

Project 140

Project Management Survey Meeting 140

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

That’s why SMEs can benefit from taking three actions: designing controls proportionate to the risks at stake, analyzing the lessons from success (not only from failures), and using risk management to boost and protect business performance.

Company 137

Company Management Resources Design 137

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2024

In this article, HBR’s advice columnist Amy Gallo answers a question from a reader who is facing this situation and offers advice and resources for how to work through their disappointment while keeping their career growing. Not getting a promotion you were promised can bring up a whole host of feelings, from frustration to resentment.

Management 98

Management Resources How To 98

Innovation Excellence

JUNE 1, 2023

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

Change 69

Change Innovation Project Competition 69

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Setbacks are common on projects — but project managers hold four key tools to understand why they happen and how to help their teams move past them. First, understand the neuroscience behind setbacks to encourage people to learn and grow. Second, openly acknowledge that a setback has occurred to prevent backsliding.

Project 133

Project Management Tools Learning 133

HYPE Innovation

JUNE 20, 2018

As an innovation manager, drawing inspiration from those who have walked the ground before you is one of the most important tasks you have. article.

Innovation Management 165

Innovation Management Management Innovation Learning 165

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Their findings have implications for both managers, who should ensure they’re not dismissing employees expressing constructive curiosity, and employees, who should ensure they’re not engaging in unconstructive curiosity.

Management 134

Management Study Learning Engagement 134

Innovation Excellence

JULY 1, 2023

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

Generative AI 62

Generative AI Change Innovation Artificial Inteligence 62

IdeaScale

JUNE 20, 2017

However, this can present some challenges for innovation managers. Some concerns we have heard from innovation managers: “I do not want to overpromise what we’re going to do with people’s ideas.”. We can address these concerns head-on by setting and managing expectations. Tveskov, United Way Worldwide.

Innovation Management 150

Innovation Management Management Crowdsourcing Underperforming Technical Team 150

Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 3, 2019

To celebrate we’ve pulled together the Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2018 from our archive of nearly 7,500 innovation-related articles from more than 400 contributing authors. Click the.

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