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The Reality of What Makes Silicon Valley Tick
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Visualizing Hip-Hop Lyrics as Cultural Indicator
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Can Nokia Reinvent Itself Again?
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Solve America’s Employment Crisis With a Netflix Prize
Innovation Digital ArticleAn entire generation’s prosperity vanishing, food stamp use exploding. Welcome to the jobless future. This month’s jobs numbers drive home the point. The unemployment rate fell at the fastest rate for years — great news, right? Wrong. The lion’s share of the gains came from (wait for it) “temporary help services.” See what just happened? […] -
The Risky Business of Diversification
Innovation Magazine ArticleOn the basis of a sample from the top 200 of the Fortune “500” and data from the PIMS (Profit Impact of Market Strategies) project, this author gives some guidelines for established companies on what to expect from new ventures. He points out that it takes an average of 10 to 12 years before the […] -
A Leap Year Lesson on Correcting Leadership Drift
Managing yourself Digital ArticleWe all know why leap years exist, right? Our calendars get out of synch with the solar system so we must periodically get our human calendars back on track with the celestial ones. In other words, February 29th is all about correcting drift. Without those corrections, things become more and more out of synch. Not […] -
Polycentric Innovation: The New Global Innovation Agenda for MNCs
International business Digital ArticleRecently I delivered a talk a the Council on Foreign Relations titled “Managing the New Trajectory of Global Innovation” explaining why and how multinationals must revamp their Western-centric innovation strategy in order to effectively leverage global ideas, talent, and markets. In our increasingly multi-polar world characterized by the inexorable rise of emerging markets like Brazil, […] -
Adobe's CEO on Making Big Bets on Innovation
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIn 1998 the author joined Adobe as vice president and general manager of the engineering technology group. Shortly thereafter he took on layout engineering... -
Changing Face of Chinese Executives
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Early Prototypes Can Hurt a Team's Creativity
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleQuick-and-dirty prototypes can help move projects forward. But many companies rapidly follow them with polished prototypes--and everyone focuses on the... -
The Science of What We Do (and Don’t) Know About Data Visualization
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Research: Which Firms Are Allowed to Be Disruptors?
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Afraid to Innovate? Create an Airlock
Innovation Digital ArticleI gave a talk at the Canadian Marketing Association in Toronto last week. Leaving the hall, I fell into step with a young marketer. She seemed stressed. “How are you doing?” I asked. “I liked your talk,” she said, “but it’s hard. Everyone wants to be innovative but no one wants to make a mistake.” […] -
Innovating for Cash (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleDespite companies' almost fanatical worship of innovation, most new products don't generate money. That's because executives don't realize that the approach... -
Is It Real? Can We Win? Is It Worth Doing?: Managing Risk and Reward in an Innovation Portfolio
Innovation Magazine ArticleMinor innovations make up 85% to 90% of companies’ development portfolios, on average, but they rarely generate the growth companies seek. At a time when companies should be taking bigger—but smart—innovation risks, their bias is in the other direction. From 1990 to 2004 the percentage of major innovations in development portfolios dropped from 20.4 to […] -
Innovation Lessons from Amazon
Innovation Digital ArticleWhen I started using my new Amazon Kindle, it became clear to me that CEO Jeff Bezos is trying to dominate the entire value chain in content, from author to consumption. At a svelte 10.3 ounces, my Kindle, through its free Whispernet connection, can download from 115,000 books, 327 blogs, 18 newspapers, and 15 magazines. […] -
How to Kill a Team's Creativity
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleDiversity, cohesiveness, and autonomy may seem critical to the creative work that teams do. But new research shows that too much of those things can thwart... -
Ten Ways to Diversify an Inbred Network
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleNetworks are essential for collaboration, innovation, and career development. But too many executives have networks that, while they may be large, don’t have enough diversity to be effective. For the past fifteen years, I have asked the executives I teach to list the people with whom they have discussed important work matters over the past […] -
Leaders: Stop Confusing Correlation with Causation
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt's a common mistake - and as companies rely more on data, it's an increasingly costly one.
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Why Entrepreneurs Should Think Like Scientists
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The Middle Path to Innovation
Innovation Magazine ArticleForget disruption and incrementalism. Here’s how to develop high-growth products in slow-growth companies. -
Firms Led by CEOs from Former U.S. Frontier Areas Are Awarded More Patents
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Why Cross-Functional Collaboration Stalls, and How to Fix It
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Should Your Brand Hire a Virtual Influencer?
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Make Decisions with a VC Mindset
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Winning at Influencer Marketing
Management Digital ArticleOver the past 20 years the social media influencer industry has completely rearranged the way information and culture are conceived, produced, marketed,... -
Your Teams Should Drive AI Adoption — Not Senior Leadership
Innovation Digital ArticleMany companies appoint a designated senior leader to find ways to integrate new tech — and that’s a mistake. -
The 3-Stage Process That Makes Universities Prime Innovators
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Corporate Learning Is Boring — But It Doesn’t Have to Be
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A Growth Strategy that Creates and Protects Value
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Why Playing It Safe Is the Riskiest Strategic Choice
Strategy Digital Article“Timid transformation” doomed certain retailers. There’s a better approach. -
The Challenges of Becoming a Less Hierarchical Company
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Why Has the EV Market Stalled?
