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Great to Good

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. The title of this piece is ‘Great to Good’. The question is “Why?”

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. The management consultant giant McKinsey and Co.

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Great to Good Innovation

IdeaSpies

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. did a follow-on study that found 32 of the 50 companies described in these books to only matched or underperformed the market over their subsequent 15-to-20-year period. The title of this piece is ‘Great to Good’. Now, how about these?

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Innovate, Adapt, Overcome: How to Beat a Recession with Idea Management & Continuous Improvement

Qmarkets

However, by developing an innovation strategy that anticipates a downturn, you can help your enterprise weather the storm and even uncover lucrative ways to gain a competitive edge. In addition, you could send out periodic emails updating staff on new developments, or even launch “teaser” campaigns for upcoming projects.

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Avoid the Improvement Hype Cycle

Harvard Business Review

But the bad news is that they have to learn a new improvement approach — one that can conflict with others that have worked in the past. In 2009, Grainger's senior management team decided to reflect on their history with improvement initiatives before deploying a Lean-based continuous improvement system.

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business Review

In 2007 Harvard Business School professor Ethan S. But Bernstein and his team observed that when managers were not watching, employees secretly developed and shared better ways of doing the work. The same is true for any team or organization. These stats were reviewed by managers every week.

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What I’ve Learned from Talking About My Bipolar Disorder at Work

Harvard Business Review

I worked with my manager as well as our HR team to ensure they were in the loop and could provide me with support through the process. What I didn’t do was let my team know about my med change. Around one in four of us will be affected by poor mental health in our lifetimes. I assumed I was as prepared as I could be.