Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

When testing ideas are part of the creative process for product, service, or business development, this triangle must be a business priority: To test product, watch prospects interact with it—whether they use a tool, read a book, choose a necklace, or scan an airline ticket. Design stems from USE. Align with similar initiatives.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Advertising Sharpe 100

Deming Institute

JANUARY 19, 2017

Some are little (pass the time while waiting in line); some are big (find a more fulfilling career). Some surface unpredictably (dress for an out-of-town business meeting after the airline lost my suitcase); some regularly (pack a healthful lunch for my daughter to take to school). This is a powerful concept.

Deming 28

Deming Christensen System Innovation 28

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Leaders used to have all the power in these hierarchical relationships, but this is no longer the reality facing many organizations. So understanding what constitutes effective followership and then exhibiting those behaviors can help improve a person’s career prospects.

Executive Coaching 129

Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Take the airline control system—the outcomes it delivers vary tremendously by weather, equipment availability, time of day, and so on. In the coming years, we can expect to see smart organizations increasingly leveraging the power of multiple databases to get a real vantage point on their strategic challenges. An HBR Insight Center.

Budgeting 10

Budgeting Information Technology System Library 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2017

Among those that have met that fate in recent months are initiatives at Target, Alaska Airlines, Coca-Cola, the New York Times, and Chubb. Freedom to explore long-term ideas and emerging technologies is important. Three years later, many of these ambitious ventures will have quietly expired without an obituary.

Project 11

Project Innovation Press Release Survey 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

They may be petroleum engineers in an oil company, software engineers in a technology organization, industrial designers in a toy company, or pilots in an airline. In many cases they have deliberately chosen not to pursue a managerial career. These are the highly professional individual contributors.

Development 9

Development Report Leadership Development Budgeting 9

Frank Sonnenberg Online

JUNE 21, 2021

Change can involve the adoption of new technologies, reengineering, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, culture blending, or any of a number of other forms. Some won’t mind taking a trip, just not in the direction you’re headed. Others will resist getting in the car at all. For most people, change is a big deal.

Hotels 127

Hotels Stress Resistance Restructuring 127

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2014

One of the first, and most lasting, pieces of career advice I received came from Linda Bush, my first project manager when I was a wee pup working at McKinsey & Company. Doing so for people who are locked out of a market is what made companies like eBay, Google, and Southwest Airlines the powerhouses they are today.

Innovation 12

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Learning-by-Doing Participative 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

If you've spent any amount of time in executive retreats or leadership off-sites, you've probably been asked to participate in a familiar evaluation of your career and impact. This simple exercise grows out of a powerful question I heard years ago from advertising legend Roy Spence , who says he got it from Jim Collins of Good to Great fame.

Company 10

Company Brand Banking Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Early in my career, a lot of commentators were sure Japan was on its way to becoming number one. I make that statement in light of four powerful forces which are at work in the United States and which no other country can duplicate. New technology has turned the U.S., How’d that work out?) Now it’s China’s turn to pull ahead.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Pharmaceuticals Energy Creativity 8

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 31, 2016

Top leaders should push power downward, across the organization, empowering people at all levels to make decisions. Strategic leaders know that the real power in information comes not from hoarding it, but from using it to find and create new opportunities for growth. Please see www.pwc.com/structure for further details.

Development 100

Development Argyris Learning-by-Doing Innovation 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

” He would later call this the most important insight of his career. ” We have known they do since they were introduced among British miners whose industry had been disrupted by new technology. They wanted to hear about Semco, Southwest Airlines, Gore Tex, HCL. The change was neither easy nor popular at first.

Management 8

Management Long-term System Delegation 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

In my opinion, deregulation, as a whole, has worked negatively upon business and society (banking, airlines, trucking, and broadcasting), and the SEC is no exception. One must question why one company could wield such control over the investment community and what powers Wall Street had acquiesced in order for such power to grow.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

If none of the above is the full realization of the power of the social web, then what is? Social tools were enabling everyday people to break through traditional barriers to connect, build their audiences and careers and get more creative than ever before. Airlines get people from point A to point B quicker than a car or bus.

Senge 8

Senge Airlines Efficiency Follow-up 8