Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

billion to acquire the webOS operating system, Hewlett-Packard discontinued its webOS-based series of smartphones and line of Touchpad tablets — losing its bet on a webOS-everywhere future. In many acquisitions, acquiring talent with fresh energy and thinking is as crucial as acquiring raw innovation.

Innovation 13

Innovation Company Biotechnology CFO 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2016

This idea has led to regulation such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002), as well as requirements by the NYSE and NASDAQ that boards have a majority of independent directors and that members on the audit committee have financial expertise. Most boards have strong cultures that promote deference to the CEO.

Company 8

Company Committee CEO Chemicals 8

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Ben : Yeah, I think always of Southwest, and it’s actually probably a little different take on the spirit, but I always think of Herb Kelleher and the natural high energy that they have in the excitement and energy around that. Larry : It’s a good example. Ben : Yeah. Have you ever come across an area like that?

Greenleaf 186

Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 186

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

For example, the power company Tenaga Nasional could send a leader with strong operating capabilities to work for several years at Malaysia Airlines, acquiring skills in turning around a troubled business. He spent two years as the CFO of power and automation company ABB, from 2002 to 2004, before returning to Shell as CFO.

CFO 8

CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

When a not-for-profit becomes incoherent, its attention is distracted from the thing it needs to do most: Investing time, energy and funds to build critical capabilities to accomplish its strategic purpose. Once these incoherent services are taken on, they are very difficult to dislodge.

Crisis 13

Crisis Mayo Strategy Short-term 13

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Ben : Yeah, I think always of Southwest, and it’s actually probably a little different take on the spirit, but I always think of Herb Kelleher and the natural high energy that they have in the excitement and energy around that. Larry : It’s a good example. Ben : Yeah. Have you ever come across an area like that?

Greenleaf 100

Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 100

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. Operational Statistics. A major report to the United Nations Millennium Summit calls for changes in the way in which peacekeeping operations are organized and financed. One out of every 12 businesses fails.

Ethics 58

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Studying these successes and failures, we’ve identified half a dozen key reasons platforms fail, all of which boil down to managers’ misunderstanding of how platforms operate and compete. In 2013, Johnson Controls invited developers to help them build Panoptix, an energy efficiency platform for buildings and office space.

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Likewise, where mechanical engineers once predominated, the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are increasingly looking for software engineers, energy management experts, and data scientists able to build electric and self-driving vehicles.

Industry 8

Industry Technology Engineering Automotive 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

Yet, when the company shifted from being an energy supplier to the hucksterish energy trader, the charitable activities were dispensed with. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. Capitalization is stretched beyond limits, and operations advance in a cash-poor mode.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57