Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Obama reportedly felt the situation called for someone who could set priorities and help government agencies and private sector organizations of all kinds to collaborate and innovate. Top-down management simply will not get the innovation part of the job done. Teaming in NGO s.

Management 12

Management Health Care NGO Crisis Management 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2012

As one manager said, "I learned more in 100 days than I had in the previous several years.". Second, intentionally design the short-term stretch goals in ways that force innovation, collaboration, and learning — so it's not just a matter of working harder for a short period of time.

Goal 15

Goal Short-term NGO Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Now and then, over the years, a government agency or NGO issues a report that is startlingly insightful and useful. You might well be surprised at both the mass of empirical data they gather and, on occasion, the innovativeness of a study's conception and underlying ideas. Department of Commerce , or the United Nations.

NGO 15

NGO Bottom-up Report GDP 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

You can run the largest NGO on the planet, and if you're being chicken-s**t, then you've squandered the powerful position you've been given. When I get my nonprofit management degree, that's when I can really start making a difference," we say to ourselves. Because that's what really makes a difference. It is all you will ever have.

NGO 15

NGO Banking Learning-by-Doing Finance 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

The world is not short on capital — a startling $43 trillion of assets is currently under management in the United States alone. Innovation in Cities. However, social impact and pay-for-success securities could unlock substantial foundation, philanthropic, and NGO assets to buffer the risk for return-seeking capital.

Finance 8

Finance Bond Innovation Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

The smartest minds in social innovation are increasingly committed to engaging with the private sector to make significant changes in areas like health, education, and poverty. What happens when you reverse that model and place these investments at the front-end of your corporate innovation strategy? The Innovation Continuum.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Porter Team Innovation 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Nor did we realize the amount of management time it would require for us to raise this capital as a non-profit organization; precious time that would be taken away from building the product and the infrastructure needed to deliver the product, and to make impact at the scale we had envisioned.

NGO 9

NGO Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Across the board we see the top executives of some of the world's largest organizations talking about, taking action on, and defining their success in terms of things that have conventionally been the realm of political leaders and NGO activists. The change has not gone unremarked by management's leading thinkers.

Globalization 15

Globalization NGO Leadership Development Politics 15

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

I spent some time talking with Peter Anderson, the manager of the Mologne House. Peter has been the manager at Mologne since it opened 14 years ago. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. He told me that the average stay for his guests is somewhere between 16 and 18 months.

Blog 321

Blog Covey Learning-by-Doing Video 321

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We need tools to assess progress for external stakeholders, consumers, and managers. But I think the interesting part comes when they start to see it as an opportunity for innovations that are financially beneficial as well as socially beneficial. HBR: The idea of partnering with NGOs came up in many of the interviews.

Project 8

Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

I’ve been in contact with Heiny and her team at Target over the last year about the program she helped build to drive product innovation and more sales. The collaboration, which the NGO Forum for the Future is managing, has high aspirations. So why are sustainable products surging now?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Chemicals Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Our research has found that embedded sustainability drives financial performance through mediating factors such as innovation, operational efficiency, risk reduction, employee recruitment, engagement and retention, customer and supplier loyalty, competitive advantage, reduced cost of capital, and improved marketing and sales.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Banking Magazine 70

HR Digest

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Other group team-building activities are done with the intention of building some specific skill in the employees, such as time management or conflict resolution, and as a result, they can take on many shapes. Finding a local NGO or community that you want to work with is the first step to this team-building activity.

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Team Building Reputation Team Review 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

A GreenBiz report indicated that progress had slowed or even regressed, but MIT and BCG also declared that sustainability had reached a "tipping point" with more companies putting sustainability "on the management agenda.". Sustainability innovation opens up: Unilever, Heineken, and EMC ask the world for help. In the U.S.,

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2013

The true solution, we think, lies in understanding the changed nature of modern supply chains and identifying new business models better suited for managing them. Corporate social responsibility Global business Innovation' Over the last years, labor intensive production keeps moving to ever-cheaper countries.

Business Model 11

Business Model Supply Chain Compliance Disaggregation 11

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

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

And while almost all the examples I cite are from West Africa, many of these ideas and innovations are well suited for emerging markets around the world. Another example of an infrastructure patch that has already gotten attention in the West is BRCK, the spin-off commercial service from renowned NGO Ushahidi.

CRM 10

CRM Marketing Supply Chain NGO 10