Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

In terms of people, processes and technologies, Toyota and Google's YouTube have little in common. As global innovators, however, they share a remarkable core value and best practice: they invest in the innovative capabilities of their suppliers. Access to innovation resources and skills matter far more than money.

Innovation 8

Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Technologies like 3-D printing, robotics, advanced motion controls, and new methods for continuous manufacturing hold great potential for improving how companies design and build products to better serve customers. Why are older incumbent firms slow to adopt new technologies even when the economic or strategic benefits are clear?

Technology 8

Technology Depreciation Christensen Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

Innovation isn’t always strategic, but strategy making sure as heck better be innovative. It is important, however, to understand the nuances and complexities of innovation as they relate to strategy. Not all innovation is created equal. Execution is essential to successful innovation and strategy.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Business Model Lean Production Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Technological improvements in health care have given us the quality of life we enjoy today. Enter Henry Ford, who revolutionized the industry with his manufacturing innovations , lowering the price of cars from $2,000 in 1908 to just $260 by 1925 — an 87% reduction! But the most innovative Indian hospitals are doing much more.

Health Care 9

Health Care Cost Lean Production Offshoring 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

In the 1980s, our organizations learned a great deal about how to improve productivity, quality, and costs from Japanese practices. And in the 1990s, our companies began to learn more from innovations at home, particularly in the area of high-performance work systems. It’s as if businesses have forgotten that they work.

Lean Production 8

Lean Production Operations Health Care Talent Management 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2012

Supposedly set to launch this July — and then September — New York City announced that its innovative bike sharing program would be delayed until at least next spring. But the importance and pace of innovation rollouts demand a different design sensibility. Until it works, we're not going to put it in. Jaws dropped.

Leadership 14

Leadership Innovation Lean Production Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2012

That piece of language, that aspiration, is innovation. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal , which did not get nearly the attention it deserved, made the case that the word "innovation" has outlived its usefulness. But that doesn't mean the companies are actually doing any innovating. Ouch, that's gonna leave a mark!

Innovation 17

Innovation Airlines Six Sigma Lean Production 17