Ron Edmondson

APRIL 30, 2019

We purposely developed some common language which would serve as rallying points for the church in the years to come. I didn’t come up with those exclusively — we developed them as a team, but I led the charge and micromanaged to keep us on track until it began to stick as our common vision. Organizational structure.

Micromanagement 50

Micromanagement Long-term Finance Energy 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2017

We recently asked members of the HBR community to gauge the extent of “bureaucratic sclerosis” within their organization using our Bureaucracy Mass Index (BMI) tool. Here are our initial takeaways: The blight of bureaucracy seems inescapable. Bureaucracy is growing not shrinking. Bureaucracy is a time trap.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Survey Politics Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2014

You have front-line employees who create what you sell or who deal directly with customers: software developers, sales reps, call-center staffers, and so on. You also have support staff, including the people in marketing, finance, HR, and other functions. How can they serve the customer when they’re burdened with so much bureaucracy?

Cost 15

Cost Span of Control Management Bureaucracy 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

Streiff’s drive to speed up decision-making, overcome bureaucracy, and deliver rapid execution, exposed historic and deep divisions between executives at the consortium. Thus, the development of an informal coalition saved the organization and political activities, in this case, were a force for good. The High Ground.

Politics 15

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2015

Many politicians and commentators mention two critical factors in accomplishing this: increasing innovative capacity and reducing bureaucracy. Second, bureaucracy, laws, and rules exert particular influence in Greece because they help make life more structured and less uncertain.

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty Hofstede Innovation Bureaucracy 8

Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2014

There’s no bureaucracy around an idea. In fact, bureaucracy around an idea is the death of an organization. Ken Rees, CEO of Think Finance) School Never Ends : “It’s about keeping them marketable. Harry West, Continuum) * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.'

Bureaucracy 285

Bureaucracy Leadership Ryan CEO 285

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

She found partners, attracted financing, and cultivated a community of internal supporters. Windham built an entire ad-hoc team at Stanley Black and Decker — product planners, executives, and engineers. Atis created a rich ecosystem around her idea.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Brand Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

When one of us (Vivek) and his team launched Roivant Sciences in 2014 and began developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease — they were determined to learn from the pharma industry’s innovation issues and build a more sustainable innovation engine. Roivant’s first response was to address misaligned incentives.

Innovation 13

Innovation Company Incentives Industry 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2018

finance, mineral processing, geology). This will temporarily exempt managers from the organizational bureaucracy and give them the freedom to experiment and innovate.

Positioning 15

Positioning Company Succession Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Buffett prefers to accept the visible costs of "a few bad decisions" than incur "the invisible costs of stifling bureaucracies." In 2009, he confessed to developing an ill-conceived plan to market GEICO credit cards and also failed to rein in NetJets' debt, which had soared to $1.9 He annually reports on his own mistakes.

Letter 15

Letter P&L Insurance Net Present Value 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In this context, "corporate catalysts" — entrepreneurially-minded people inside corporates — are working with corporations' resources, scale, and growing agility to develop innovative solutions to global challenges. It worked with a local partner to create India's first financing plan for medical devices.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Health Care 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2013

Without economies of scale, they argued, developing societies would never develop the efficiencies needed to modernize. To address the needs of youth in developing countries, BRAC launched a girls' empowerment program, Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents (ELA), in 2008. So BRAC got into food processing.

Microfinance 10

Microfinance Follow-up Bureaucracy Self-aware 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

So, in real terms, debt financing is essentially free. In our experience, companies still focus more on cutting costs than on developing and executing new growth strategies. Workers at these companies have the time they need to devote to creative work, free from excessive process and bureaucracy.

ROE 15

ROE Long-term GDP Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

Real entrepreneurs don''t mind paying taxes, so develop a clear, right-sized and strictly enforced tax system. So Puerto Rican entrepreneurs hire consultants to badger government procurement to pay up, and in parallel they jack up their prices to finance the long receivables cycle. Taxes per se do not hinder entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur IPO Incentives Venture Capitalist 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

” In less mature economies and fragile regions of the world, entrepreneurs are just as, if not more, critical to livelihoods and development. Among the initial findings : more effective programs emphasize communication skills, networking, and organizational structure over developing finance and accounting skills.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Policies Entrepreneur NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2013

But it is also a complex market, with a reputation for corruption, uncertainty, and bureaucracy. No matter your interests (sports, movies, politics), your industry (finance, marketing, technology, manufacturing), or the type of organization you work for (big company, nonprofit, small start-up) — your world is awash with data.

Books 8

Books Emotional Intelligence Competitive Advantage Storytelling 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Several trends should be disturbing to hospital administrators, including the development of free standing, low-cost “neighborhood” hospitals. Developed by the Johns Hopkins schools of medicine and public health, Hospital at Home has been tested in multiple markets throughout the United States and is working.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Incentives Venture Funding 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

” It might be hard for people in HR to hear, but only 20% of those who responded said that their HR function was enabling them to transform, ranking them even lower than finance — an area not exactly known for its agility. The most disrupted industries typically suffer from a perfect storm of two forces.

Industry 8

Industry B2C Agility Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2015

Tip 5: Study the financing food chain starting from the end, not the beginning. It goes without saying that finance is an essential element in entrepreneurial innovation, but don’t start with the angel investors or VCs. But bankers are paying keen attention to those ventures who break away into rapid growth.

Innovation 8

Innovation Planning Tourism Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. They have, instead, everything to do with bureaucracy and interest group politics. Pending agency action, commercial uses for drones were effectively banned. In Washington, business as usual. Both the U.K.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Consider the battle waged by IBM’s software development teams between competing methods for getting closer to customers. Over time, teams adopted an even more aggressive approach to software development called “ continuous delivery , ” a highly automated method that enables them to make many small changes per day.

Products 8

Products Productivity Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

Establishing EFE as a franchise has been an interesting journey, and one that has given me valuable insights into developing a successful social franchise. These individuals are crucial to securing local financial support, building credibility, and greasing the wheels in negotiations with businesses and bureaucracies.

Franchising 9

Franchising Uncertainty NGO Operations 9