Rick Conlow

MARCH 25, 2020

Handling conflict constructively is an emotional intelligence skill. Consequently, top managers invite conflict but learn how to facilitate it so improvement is reached. The District Manager couldn’t meet up with me the second day because of problems at another location. This isn’t going to change any time soon.

Training 52

Training Training Emotional Intelligence Leadership 52

Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

Consequently, it is useful to think about investments in digital as essentially investments in change. It includes changes in how an organization interacts with its customers, citizens, or patients; in operational processes; in business models; in supply chain relationships; and in how employees use information to generate insight.

Tools 28

Tools Construction System Retail 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. What does it allow us to do differently, and how will that change the way we do things in the future?

Change Management 43

Change Management Management Software Productivity 43

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2017

For organizations seeking to become more adaptive and innovative, culture change is often the most challenging part of the transformation. Innovation demands new behaviors from leaders and employees that are often antithetical to corporate cultures, which are historically focused on operational excellence and efficiency.

Culture 53

Culture Company Enterprise Leadership 53

Harvard Business

JULY 2, 2018

Agile — the management approach that relies on small, entrepreneurial, close-to-the-customer teams — has a reputation that reflects its rapid adoption in software development. Contrary to conventional wisdom and Hollywood action movies, dictatorial management is ineffective in large-scale crises.

Turnaround 40

Turnaround Agile Operations System 40

Harvard Business

APRIL 23, 2018

Since the Apollo program, NASA has faced funding cuts, competition from other nations for space leadership, and a radical restructuring of its operating environment due to the emergence of commercial space – all of which have forced the organization to change its ways of thinking and operating.

Operations 28

Operations Government Development Engineering 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Although this can present leadership challenges related to shifting strategy, culture and operations, it certainly isn’t rocket science. You need to have senior management that really understands what value-based health care (VBHC) is all about. Develop a Project Management Plan for the Pilot.

Data 28

Data Tools Operations Leadership 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 27, 2017

In its fast-changing industry, big challenges loomed on many fronts. Advanced materials and new construction methods were bringing far greater complexity to manufacturing processes. Moreover, managers and teams were unsure who owned what decisions, constantly kicking them upstairs and putting more demands on the senior team.

Exercises 28

Exercises Productivity Efficiency Methodologies 28

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

Q: What are some of the institutional barriers to developing an outside-in orientation? A: Developing an outside-in orientation is difficult to achieve because it requires both insight and action. Developing the Global Leader. They grew their sales 233 percent while the S&P 500 has grown just 10 percent.

Education 29

Education Real Estate Research Company 29

Harvard Business

MARCH 19, 2018

This included Epic, an EHR company; Herman Miller, an office furniture company; Boldt, a construction company; and HGA, an architectural firm. The leaders brought the vendors in their extended supply chain to the table to help in the design process. Together, the team began redesigning the care-delivery model.

System 35

System Automotive Data Information Technology 35

Confessions of a Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Turbo-Charged Project Teams: The development ‘Turbo–charged’ Project Teams offers a mechanism to get the benefits of teamworking while avoiding the constraints — the organizational equivalent of ice cream without calories! 6th Commandment: People will embrace change if they construct it. There is no finish line”.

Energy 40

Energy System Advertising Management 40