Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2017

” nodding towards a modern glass tower next to the Mandarin Oriental hotel. “Some of the apartments cost £50 million or more. And no one lives there—it’s always dark.” ” For a growing number of musicians and artists , the transformation of our cities is personal and palpable. .”

Real Estate 42

Real Estate Talent Fashion Hotels 42

Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2017

Especially in the tech industry. The tech sector, which has become as famous for toxic company cultures as for innovation, and as well-known for human resource headaches as for hoodie-wearing CEOs, could use a little of the mellowness and wisdom that comes with age. Sounded good. I was a little intimidated. But I took the job.

Industry 53

Industry Hotels Emotional Intelligence Meeting 53

Harvard Business

JANUARY 18, 2017

Innovation could come to the rescue by boosting the productivity of the remaining labor force. Innovation is the means; economic growth is the end. Can we plausibly expect aging societies to be as innovative as they need to be? Population aging of this dimension is possibly unique in world history.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Fatigue may be setting in for some Western investors’ interest in African innovation, particularly those that have yet to reap rewards to brag about. The most “boring” businesses by emerging tech standards, such as cement production or land ownership, often reap big rewards. Top of the Pyramid. Factors of Production.

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Cash Flow Hotels Case Interview Productivity 40

Management Consulted

MAY 7, 2017

Here at MC, we’ve been absolutely thrilled to launch our new series and bring you some juicy insights into the Top 10 Consulting firms in every major consulting city and region around the world. This week, we continue with sunny – and windy – San Francisco. The region has 3 major cities: San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland.

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Consulting Bain Deloitte Healthcare 113

Harvard Business

APRIL 17, 2017

In order to understand trust in the relationship between humans and automation, we have to explore trust in two dimensions: trust in the technology and trust in the innovating firm. Too many high-tech companies wrongly assume that the quality of the technology alone will influence people to use it. Insight Center. The Age of AI.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

As our research has shown, the vibrant metros of the future will be those that are home to high-tech advanced industries. So how can cities garner a bigger share of high-tech growth? and Canada. But this announcement carries far more profound implications for regional and local economic developers, Amazon HQ2 hopefuls or not.

Industry 28

Industry Development Education Transportation 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2017

Investment in AI is growing and is increasingly coming from organizations outside the tech space. The buzz over artificial intelligence (AI) has grown loud enough to penetrate the C-suites of organizations around the world, and for good reason. Don’t believe the hype: Not every business is using AI… yet.

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Survey Tools Industry Automotive 52

Harvard Business

JANUARY 9, 2017

The revelation highlighted an elephant in the room of our tech world: companies selling the magical speed, omnipotence, and neutrality of artificial intelligence (AI) often can’t make good on their promises without keeping people in the loop, often working invisibly in the background. So who are the people behind the AI curtain?

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Trends Media Advertising Training 44

Harvard Business

MAY 2, 2017

Even organizations that remain headquartered in other cities have set up innovation outposts there in the hope that high-tech silicon dust will rub off on them. Setting up innovation outposts in global technology clusters, such as Silicon Valley, Boston, and Tel Aviv, is highly popular among Fortune 500 corporations.

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Harvard Business

MAY 12, 2017

In Snap’s S-1, the company says: Our strategy is to invest in product innovation and take risks to improve our camera platform… In a world where anyone can distribute products instantly and provide them for free, the best way to compete is by innovating to create the most engaging products. Google had a strategy.

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Cheryl Cran

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Millenials would say that trial, failure, innovation and being tech savvy are the best teachers. Age is not a factor when it comes to learning – in fact the more divergent the places that leaders learn from the more likely there will be an increase in innovation. Power Home Remodeling of Chester, Penn.,

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Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2017

The White House recently formed the Office of American Innovation, which has a stated focus on “implementing policies and scaling proven private-sector models to spur job creation and innovation.” presidential innovation fellow and a cofounder of 18F , a digital services office within the U.S. It’s too big.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

. “A country’s ability to improve its standard of living over time depends almost entirely on its ability to raise output per worker.” Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken. Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken. Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. And wages are stagnant.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 16, 2017

There’s little argument that Tesla is a wildly innovative company. That’s the question that has dogged the company from the beginning, inspiring heated debate among Wall Street analysts, fanatical customers, and tech-related online communities. car manufacturer and all but three worldwide. ’” he said recently.

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Automotive Transportation Productivity Retail 52

Tom Spencer

JUNE 17, 2017

At its core, blockchain has the potential to give every individual access to data, processes, and the ability to transact with others on a scale that was never before possible. From a strictly mid-20th century point of view, the introduction of blockchain is the next step in a future foreseen by Peter Drucker. What Are Concrete Steps I Can Take Now?

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Management Banking Industry Finance 60

Harvard Business

APRIL 25, 2017

Innovation abounds (especially in technology) and new value is being created hand over fist — yet the resulting wealth gains go to the few, while the many wind up financially worse off. This vexing global challenge causes me to wonder, “What if the world’s innovators turned their sights on solving this problem?

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Apparel Chemicals Journal Agile 41

freshminds

MARCH 26, 2017

Logic trees vs innovation. In line with our Question of the Month survey research, we found that people valued communication and problem solving skills highly when looking to develop their career. So we’ve put together a few things to think about and examples to help improve these abilities in the professional world.

