Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2023

Supreme Court ban on affirmative action at colleges and universities, state legislation attaching diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts on campus, and more general attacks on DEI, companies are considering whether they need to change their DEI strategies. The short answer is they don’t.

Company 91

Company Policies Engagement Strategy 91

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The EU’s forthcoming AI Act imposes requirements on companies designing and/or using AI in the European Union, and backs it up with stiff penalties. Companies need to analyze where they might fail to be compliant and then operationalize or implement the requisite steps to close the gaps in a way that reflects internal alignment.

Company 118

Company Design Management Artificial Inteligence 118

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2023

All too often innovations — including new products, new HR policies to attract and retain talent, and new production processes —developed in one part of a business stay there. Other groups that could benefit from them don’t know they exist.

Company 92

Company How To Policies Innovation 92

Business and Tech

JUNE 21, 2023

We talked to her about why businesses should be a force for social and economic good, and how organizations with fewer than 500 employees can develop and implement policies to achieve this goal. Does it make sense to invest in such policies despite economic uncertainty? ” What is corporate social responsibility?

Policies 245

Policies Engagement Resources Analysis 245

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The people and planning you’ll need to set yourselves up for success.

Policies 54

Policies Change Company How To 54

IdeaScale

APRIL 23, 2020

The company served a variety of organizations to include the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Hoehn wanted companies and government organizations to be able to gather, transform, and prioritize ideas through crowdsourcing. Those ideas then become public policies, products, marketing campaigns, and much more.

Idea Management 200

Idea Management Company Management Software 200

IdeaScale

JULY 25, 2023

Enterprise planning is defined as the process of setting company policies, processes and budget requirements that aim to meet set objectives and goals of the larger strategic plan of the company. What is Enterprise Planning? Enterprise [.]

Policies 130

Policies Meeting Company 130

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2023

A conversation with HBS professor Willy Shih about a new era of industrial policy.

Policies 81

Policies Company Industry 81

Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

What are the ASBN’s three policy areas and how do they affect business? The American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN) works with its members to develop a vision and policy framework for a sustainable market-based economy. Jeffrey Hollender CEO and Co-Founder, American Sustainable Business Network.

Policies 130

Policies Training Design Meeting 130

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Leadership’s Role in Shaping Company Culture Leadership is a critical component in setting the tone for company culture. Promoting Equity and Fairness : You must ensure that all employees are treated fairly and equitably, and that policies are applied consistently across the organization.

Culture 100

Culture Underperforming Technical Team Policies Collaboration 100

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Whether you call it propaganda or greenwashing, companies have long used marketing to tout the good they do for the environment while obfuscating any negative externalities of their businesses.

Company 108

Company Groups Data Marketing 108

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The world is shifting from a global trade order to a devolved one in which bilateral agreements, multiple spheres of influence, and self-interested government policies are likely to loom large. The view of globalization as an arm-in-arm march forward has officially been shattered.

Policies 112

Policies System Technology Company 112

IdeaScale

OCTOBER 11, 2018

What’s a little problem you can solve that makes either life at your company or life for your customers just a little easier? Make your trust and respect clear, and make that a policy for everyone in a leadership role. The post Nine Actions You Can Take Today to Make Your Company More Innovative appeared first on IdeaScale.

Company 164

Company Innovation Policies Tools 164

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Companies are starting to introduce generative AI-powered innovations into their processes, and to promulgate policies on how to use the tools safely. New generative AI-enabled tools are rapidly emerging to assist and transform knowledge work in industries ranging from education and finance to law and medicine.

Generative AI 140

Generative AI Policies Tools Learning 140

Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

An inch of floodwater can cause $25,000 in damage, so buy flood insurance from the National Flood Insurance Program or private flood insurance companies. Get replacement cost value coverage, review insurance policies every year, and have wind insurance if it’s a separate policy. Flooding is the most common disaster.

Software Review 245

Software Review Technical Review Policies Meeting 245

IdeaScale

APRIL 1, 2020

One answer to this is to create and implement policies that support sustainable innovation that benefits the environment well into the future. The need for these policies can be seen on every level, and such policies would change the ways governments address important issues.

Policies 162

Policies Trends Innovation Technology 162

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This article shows how Kenvue, a former Johnson & Johnson company invested in “real” insurance policies — capabilities and resources that make a supply chain resilient under conditions of high uncertainty. Specifically the company invested in three strategic capabilities: surge capacity, partnerships, and data and processes.

Policies 90

Policies Disruption Data Resources 90

Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 14, 2021

It's just one of several, but I think I like it the best: a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim. Several important things to note about this definition: It is a plan of action or a policy - that is, strategy is extenuated over a period of time. Strategy is not a momentary action or a project.

Strategy 284

Strategy Strategy Policies Innovation 284

Business and Tech

MARCH 17, 2022

Most companies offer what they call an “employer match,” where the company will match your retirement contributions up to a certain percentage. This tax-free death benefit is one of the biggest reasons why families who seek generational wealth have life insurance policies.

Policies 246

Policies Tips Company 246

Destination Innovation

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Warby Parker’s Online Try-Ons for Spectacles : Warby Parker, an eyewear company, implemented a virtual try-on feature on their website, allowing customers to try on glasses online. This innovation made Dyson a leader in the industry. This differentiated them from traditional brick-and-mortar opticians.

