Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

Charismatic CEOs enjoy leading and inspiring people, so they don’t like delegating critical business decisions to smart algorithms. Computational autonomy requires that C-suites revisit the hows and whys of delegation. At one American retailer, an autonomous ensemble of algorithms replaced the entire merchandising department.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

If we’re going to scale successfully at the pace we’ve laid out, we’ve got to execute faster and delegate more. Because the temporary retail outlet was a first for the company, it was highly visible and allowed the marketing director to stretch beyond her digital responsibilities. Get them to step up and execute!

Brainstorming 13

Brainstorming Leadership Delegation Self-aware 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

The innovation portfolio. The innovation portfolio also contained a new business unit called MedStar Ambulatory Services, a network of small, storefront clinics, diagnostic labs, and primary care offices located in dozens of neighborhoods. and Maryland to launch a more general health insurance plan. The investment portfolio.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In this article, we identify the barriers slowing the transition of episodic, in-person primary care to innovative models that separate care from location and that empower patients to take on more of their own care. This approach has had the secondary consequence of limiting innovation in delivery methods. Overconsumption.

Health Care 8

Health Care How To Insurance Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Innovation, customer delight, and profits would all follow from it. Tony Hsieh, the online retailer’s CEO, is but the latest in a long line of elite revolutionaries—larger-than-life corporate leaders who claim that meaning is more precious than money. Issues have to be sorted out rather than delegated up.

Management 8

Management Long-term System Delegation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2011

Supplier Scorecards" are one way that retailers have approached this challenge in the past, but a scorecard without an appropriate supplier engagement program to support it is bound to fail. These are innovation tools. One real-life example of this comes from an office products retailer. In 2008, Dairy Management Inc.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel Management Retail 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2018

These days, however, sustainability discussions are more often focused on the actions of consumer product, retail, and tech brands. And the biggest buyer is China, which sent a sizable delegation. Fossil fuels and mining had the most obvious environmental issues, as well as extensive regulatory regimes to navigate.

Energy 8

Energy Trends Globalization Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2015

The witches are the rapid innovation in robotics and computing, slated to replace humans in performing increasingly sophisticated – i.e. “white collar” – tasks and so displace jobs across the employment spectrum. In the 21 st century, creating meaning and innovating will be democratized through technology.

Drucker 8

Drucker Technology Efficiency Rogers 8