LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

Soren is the Managing Principal of InnovationPoint, an Adjunct Professor within the Imagineering Academy at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and the author of the new book Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs. This is a guest post form Soren Kaplan. The other domain is leadership.

Innovation 113

Innovation Kaplan Short-term Long-term 113

HR Digest

JULY 28, 2021

In a recent McKinsey Global Survey on the future of workforce needs, nearly nine in ten executives and managers say their organizations either face skills gap already or expect gaps to develop within the next five years. Organizations are now facing a learning curve as managers scramble to lead their teams virtually.

McKinsey 134

McKinsey Aggregate Demand Industry Crisis 134

Strategy Driven

MARCH 31, 2020

We simply have no precedent for how to plan for what may come next, or for managing the pace of the upheaval. That uncertainty and inability to be in command of business operations makes us anxious. Use this opportunity to talk to younger generations in the family about business operations and the trials ahead.

Crisis 65

Crisis Open-book Fixed Costs Social Capital 65

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2016

As a management consultant to over a hundred firms in the last thirty years, my team and I have worked with global companies such as Toyota, Suncor, Siemens, and FedEx, to name a few, to help them transform into new world companies – companies ready to take on the challenges of today’s global economy. This is social response capitalism.

Company 50

Company Globalization Outsourcing Transportation 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2012

Many people in traditional marketing roles and organizations may not realize they're operating within a dead paradigm. Help them build social capital. National Instruments used an especially creative approach with its customer influencers, who were mid-level IT managers at the companies they did business with.

Marketing 22

Marketing Social Capital Media Influence 22

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The global economy and the Internet have heightened our sense of interconnectedness and sharpened our awareness that when a business focuses only on enriching investors, it implies that managers view the interests of customers, employees, communities and the fate of the planet as little more than cost trade-offs in a quarter-by-quarter game.

Short-term 15

Short-term Long-term Ethics Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

This is simply because being in a job appears to trigger latent entrepreneurship, and also because there is a more intensive re-investment of social capital to generate financial capital than is customary in the West. Then there's the tendency toward what I initially saw as excess diversification. These conclusions were hasty.

Entrepreneur 17

Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain Globalization 17

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

So, even if the outposts manage to absorb local value they usually fail to propagate it back to the organization, which means they fail on the ultimate reason for their existence. Unhindered, they quickly amassed valuable social capital through an array of personal and professional relationships, as well as local intelligence and insights.

Innovation 9

Innovation Social Capital CRM Tacit Knowledge 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful. Company Fit.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2011

This makes it all the more important that we know beforehand what the trade will be; asking someone to do something for you just-to-be-nice can deplete your social capital quickly. The give-and-take of networking with people with whom you have multiple ties is a bit more complicated because the relationships are more complex.

Christensen 15

Christensen Project Social Capital Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

And brand stewardship can no longer be under the exclusive purview of marketing departments and brand managers. A 2008 survey of chief marketing officers and brand managers by the Association of National Advertisers found that 64% say their brands do not influence decisions made at their companies.

Brand 8

Brand Strategy Advertising Brand Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

The rise of Tata in India, Koç Holding in Turkey, and Grupo Carso in Mexico have some management thinkers contending that the conglomerate is back at the expense of the focused firm. In our opinion, which of the two is the more successful depends on the context in which the business operates. for the S&P 500 Industrials.

Social Capital 8

Social Capital Chemicals Industry Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

There are no public shareholders clamoring for higher dividends, no hedge funds gorging on management fees. Make no mistake: John Lewis and Waitrose are bold and aggressive players in their respective marketplaces, known for high-touch service and booming internet operations. Our focus is on social capital.”

Definition 8

Definition Company Succession Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

I’ve paid attention to how the best of them operate — how they nurture creativity all around them — and I’ve noticed three things: They build core enthusiast communities inside and outside of their organizations. Innovative Teams (20-Minute Manager Series). Further Reading. Innovation Book. Add to Cart.

Creativity 8

Creativity Storytelling Social Capital Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

How to Manage a Toxic Employee. Send the host of the meeting an email, saying you wanted to check in about the meeting in question (let’s call it the Operations Update meeting). “Dear Annika, do you have 15 minutes to chat about the Operations Update? You and Your Team Series. Office Politics. Why We Fight at Work.

How To 8

How To Social Capital Maturity Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

What would it look like if managers were as polite and nurturing to one another and their subordinates as they are to customers? So we propose a three-step solution to properly value the office tending work that lubricates its operations: identify it; understand its impact; and find ways to assign it value. Identify the tending work.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Attrition Absenteeism Social Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Answer These 5 Questions Think of your boss — your direct supervisor or manager — and consider each statement below. In one case, two operational leaders at Kelly Services, a workforce solutions firm, created a Business Resource Group to promote leadership development and increase employee engagement.

Energy 8

Energy Health Care Leadership Pipeline Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. But it would take a lot of social capital. Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

In the upcoming issue of HBR, our Synthesis column dives into Hakim's new book , and two others on the topic, to understand what this concept means for managers. Women, she says, are more charming, more graceful in social interaction, and have more social intelligence than men, but they don't exploit those advantages.

Human Capital 16

Human Capital Social Capital Education Career 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Economists, policy makers, executives, educators, the press, and others must become more adept at anger management. Why does all this matter for the purposes of anger management? Both in terms of operations and organization, this is certainly responsive to a more protectionist environment. On the front pages of major U.S.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8