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. BPM reflected the interactions of different stakeholders, from product creation through supply chain to final assembly.

Change Management 44

Change Management Management Software Productivity 44

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

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

Harvard Business

MARCH 27, 2017

Advanced materials and new construction methods were bringing far greater complexity to manufacturing processes. Product innovations (such as sensors in athletic shoes to detect incipient injury) could add additional layers of complexity. How to deal with a production process that is drifting out of spec falls into this category.

Exercises 28

Exercises Productivity Efficiency Methodologies 28

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. Adapting to change.

Operations 28

Operations Government Development Engineering 28

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

An outside-in perspective means that companies aim to creatively deliver something of value to customers, rather than focus simply on products and sales. From here, firms have to make a creative leap to discover the unique combination of products and services that may address those needs. A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections.

Education 30

Education Real Estate Research Company 30

Harvard Business

MARCH 19, 2018

They use proven improvement methods such as the principles, systems, and tools of the Toyota Production System (TPS). This included Epic, an EHR company; Herman Miller, an office furniture company; Boldt, a construction company; and HGA, an architectural firm. The second is an innovation process aimed at radically redesigning care.

System 36

System Automotive Data Information Technology 36

Confessions of a Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Ambiguity around personal goals, leads to anxiety, misplaced effort and lost productivity. It‘s difficult to find a current management magazine which doesn’t make reference to the ‘wisdom’ of teamworking. over the quality of the product or service they deliver) lies at the root of building spirit, morale and commitment.

Energy 40

Energy System Advertising Management 40