Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Company founders would seem to be a natural fit for change management programs. Unfortunately, when founders attempt to apply these skills to their own organizations, they usually aren’t as successful: It seems the industry disrupter’s virtues are the organizational change manager’s vices.

Company 28

Company Change Management Construction Industry 28

Rick Conlow

MARCH 25, 2020

I facilitated a meeting in my office with fifteen senior human resource executives. We talked about many issues including how managers handle performance issues. The typical scenario plays out this way: The manager sets up a meeting with HR and asks for help to fire an employee. Solving co-worker issues.

Training 52

Training Training Emotional Intelligence Leadership 52

Harvard Business

JUNE 27, 2016

In our survey (not yet publicly published) of almost 170 industrial organizations, 96% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that machine learning is automating process-change management inside their organization. Adaptive Robots Update Construction Projects in Real Time. Self-Repairing Processes Solve Their Own Problems.

Automotive 28

Automotive Construction Survey Software 28

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

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Although this can present leadership challenges related to shifting strategy, culture and operations, it certainly isn’t rocket science. And don’t just describe outcomes measurement as a vision – the senior management must have a clear operational plan and show this to their staff, making it real.

Data 28

Data Tools Operations Leadership 28

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 50

Culture Company Enterprise Leadership 50

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. Computer-driven, automated manufacturing that could make reshoring of factories feasible threatened to redraw the supply-chain map.

Exercises 28

Exercises Productivity Efficiency Methodologies 28

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

From building cross-functional customer segment units to creating additional teams that cut across merchandizing, store operations, and segment owners, senior leadership at Best Buy saw to it that the entire organization embraced an outside-in approach. Q: How long does this process generally take? And what are the benchmarks of success?

Education 28

Education Real Estate Research Company 28

Confessions of a Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2017

To survive, they require significant support including rewards that reinforce teamwork, an effective meeting/communications structure and a supportive culture. Many people will already be familiar with the system in operation at 3M where people are allowed to devote 15% of their time and budget to any project that they wish.

Energy 40

Energy System Advertising Management 40