Strategy 169

Strategy Strategy Software Policies 169

Destination Innovation

JULY 5, 2021

The Kauffman Organization reports that more than 40% of Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or their children, over 50% of American billion-dollar “unicorn” startups have at least one immigrant founder, and immigrants are nearly twice as likely as the native-born to start a new company.

Entrepreneurship 278

Entrepreneurship Policies Analysis Report 278

Christensen Institute

JANUARY 23, 2024

While Standard Chartered announced plans to quit in countries such as Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Gambia, Angola, and Cameroon, Barclays slashed its shareholding in Absa Bank by half, just six years after the company itself exited the continent in 2017. Recent developments in Nigeria have drawn further concerns. A step backward? Yes, they can.

Policies 94

Policies Marketing Industry Project 94

It's Saul Connected

MARCH 10, 2015

may be our best innovation policy. You wouldn’t know it from either our current innovation policy or the partisan catfight, cable news talking heads, and tired political arguments about minimum wage. It puts more pressure on companies to innovate to increase the value of their products, services, and business models.

Policies 40

Policies Innovation Entrepreneurship Competition 40

Business and Tech

MARCH 21, 2022

What models and strategies are implemented in your company to safeguard employee safety and health? How does your company rank in diversity and inclusion? Workplace policies should also reflect your corporate culture. Create policies that ensure your workplace is diverse and inclusive in its offerings.

Policies 246

Policies Technical Review Culture Underperforming Technical Team 246

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

I have also worked at companies where the tolerance gap is very small. It would seem therefore that these companies where no gap against the expectations is tolerated are inflexible, and surely this would result in them being less innovative. This is one of the fundamental pillars of the company culture.

Culture 226

Culture Policies Leadership Creativity 226

IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Some companies have an innovation strategy. Some companies have a digital transformation strategy. This can be changes in public policy, small improvements to a company’s processes, totally new, disruptive product offerings, and more. Does your company have an innovation or a digital transformation strategy?

Policies 206

Policies Innovation Strategy Strategy 206

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2024

In June 2023, the Supreme Court effectively ended race-based affirmative action in higher education in the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) case. On the heels of that decision, newly empowered activists have brought a barrage of challenges against workplace DEI efforts. When it comes to DEI today, the authors predict that neither side will “win.”

Company 115

Company Project How To Groups 115

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Power of Organizational Culture Organizational culture is the bedrock upon which companies build their strategies and operational approaches. It encompasses the values, beliefs, and behaviors that determine how a company’s employees and management interact and handle outside business transactions.

Agile 130

Agile Culture Underperforming Technical Team Leadership 130

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Companies have an unprecedented opportunity to proactively craft new norms, structures, and policies that could positively shape work for decades to come. Against this backdrop, how can we harness a Flux Mindset today in order to better prepare for the future?

Generative AI 123

Generative AI Policies Change Learning 123

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2023

employees found that company policies designed to promote gender equity often backfire. A survey of more than 5,000 U.S.

Policies 92

Policies Survey Design Company 92

Innovators Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The idea of a mandatory vaccine in Canada, including a vaccine policy and mandating that employees be vaccinated, continues to be an issue that is top of mind for Canadian employers. Companies have been forced to make difficult choices. In September of 2021, we held a chat on the topic of vaccine policy.

Software Review 104

Software Review Policies Video Tools 104

IdeaScale

JANUARY 7, 2020

Scaling requires a schedule, training, and follow-up, just like any other company-wide project. Unexpected legal or internal policy issues. What happens to your brilliant Facebook poll if your organization has a standing “no social media” policy? A lack of shared platforms and tools.

Innovation Programs 204

Innovation Programs How To Underperforming Technical Team Policies 204

Idea to Value

MAY 31, 2022

This might then also result in ongoing work in a team, or even an entire company, trying to avoid conflict and keeping the status quo. The theory was first extensively put forward by Irving Janis in 1972 , and expanded upon by him in the 1980s , based on this investigation into policy and military failures due to poor decision making.

Underperforming Technical Team 255

Underperforming Technical Team Groups Leadership Policies 255

IdeaScale

JUNE 30, 2021

Over 30% of Fortune 500 companies are on board with creating a future that is carbon-free. Though many governments and companies are committing to achieving this, it will take help from everyone to reach this level of sustainability. Companies can help provide solutions to important problems by adopting new models and policies.

Policies 130

Policies Innovation Crowdsourcing Tips 130

The Human Factor

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

This is what company culture is all about. But what is trying to stop your company culture from flourishing? Policies and procedures. Holes in our policies and procedures have perhaps, the biggest effect on our business. The policies that affect our company culture are in the categories like the following….

Culture 36

Culture Company Policies Project 36

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 2, 2020

The IEA sees (a growing) disconnect between climate goals of Government and Companies that they have set for themselves and all the concerted efforts needed in the innovative efforts underway to develop better and cheaper technologies to realize their goals. We are losing sight of this. The “drag and resistance to change” is significant.

Policies 191

Policies Report Innovation Technology 191

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2023

Since a major realignment of the U.S.’s s two-party political system is unlikely, we can expect partisan conflict and the subsequent debt-ceiling standoffs to continue for the foreseeable future.

Company 90

Company Resources System Management 90