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How To McKinsey Engineering Culture 53

Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2017

Over the past year, we hosted current or former leaders from each of these retailers at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and all four talked about a corporate culture of setting high expectations and creating conditions that encourage employees to innovate. But they also score higher on culture.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 11, 2017

For example, research by Google, reported by Jolt , points out that less than 20% of tech employees in Silicon Valley believes the training they receive fits their goals and needs. Experts are often looking for ways to help junior people in their profession, and younger employees are hungry for training and development.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2017

Another way to redefine the terms of the automation debate is to provide stock to employees, something many of the world’s most innovative companies already do. Many people think stock only works with entrepreneurs and tech industry workers. For example, Walmart now offers optometry services, beauty salons, and restaurants.

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Harvard Business

JULY 18, 2017

Many large companies yearn to rekindle the innovative magic of entrepreneurship, but very few actually succeed. The reasons have been well documented and include: Large, established companies answer to investors who value predictable, consistent financial results, and so are intolerant of the risks inherent in bold innovation.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2017

He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. Innovation at GE was on a roll. Since then Flannery has replaced Immelt’s vice chairs responsible for innovation. He doubled GE’s investment in R&D. Then it wasn’t.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 24, 2017

Steven Moore for HBR. Google has opened its trove of management processes to one and all, for free. It might not feel that surprising — after all, Google has created plenty of free tools for the world to use, from internet search to email. Management tools may not seem that different. Why would Google release its management processes?

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Management Tools Video Study 75

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Technological innovations have radically transformed the business landscape in many ways over the last two centuries, from the introduction of steam power to the market conquest of radial-ply tires. In our survey, we found that one-fourth of high-tech companies are on the offensive, 2.5 joshua sortino/unsplash.

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Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2017

A company has an innovative idea, which for a while provides competitive advantage. Later on, a new innovator comes along and pushes it aside. In the 1980s and 1990s, Blockbuster modernized the movie rental business. But Zingales fears that this isn’t happening as often as it should. Instead, he argues, the U.S.

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Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2017

We risk impeding growth in sectors such as high tech and life sciences if we make it harder for top talent to arrive and compete for jobs. Kennedy Airport, 1981. I was 11 years old, and my mom and I had just arrived from Guyana. Together, we had $34. Later we learned that the machine was called an escalator. In time, I would become a U.S.

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Travel Talent Company Study 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 11, 2017

The companies that are most vocal about environmental and social issues tend to be big, mass-market brands — well-known retailers , consumer products giants , and tech firms that are telling a new story to consumers who increasingly care about sustainability. I’ll then discuss some of LVMH’s challenges.

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Energy Productivity Retail Financial 41

Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2017

The decisions, which were both unanimous, significantly scaled back the ability of patent holders to slow innovation by competitors, tipping scales that many legal scholars believe have become badly imbalanced. Taken together, the two cases will improve the innovation environment for companies in fast-changing industries.

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Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2017

Singapore has overtaken Silicon Valley as the world’s innovation hub after FDA regulation prompts a brain drain from California. At the end of the 19th century, New York City stank. One hundred fifty thousand horses ferried people and goods through the streets of Manhattan, producing 45,000 tons — tons! — of manure a month.

Real Estate 53

Real Estate Engineering Transportation Industry 53

Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2017

Walmart’s recent change to free two-day shipping for online orders, no membership required, is the latest in a series of moves the company has made to fight Amazon and grow its e-commerce business. Last year, it purchased Jet.com and installed Jet’s founder, Marc Lore, as head of its e-commerce division.

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Martinka Consulting

JULY 15, 2017

On May 25, 2017, the Wall Street Journal’s tech column was about how almost all of us have personal information exposed online, much more than we realize. The lean and mean culture with people working long and hard hours “getting the job done,” which doesn’t allow for innovation, creativity, or strategy changes.

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Case Interview Interviews B2B Culture 40

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

But then the CEO zeroed in on volunteer champions who stepped forward to realize the vision through innovations in products and customer relationships. He didn’t worry about converting the skeptics, insist that all units make changes at exactly the same rate, or determine which innovations to undertake. Dan Kenyon/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

Later, they would partner with VentureWell , a nonprofit that focuses on accelerating innovation. This, of course, was not an entirely new idea. The result, a program called I-Corps , is helping hundreds of scientists become successful entrepreneurs. An Idea Takes Shape. Now there was a plan in place.

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Government Course Conference Productivity 53

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

In late August, Lee Jae-yong, the heir apparent of Samsung, South Korea’s largest conglomerate, was sentenced to five years in prison. There once was public sentiment that what is good for Samsung is good for South Korea, given how important the company is to the country’s economy. Two factors contributed. in the first half of the year.

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Study Company System Leadership 28

Management Consulted

JULY 2, 2017

BCG’s clients typically include many of the world’s 500 largest companies – BCG Boston is no exception, but in this office the focus is on healthcare, financial services, industrial goods, retail, and high tech. We bring to you the Top 10 consulting firms in Boston area and the MC reasons as to why they made it to this list.

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Oliver Wyman Mercer Consulting Deloitte 72

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Coca-Cola recently reshuffled its leadership team to focus on growth, innovation, and digital. Experiencing this for myself gives me that extra edge to ask the tough questions and challenge some of the sales pitches from agencies and tech companies trying to sell me that big campaign,” Blackshaw says.

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