Ron Edmondson

APRIL 30, 2019

Bureaucracy and process we knew well. As with most churches in need of revitalization, our finances had been struggling for several years. Thankfully, we had good people in charge of our finances and they had held the church together through very difficult times. Our mission, by the way, is the advance of the Gospel.).

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

MARCH 14, 2017

For industries that depend on innovation, sustaining it is a constant challenge. These two actions cost almost nothing compared to vast sums often spent — and arguably, often wasted — on efforts to foster innovation. However, these prescriptions for innovation at Roivant have also led to some unexpected challenges.

Innovation 13

Innovation Company Incentives Industry 13

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. But Greece cannot stop there.

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty Hofstede Innovation Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

In order to support corporate hackers like Atis and Windham and foster internal innovation, companies need to identify these individuals and understand what makes them tick. She found partners, attracted financing, and cultivated a community of internal supporters. Atis created a rich ecosystem around her idea. The prize?

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Brand Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In today's world, start-ups aren't the only ones who can innovate. As I discussed in my post How Big Companies Can Save Innovation , large companies are now better positioned to innovate than ever before. Innovation increasingly involves creating business models that tap big companies' unique strengths.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Health Care 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Too much structure will stifle creativity and innovation. Sustainability managers in this configuration have considerable discretion to launch and champion innovative social and environmental initiatives. finance, mineral processing, geology). They have to be built from scratch. Too much freedom will lead to ambiguity and chaos.

Positioning 15

Positioning Company Succession Supply Chain 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. Such groups can also revitalize innovation and change. This leads us to take the high ground. The High Ground.

Politics 15

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2015

Innovation tourism: it’s a thing. These well-intentioned professionals travel the world in pursuit of the secret sauce of innovation. If you ask the director of a government innovation agency how influential or effective they are, what answer do you expect, other than “ extremely ?” Kenneth Andersson.

Innovation 8

Innovation Planning Tourism Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

So, in real terms, debt financing is essentially free. Others reward easy-to-measure improvements in existing processes over less-easily-quantified innovations. Companies that encourage innovation take steps to overcome these organizational obstacles. The result: a shortage of good growth ideas.

ROE 15

ROE Long-term GDP Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

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. Mayor Thomas Menino launched the Boston Innovation District in 2010 with his fifth inaugural address. Economy Entrepreneurship Innovation'

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur IPO Incentives Venture Capitalist 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

“Technology is advancing at an unprecedented pace and this milestone allows federal regulations and the use of our national airspace to evolve to safely accommodate innovation,” Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a press release that accompanied the announcement. In Washington, business as usual.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 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

JUNE 17, 2015

From its founding 31 years ago, Intuit has been an entrepreneurial company, creating personal finance and tax preparation products such as Quicken, TurboTax, and QuickBooks. But as Intuit grew, informality and entrepreneurship began to morph into procedure and bureaucracy. Intuit: Reviving a Culture Built Around Customers.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

” Laudable as these may be, USAID, the State Department, and other government agencies should really be backing programs that stimulate and support scalable, innovative, job-creating businesses – the kinds of companies that are antidotes to mass unemployment and economic hopelessness, not microfinance.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Policies Entrepreneur NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2017

To lower the cost of premiums, Aetna and CVS, UnitedHealth and Optum, and undoubtedly others are creating a marriage of the financing and delivery of care. Next, delivery systems need to create a management system that allows for innovation and rapid experimentation.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Incentives Venture Funding 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2013

Although they retain a pro-poor focus, they generate the profits necessary for BRAC to be 70% self-financed in Bangladesh, where BRAC is based. Size inevitability leads to hierarchy, to rigidities in the system, and bureaucracy. These programs were later spun off into stand-alone businesses. But is such a beast necessarily ugly?

Microfinance 10

Microfinance Follow-up Bureaucracy Self-aware 10