Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2014

Google’s operation stands out for its scale. Google combines automated testing with a related process that requires a human peer to review code changes. Together, the automated testing and peer review provide a high level of quality control that frees Google developers to actually work on the needed changes themselves.

Products 8

Products Productivity Development Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

These are not the foundations of a proper science that verifies knowledge through experiment and replication of findings in peer-reviewed studies. The issue is that they operate as artisans, not scientists. Change practitioners struggle to reach the levels of proof that are standard in other professions.

Marketing 8

Marketing Root Cause Analysis Management Supply Chain 8

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. That’s why when we are anxious or angry we can’t think so well. You and Your Team Series. Resilience.

Stress 8

Stress Peer Review Short-term Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

To understand how the current political instability in Egypt will affect the NPV of a foreign subsidiary located there, we should first establish a no-instability benchmark, which assumes that the operation there will generate the same level of profitability (adjusted for inflation) for the rest of time. Vinod K.

NPV 14

NPV Short-term Discount Politics 14

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.

Products 8

Products Productivity Supply Chain Kaplan 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

And at Björn Borg, their key performance indicators have improved after Bunge was brought in as CEO : net sales increased by 27% between 2013 and 2016, and operating profits tripled. It is true that numerous studies have established a positive link between physical exercise and cognitive performance.

CEO 8

CEO Company Sports Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In most companies, you have to get approval from various operational functions, as well as legal and public relations teams, especially if the results are going to be made public. 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

OCTOBER 27, 2017

One member of the RSC Facebook group told us that participating in RSC provides “collaborative input on my own patients and cases from ‘experts’” and reveals “operative options that I hadn’t considered.”

Media 8

Media Skills Conference Learning-by-Doing 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.

Team Building 158

Team Building Team Leadership Peer Review 158

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

The company has promoted a culture of health for more than 30 years, with countless peer-reviewed studies showing that employees’ health has improved and company costs have been contained. This, of course, takes time and support. A company like Dow Chemical is a success story in this way. Asking for help.

Planning 8

Planning Incentives ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

It’s harder for politicians to operate if everyone is on the same page. All managers are reviewed by their teams, and that feedback goes to the managers’ bosses. Reviews also come in from colleagues in other functions. Be open and transparent, and create opportunities for voices to be heard.

Politics 15

Politics Tactics Review Learning-by-Doing 15