Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Instead, the author argues, organizations should involve all stakeholders — including those who will need to execute the growth strategy — in its conception and development.

Strategy 117

Strategy Strategy Resources Collaboration 117

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2024

One of the common unspoken tensions in a family business is the reality that different owners — and future owners — don’t all want to be involved in the same way. The author outlines five different types of family business owners, whose involvement ranges from passive to operational.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 18, 2022

All loans are the same, right? Has the authority. Individual bankers may have various levels of lending authority and decisions may — or may not — be made at the local level. Look for a bank that will spend time to understand what makes your business unique. Offers the right type of financing. Not necessarily.

Marketing 246

Marketing Industry Resources Strategy 246

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Generative AI holds the promise of transforming marketing in all sorts of remarkable ways, but marketing leaders have been reluctant to embrace it and lag behind their peers in other fields. This and other findings emerged in a survey that the authors recently conducted with 600 business leaders from large U.S.-based based companies.

Marketing 98

Marketing Generative AI Survey Learning 98

Idea to Value

JULY 9, 2021

A few years ago I had a very interesting discussion with Lisa Bodell , CEO of Futurethink and bestselling author of innovation books Kill the Company and Why Simple Wins. By getting people to answer this question, often it turns out that what they list is not even a rule in the company at all.

Exercises 331

Exercises Video Meeting Company 331

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2024

Many leaders would argue that there should be only one strategy for a company, and that strategy provides all the guidance and direction necessary for departments to create implementation plans. However, most high-level strategies have hundreds of ways they can be translated into action.

Strategy 105

Strategy Strategy Company Competition 105

Idea to Value

APRIL 7, 2022

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast , we speak with Andy Binns, Co-Founder of Change Logic and author of Corporate Explorer: How corporations can beat startups at the innovation game. Andy has worked as a strategic advisor to Leaders for decades, with experience at McKinsey, IBM and now Change Logic.

Case Study 333

Case Study Disruption Innovation Study 333

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2024

That means that organizations need to quickly shift how they recruit and retain employees of all ages, including by developing new policies and benefits. The authors discuss why it’s critical for organizations to support employees in menopause — and highlight several that are doing so effectively.

Company 120

Company Policies Marketing Change 120

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

After all, leadership is not only about managing those below you, but also navigating the complexities above. In this article, the author offers practical tips for holding a successful skip-level meeting.

Meeting 126

Meeting Tips How To Leadership 126

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2024

In this article, the authors cover a few steps from the due-diligence playbook that all companies can apply to growth strategy. There’s no reason to limit due diligence to the context of an acquisition.

Development Team Review 98

Development Team Review Company Strategy Strategy 98

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2023

People now expect personalized experiences from websites, apps, and social media, yet organizations’ approach to learning programs and related content typically feels overwhelming, indiscriminate, and, above all else, impersonal.

Learning 118

Learning Design Strategy Strategy 118

Destination Innovation

APRIL 10, 2020

As an author and trainer, I have run master classes around the world on lateral thinking and innovation. They all come with a money-back guarantee. I have now created a number of online courses to help you acquire skills in these areas. Please take a look at these courses. Master Lateral Thinking. Problem Analysis Tools and Techniques.

Course 360

Course Brainstorming Exercises Analysis 360

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In this article, the authors offer strategies for how to get everyone on the same page — and what to do if the confusion persists. Sometimes a simple one-on-one is all that’s needed to clear confusion and identify a workable set of success criteria for everyone.

Groups 115

Groups Strategy Strategy Management 115

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

After all, if a manager is constantly asking to be part of every review or decision, it can make the team member feel less trusted. Not only that, but many leaders who want to be heavily involved in all aspects of work, and all decisions that need to be made, will quickly feel overwhelmed as the team size and workload grows.

Management 238

Management Study Culture Company 238

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The framework, known as VUCA, has been widely discussed and adopted since, but it turns out to be better at describing what successful leaders do than teaching all leaders how to succeed. The authors present an updated approach that has generated positive outcomes in military, business, and sports contexts.

How To 122

How To Leadership 122

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Amid all of this change, the implications for brand strategy and consumers are not yet well understood. Digital nomadism offers an alternative path away from expensive, long-term mortgages and a raft of possessions and instead opens the door for people to maximize their income by living in countries with low costs of living.

Trends 120

Trends Culture Strategy Strategy 120

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In this article, the author outlines strategies for how to conduct a motivating performance review when business is down. Preparation is paramount regardless of the state of the economy, but in tougher times, providing accurate and insightful feedback becomes all the more crucial.

How To 107

How To Strategy Strategy Management 107

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2023

When it comes to psychological safety, leaders want the best of both worlds: all voices heard and considered, failure acknowledged and learned from, and feedback offered clearly and received graciously. But they also want harmony, comfort, and a sense of equilibrium.

