Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

We propose that older approaches to advancing surgical safety, focused on technical and structural improvements, have passed their peak; attention must now turn to innovations in how people enact their work “on the ground,” or how they organize in real time for reliable surgical performance. Standardizing procedures.

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Innovation Health Care Operations Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

What has escaped attention is that the device burst into a sector long insulated from the slightest threat of disruptive innovation. Armstrong’s Killer App. Edwin Howard Armstrong was a science prodigy. All Armstrong needed was a radio spectrum for his radios. ” It was not established AM, but FM.

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Armstrong Wireless Succession Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The second story comes from AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, who last month hosted a meeting and call to address the 1,100 employees of Patch, a unit that had been losing money and was about to face some layoffs. Repeatedly Armstrong told his staff that anyone not fully invested in Patch should leave. .” Focus on the future.

Abell 8

Abell Armstrong Uncertainty CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2017

” The notion of moonshots is a hugely appealing idea, whether you are an enterprise working on a market innovation, a nonprofit organization tackling societal problems, or a government trying to govern better. How can we get the moonshot formula right to unlock this approach to groundbreaking innovation?

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Wilde Armstrong Project Technology 16

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

As he saw it, that money should go into two basic functions of business: marketing and innovation. He thought the company had to innovate or it would eventually die. I’m reading about … I’m very interested in Custer, for various reasons, George Armstrong Custer. Basically, he saw a business was not for profit.

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Drucker Class Armstrong Books 74

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Think about it this way: You likely spend countless hours collaborating and innovating to put forth really good ideas. For example, Neil Armstrong used the six hours and forty minutes between his moon landing and first step to craft his historic statement. Use catchy words. Take time to carefully craft a few messages with catchy words.

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Tips Audience Newsletter Armstrong 62

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2012

When his boots touch the ground, his last name will join the ranks of Armstrong and Earhart, and he’ll claim the title as the bravest person on Earth. The story, at the very least, should serve as a friendly reminder to all the Earth-bound leaders down here: innovation is never a solo endeavor. LIVING ON THE GENERIC FRINGE.

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Team Armstrong Class Travel 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2013

They were able to envision long-range innovations, rather than reacting to competitors’ or the retailers’ actions. We saw firsthand that inclusivity energizes firms, driving innovation. What you may not realize is that investing in data and learning how to use it might be transformative for your business.

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Loyalty Retail Armstrong Learning-by-Doing 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

There was Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech, delivered at the age of 34, and Neil Armstrong walking on the surface of the moon at the age of 38. New infrastructures have arisen to support it, from the Stanford Social Innovation Review , TED and Good , to the Social Enterprise Program at Harvard.

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NGO Armstrong Industry Advertising 20

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

For 2012 fellow Rachel Armstrong it was when she was forced to give up her childhood dream to become a farmer in rural Minnesota due to crippling cultural and environmental poverty and a growing lack of connections between rural neighbors, urban eaters, and farmland. And that someone is me.".

Film 12

Film Armstrong Video Entrepreneur 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

Consider the "My Dell hell" diatribes by prominent blogger and journalist Jeff Jarvis, or Heather Armstrong's "Maytag Nightmare" that she described in vivid detail to her 1.5 In particular, many businesses are experiencing similar awakenings spawned by their customers. million followers. Put customer issues front and center.

How To 14

How To Chief Technology Officer Audience Banking 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

How the most innovative providers are creating value. Our colleagues at the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality have shown how utilizing multidisciplinary teams in emergency departments can decrease the risk of misdiagnosis — a costly error that can result in patients being undertreated or overtreated.

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Health Care Diversity Armstrong Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2018

There is no questioning the fact that Musk’s talent for entrepreneurship, defined as the ability to translate original and useful ideas into practical innovations, is truly outstanding. In fact, it’s far more likely that exceptionally talented people like Musk, Hughes, Jobs, Getty, and Armstrong succeed despite these traits.

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Succession Armstrong Self-aware Wilde 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

Yet, all too often, our organizations end up being less innovative than the people within them. The dozens of in-the-trenches innovators who responded to our Innovating Innovation Challenge embody the first assertion and are working relentlessly and fearlessly to overturn the second. Making Innovation part of the DNA.

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Innovation Armstrong Construction McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Most companies put innovation at the top of their agendas. But how many devote the energy and resources it takes to build innovation into the values, processes, and practices that rule everyday activity and behavior? Not many, as we argued when we launched the Innovating Innovation Challenge in October.

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Innovation Core Competence McKinsey Armstrong 8