Marketing Digital ArticleIf automakers want to boost sales, they must cater to a different set of interests and concerns. -
GenAI Could Make Online Conversations More Civil
Internal communication Digital ArticleNew research examines whether LLMs can teach people conflict-mediation techniques at scale. -
Overcoming Common Challenges to Disruptive Innovation
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleHow companies can improve their prospects for growth.
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DBS: Digital Transformation to Best Bank in the World
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case covers the period from 2014 to 2020, when DBS embarks on its second strategy under the stewardship of Piyush Gupta. The aim is to become the... -
A Lead User Template: Unlocking the Value of PWD
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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2017: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (Paperback + Ebook)
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A New Vision for the Stratford Festival
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In January 2016, the executive director of Canada's Stratford Festival, one of North America's largest repertory theatre companies, was considering the... -
Midea: The digital transformation of a home appliances giant
Management Case Study11.95View Details Over the past decade, Asian companies have been launching accelerated and wide-ranging digital transformation initiatives. This has enabled some of them... -
Sustainability and Innovation: Frameworks, Concepts, and Tools for Product and Strategy Redesign
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This technical note introduces the concepts and terms entrepreneurial innovators use in addressing sustainability. It explores the evolution of such terms... -
Vistron Inc.: The Z Glass Project
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Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese Giant
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Redfin: Redefine Real Estate
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Founded in 2004, Redfin envisioned a light-touch model in which clients self-served using the digitized platform in exchange for a significantly lower... -
WWF's Living Planet @ Work: Championed by HP
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Titan Company: Mining for Gold through Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Patidar Exports Private Limited
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Vishant Patel, the founder of Patidar Exports Private Limited (PEPL), an export firm for cotton and other products in Ahmedabad in January 2017, was thinking... -
Leading Transformation: How to Take Charge of Your Company's Future
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The DPC Concentric Health Relationship Platform: Catalyzing Social Entrepreneurship in Health Care Services
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The existing U.S. health care system is complex. Most individuals have health insurance coverage provided by various third-party payers. The payers include... -
TaxiForSure: Technical Innovation in The Radio Cab Industry
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The ''Taxi For Sure: Technological Innovation in the Radio Cab Industry'' and ''The Radio Cab Industry (August 2014)'' cases present an example of the... -
Apple's Future: Apple Watch, Apple TV, and/or Apple Car?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook knew that Apple, despite its phenomenal success, needed to continue to innovate in new product areas in order to continue... -
A&M/Octone Records: All Rights or Nothing?
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In April 2008, after successfully transitioning Octone Records to Universal Music Group and relaunching the label as A&M/Octone Records, president and... -
Phoenix: Facing the Disruptive Challenges of the Bike-Sharing Tide
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case mainly describes how Shanghai Phoenix Bicycle Co., Ltd. (abbreviation: Phoenix), with a history of over 100 years, was disrupted and changed... -
National Instruments
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case explores the use of social media to support product design, customer support, marketing and HR activities at National Instruments (NI). Based... -
Philanthropy Industry Note Part (B): Philanthropy by Individual Donors
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This series of contextual essays provides an overview of the history and status of philanthropic giving in the United States. Drawing on federal tax-based...
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The Reality of What Makes Silicon Valley Tick
Creativity Digital ArticleThe secret sauce is “socialstructing.” -
5 Lessons from Penn Medicine's Crisis Response
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleFive crucial takeaways. -
Visualizing Hip-Hop Lyrics as Cultural Indicator
Design thinking Digital ArticleGraphics aren’t just an alternative to representation in words. -
Can Nokia Reinvent Itself Again?
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleThe company has been down and out before, but it's always found a way back. -
Solve America’s Employment Crisis With a Netflix Prize
Innovation Digital ArticleAn entire generation’s prosperity vanishing, food stamp use exploding. Welcome to the jobless future. This month’s jobs numbers drive home the point. The unemployment rate fell at the fastest rate for years — great news, right? Wrong. The lion’s share of the gains came from (wait for it) “temporary help services.” See what just happened? […] -
DBS: Digital Transformation to Best Bank in the World
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case covers the period from 2014 to 2020, when DBS embarks on its second strategy under the stewardship of Piyush Gupta. The aim is to become the... -
The Risky Business of Diversification
Innovation Magazine ArticleOn the basis of a sample from the top 200 of the Fortune “500” and data from the PIMS (Profit Impact of Market Strategies) project, this author gives some guidelines for established companies on what to expect from new ventures. He points out that it takes an average of 10 to 12 years before the […] -
A Lead User Template: Unlocking the Value of PWD
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In early 2012, supported by a seed grant from PepsiCo, Nithya Raman, then a masters student in marketing at Columbia Business School (CBS), partnered... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads 2017: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place. We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review... -
A New Vision for the Stratford Festival
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In January 2016, the executive director of Canada's Stratford Festival, one of North America's largest repertory theatre companies, was considering the...