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The Biggest Obstacles to Innovation in Large Companies

Harvard Business

The responses , from 270 corporate leaders in strategy, innovation, and research and development roles, were illuminating. ” Lack of the right strategy or vision (36% of respondents.). Without a coherent strategy and clear vision for what the company aims to achieve, innovation efforts wind up feeling scattershot and isolated.

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Why Boards Aren’t Dealing with Cyberthreats

Harvard Business

Methodology This survey was conducted through a partnership between Professor Boris Groysberg and Yo-Jud Cheng from Harvard Business School; WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation, led by Susan Stautberg; Spencer Stuart, led by Julie Hembrock Daum; and independent researcher Deborah Bell.

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A Refresher on Discovery-Driven Planning

Harvard Business

I talked with Rita McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School, who together with Ian MacMillan, of the University of Pennsylvania’s business school, developed this classic methodology for planning innovation. Essential to the methodology is the continual updating of your assumptions and checkpoints.