Data 123

Data Strategy Strategy Learning 123

Xplaner

AUGUST 3, 2008

The twitterverse is all a-buzz with the news that Janet, a Twitter user who seemed to be an Exxon-Mobil employee, is not working for or on behalf of Exxon. Authored by gminks. Jeremiah Owyang interviewed Exxon’s spokesman Alan Jeffers about “Janet&# here. So, what do you think? Hosted by Edublogs.

Competition 40

Competition Industry Company Strategy 40

Idea to Value

JUNE 3, 2021

In this episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with author Mark Herschberg, helped to start the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program at MIT, dubbed MIT’s “career success accelerator,”. 00:14:00 – A case study showing the different ways which teams communicate, when not everyone has all the details.

Case Study 283

Case Study Study Groups Culture 283

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The problem is that running a company on disconnected or barely patched together systems affects employees at all levels. Without them, there is no way companies can upgrade their technology without causing disruption to their operations.

System 110

System Data Disruption Technology 110

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2023

All the recent talk of uncertainty can leave employees feeling anxious, both about their current position and prospects. The author offers four strategies to help you frame uncertainty positively to encourage people to seize the opportunities it brings.

Strategy 102

Strategy Strategy Management 102

Destination Innovation

JANUARY 23, 2023

When you are fresh into a company and go to a meeting it is only natural to be polite, show respect, defer to authority, avoid embarrassment and avoid looking like an idiot. These are all good reasons to be reserved and hold off making critical comments. We all need to find ways to increase candour.

Meeting 141

Meeting Project Groups Creativity 141

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

In it, authors Professor Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer analysed nearly 12,000 diary entries provided by 238 employees in 7 companies. All of these work together and result in individual performance for that day. Each day, these diaries would indicate how the person felt about their work that day and what had happened.

Creativity 218

Creativity Engagement Project Management 218

HYPE Innovation

JANUARY 16, 2023

Do we come into this world with a special talent and ability to innovate better than others, or is it something we can all learn and acquire over time? In his/her book “ The Innovator’s DNA ” , author Jeff Dyer explores t he so - call ed "discovery skills" that we can learn to help us be innovative. L et’s look at each skill.

Innovation 147

Innovation Study Creativity Learning 147

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 89

Management Groups 89

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So how can you retain all the benefits of work recovery and resist jumping right back into the grind? The authors offer several strategies. Whatever the motivation behind post-vacation overwork, it can leave you boomeranging from one extreme to the other, which increases stress and actually undermines your efforts to catch up.

Strategy 128

Strategy Strategy Management 128

Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Alex is also the author of Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less and his new book SHORTER: WORK BETTER, SMARTER, AND LESS– HERE’S HOW. 00:24:00 – The stress of doing all of your work online and trying to be visible. 00:09:00 – The problem with associating time worked with productivity.

Strategy 272

Strategy Strategy Collaboration Culture 272

Idea to Value

JUNE 10, 2021

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with bestselling innovation author , facilitator and award winning innovation podcast host Aidan McCullen. 00:18:30 – The value of gratitude for all your previous experiences before letting go. What it means to become Undisruptable.

Innovation 284

Innovation Disruption System Change 284

Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Ether Gons, Founder of GroundControl and author of the Corporate Startup (with Dan Toma) and Innovation Accounting. 00:07:30 – Why do we need metrics and management for innovation at all? 00:02:45 – What is innovation accounting?

Innovation 228

Innovation Analysis Project System 228

Idea to Value

MAY 5, 2022

In this episode of the Idea to Value Podcast , we speak with bestselling author Eric Barker. We speak about his new book Plays well with others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong , and the scientific insights we can all use to have stronger and healthier relationships.

Groups 235

Groups Creativity Learning How To 235

Digital Tonto

APRIL 16, 2023

In 2020, Ofqual, the authority that administers A-Level college entrance exams in the UK, found itself mired in scandal. As Linus’s Law advises, “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.” The age of artificial intelligence requires us to collaborate with machines, leveraging their capabilities to better serve other humans.

Artificial Inteligence 216

Artificial Inteligence Collaboration Technology Report 216

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In this article, the authors look at the experience of Tony’s Chocolonely, a Dutch chocolate brand founded in 2005, which set itself a mission to sell 100% slavery-free chocolate. They show how Tony’s brought its supply chain partners together to create an altogether new paradigm in which all actors take responsibility for social impact.

Industry 112

Industry Examples Strategy Strategy 112

Idea to Value

MAY 3, 2021

The authors note: These genes may have arisen by positive selection for the characteristics of human well-being and behavioral modernity, including creativity, prosocial behavior, and healthy longevity. However, it gives us insights into where it all began.

Creativity 258

Creativity Study System Groups 258