Harvard Business

OCTOBER 26, 2018

To help organizations meet today’s challenges, managers must move from: Directive to instructive: When robots driven by artificial intelligence (AI) do more tasks like finish construction or help legal professionals more efficiently manage invoices , there will be no need for a supervisor to direct people doing such work.

Management 53

Management Operations Construction Development 53

Harvard Business

MARCH 1, 2018

The constantly fluctuating number of barrels of crude available from nimble shale operations is a primary driver, but so are the long-term impact of increased fuel efficiency and the fits and starts of the global transition away from fossil fuels on world demand. These increasingly efficient survivors now represent half of U.S.

Cash Flow 32

Cash Flow Transportation Balance Sheet Energy 32

Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex. But the other indicators probably pick up legitimate differences in how companies in the sample operate, as opposed to whether they are myopic.

Metrics 29

Metrics Study Cash Flow McKinsey 29

Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 28, 2010

Development is hard pressed to interface with operations. Yet it is extremely important that this interface be workable because developments are not relevant until they find their way into operations. An operation is charted to preserve the status quo, the current thinking and methods. Operations are based in control.

Management 50

Management Organizational Development Operations Nonprofit 50

Harvard Business

JUNE 24, 2016

Every day, we sit in meetings in which someone presents a problem or opportunity. Just as you construct an investment portfolio differently for different investment objectives, you want construct your thinking portfolio. Experts and Optimizers work together to work out the details and find the efficiencies.

Construction 44

Construction Agile Examples Efficiency 44

Harvard Business

MAY 2, 2017

On the contrary, clarity about where the buck stops is one of the most critical enablers of efficient teamwork. Too often, people will try to collaborate on everything, and wind up in endless meetings, debating ideas and struggling to find consensus. But collaboration is not consensus. Collaboration is not “cross-selling.”

How To 33

How To Video Technology Implementation Survey 33

Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

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. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Tools 28

Tools Construction System Retail 28

MishTalk

MAY 28, 2015

A manufacturing hub in South China's Guangdong province has begun constructing the city's first zero-labor factory, a signal that the local authorities are bringing into effect its "robot assembling line" strategy. In the strive for zero labor factories we are nearly there. Is 90% good enough?

Report 28

Report Construction Research Software 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2017

“Traditionally, boards have tended to stay out of operational functions, but technology is so pervasive that the best practice is to have direct board engagement in technology through active committees, just as they would with audit, compensation, and other key areas.”

Recruiting 30

Recruiting Recruitment System Trends 30

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2017

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

Culture 53

Culture Company Enterprise Leadership 53

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. This ordered hierarchy was an efficient way to denote ‘who did what’. 6th Commandment: People will embrace change if they construct it.

Energy 40

Energy System Advertising Management 40

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. If Pearson is looking at, say, a new online learning course, Mr. Jackson is part of early product design meetings, offering tips on what user interaction data should be collected, how, and how often a course might be tweaked.

Change Management 36

Change Management Management Software Productivity 36

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2018

” Hockey singled out some areas where leaders of advisor firms – and other organizations – must adjust to new ways of operating: Technology Changes the Game – But Not in the Way We Expected. The best leaders are lifelong students.” Indeed, the RIA channel has experience significant growth in the past decade.

Leadership 28

Leadership Talent Development Construction 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. ” “Just don’t forget we’re in construction, not banking, Derek. The two men went way back.

Case Study 28

Case Study Case Studies Study Construction 28

Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

This is an efficient way to re-purpose your content and create more value out of what you’ve already produced. The secondary benefits included the ability to double down on doing one (or a few) thi0ng repeatedly, getting more efficient at it and effectively increasing my hourly rate. Speaking Engagements. LinkedIn.

Consulting 68

Consulting Advertising Case Interview Conference 68

Harvard Business

MARCH 27, 2017

Advanced materials and new construction methods were bringing far greater complexity to manufacturing processes. Create a list of the decisions likely to arise in coming months, without regard for their significance — everything from major capital investments to promotions to when to hold the next all-hands meeting.

Exercises 28

Exercises Productivity Efficiency Methodologies 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2017

The grand vision at the heart of his last project is now being unveiled as Apple finalizes construction on Apple Park. New young tech companies — Airbnb, Twitter, Instagram, Snap, and WeWork, among others — operate differently than Silicon Valley giants. Enduring Value Beyond Efficiency.

Real Estate 28

Real Estate System Software Efficiency 28

Harvard Business

MAY 2, 2016

” Hillary Clinton, the leading Democratic candidate, states that the current form of the deal “didn’t meet my standards … My standards for more new, good jobs for Americans, for raising wages for Americans.” Infrastructure to support efficient logistics. bound panels to Malaysia. This made the U.S.

Efficiency 28

Efficiency Government Productivity System 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 16, 2016

A second difficult political balance involves using infrastructure spending to create temporary blue-collar jobs, boost construction-company profits, or stimulate the manufacturing of construction equipment. What kinds of projects should be emphasized? The answer depends on the objectives. I’m not persuaded. How would this work?

Banking 28

Banking Finance Policies Construction 28