Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

With political upheaval roiling the streets of Cairo, the first concern of top management in many multinationals is to get their employees and their families out of Egypt safely. The highest estimate that we could find from recent, peer-reviewed studies was a 1.08 Certainly the money at stake is substantial.

NPV 14

NPV Short-term Discount Politics 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

One area so far relatively untouched is change management. The combination of predictive analytics, large data sets, and the processing power of today’s computers is starting to transform change management. But before that can happen, we have to understand why data has failed to catch on in change management to date.

Marketing 8

Marketing Root Cause Analysis Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2014

And the risk can be managed through a new kind of tool called “feature gates.”. Here is a quick look at how Google and HubSpot have managed to achieve remarkable speed in product releases while simultaneously reducing risk. Google’s operation stands out for its scale. Google’s Automated Test Machine.

Productivity 9

Productivity Products Development Software 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2018

length of stay, post-operative recovery profile) combined with cost data may be the most effective solution. This was particularly true for more veteran physicians and those with private-practice experience who have had greater exposure to managing cost information.

Guidelines 8

Guidelines Health Care Survey Cost 8

Mike Cardus

AUGUST 30, 2011

In management as well as team development humans and behaviors do not operate in the same short term cause-effect process that machines do. There are secondary sources (academic journals, peer reviewed articles, existing Body of Knowledge, etc…) that are applicable and provide evidence for what you are doing. Bob Sutton.

Team Building 158

Team Building Team Leadership Peer Review 158

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The tricky thing about trying to interpret research about mindfulness is that many studies that claim great things for mindfulness are less rigorous than others, even though they may be peer reviewed. How to Evaluate, Manage, and Strengthen Your Resilience. You and Your Team Series. Resilience. Shawn Achor and Michelle Gielan.

Stress 8

Stress Peer Review Short-term Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In a recent conversation with a group of managers, I was told, “We don’t run experiments; we run A/B tests” — so named because customers are tested on their preferences for option A or B. So the studies don’t go through the valuable peer-review process, and the findings don’t see the light of day.

Ethics 8

Ethics Participative Peer Review Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2016

They’ve redesigned their core processes in the area of procurement (online shopping), talent acquisition (marketplaces), collaboration (social networking), market research (peer reviews), finance (mobile payments) and travel (room and ride sharing). Have you reinvented your core processes to the same degree?

Loyalty 8

Loyalty Peer Review Efficiency Call Center 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

” For the first time, a major retailer is giving prominent shelf space — albeit virtual — to companies operating in a better way. In essence, TSC is a data amalgamator, gathering the best peer-reviewed science on the lifecycle impacts and “material” environmental and social issues for a given product category.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Supply Chain Kaplan 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

Between 2001 and 2011, the number of CEOs finishing at least one marathon doubled, and in a Swedish survey of nearly 3,000 managers , more than 90% said that physical exercise had a positive impact on their leadership skills. During 2016, employee engagement increased by 3%, to 75%.

CEO 8

CEO Company Sports Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2017

For instance, Twitter has been used to host “TweetChat” forums on the surgical treatment and management of particular diseases (such as a recent #obsm discussion on adolescent bariatric surgery).

Media 8

Media Skills Conference Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Worse yet, they’ll sometimes hire different vendors to address different issues – lifestyle coaches, employee assistance counselors, case and disease management vendors, nurse lines, occupational health and safety experts, workers’ compensation specialists, disability managers, organizational development consultants, you name it.

Planning 8

Planning Incentives ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

.” People don’t fight for management roles as much when management is not an end goal. At Facebook, moving into management is not a promotion. Managers are there to support people and to remove barriers to getting things done. Managers are there to support people and to remove barriers to getting things done.

Politics 15

Politics Tactics Review Learning-by-Doing 15