IdeaSpies

AUGUST 31, 2018

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. The management consultant giant McKinsey and Co. 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.

Software Review 57

Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Resources 57

IdeaSpies

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. The management consultant giant McKinsey and Co. 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.

Software Review 57

Software Review Technical Review Innovation Underperforming Technical Team 57

IdeaSpies

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Between 1996-2001, Jim Collins’ team researched and wrote a bestselling book called Good to Great. The management consultant giant McKinsey and Co. 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.

Software Review 57

Software Review Technical Review Innovation Underperforming Technical Team 57

Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 7, 2013

Project Management for Stakeholder Interviews. Try to speak with engineering management as well as the design engineer(s), if such a role exists; it’s seldom a good idea to involve the entire engineering team at this point. How large is the engineering team assigned to the project, and what are their skills?

Technical Review 47

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Development 47

Innovation 360 Group

MAY 10, 2016

Among others we use our own developed assessment tool InnoSurvey TM and our innovation database which today provide us with benchmark data from more than 1000 corporate measurements done over the last few years. You can read more about this in e.g. Mr. Jason Lunday’s featured column about Typical Weaknesses of Codes of Conduct; [link].

Leadership 40

Leadership Radical Innovation Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 40

Boxes and Arrows

APRIL 9, 2009

IA Summit 2009 Podcasts The IA Summit was held in Memphis, TN from March 20-22. Additionally, Nate identifies the key considerations when designing a mobile ethnographic study, indicating how technological developments in the future might be used to improve upon current methods.

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CorporateIntel

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Can you imagine a good reason to continue two separate editorial teams? Can you imagine the same editorial team producing two presumably different publications? So 18,000 people lost their jobs because no deal could be reached between managers and workers? at this time last year and from more than 50% in 2009.”

Underperforming Technical Team 40

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Open Innovation EU

MAY 17, 2017

Research has shown that innovation is mostly linked to the Schumpetarian view: innovative companies are more likely to be started by Schumpetarian-type founders (Samuelsson & Davidsson, 2009), are more likely to be started by engineering students (Ilozor et al., Are managers prepared to allow experimentation? Shane, 2003).

Entrepreneurship 62

Entrepreneurship Creativity Underperforming Technical Team Study 62

Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 7, 2013

Project Management for Stakeholder Interviews. Marketing stakeholders (such as marketing executives and most product managers) are usually responsible for promoting the company’s brand, identifying new market opportunities and products that could address them, or both. If that’s the case, ask this question of the corporate team.

Marketing 43

Marketing Guidelines Underperforming Technical Team Design 43

Innovation 360

MAY 10, 2016

Among others we use our own developed assessment tool InnoSurvey TM and our innovation database which today provide us with benchmark data from more than 1000 corporate measurements done over the last few years. You can read more about this in e.g. Mr. Jason Lunday’s featured column about Typical Weaknesses of Codes of Conduct; [link].

Leadership 40

Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Radical Innovation 40

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Companies that operate as a collection of silos commit the cardinal sin of underperforming relative to the resources they have invested. Money is left on the table because managers are unwilling or unable to cross-sell their products and services, cross-pollinate resources to create new products, or share best practices to improve efficiency.

Collaboration 16

Collaboration Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Resources 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2011

Let me add another accolade to good teachers — great management skills. In fall 2009, however, I had the opportunity to teach in an undergraduate program for a local university. Since I like to draw leadership lessons from what I observe, let me share a few things about teaching that apply as well to managers.

Management 15

Management Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Learning 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

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. The result: Employees get confused and cynical (senior management's "flavor of the month"). The good news is that new initiatives can energize people to attack organizational problems.

Underperforming Technical Team 15

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2015

These are important traits, but it’s equally important for managers to stand down and listen up. So, how can you develop this muscle? To break him of this bad habit, Su instructed him to use a “listening stick.” Some of us were taught that it was weak to listen, that we need to speak up,” says Su.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

Managers who want to recognize employees for good work have many tools at their disposal. However, managers in most companies have a good deal of input into the decision, and in some cases they are the ultimate decision makers. It's critical that managers make these decisions about promotions and raises carefully. "I

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Employee trust in management and commitment to the company have been in decline for decades. Only a minority of companies have managed to buck this decline and have built companies worthy of the human spirit. It takes a careful mix of mission, management, and culture. How do they do it? Sponsored by Citrix GoToMeeting.

Engagement 15

Engagement Company Underperforming Technical Team Policies 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Some of the worst corporate disasters of the past two decades were heralded by whistleblowers: Sherron Watkins raised the red flag internally at Enron, Cynthia Cooper let management know of major accounting problems at WorldCom, and Matthew Lee brought problems to his management team at Lehman Brothers.

Company 15

Company Underperforming Technical Team Report System 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

And as for us, we had a reputation for poor customer service and dated floorplans. We launched a Culture Committee to help address the specific, emergency needs of our team. So we added more training and developed incentive programs. So we developed a concept called "Life Spaces" for our new homes. Not good enough.

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Underperforming Technical Team Culture LEAN Design 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2014

The first sign of trouble emerged in 2009, shortly after GFT launched, when it completely missed the swine flu pandemic. In Science , a team of Harvard-affiliated researchers published their findings that GFT has over-estimated the prevalence of flu for 100 out of the last 108 weeks; it’s been wrong since August 2011.

Big Data 11

Big Data Data Trends Underperforming Technical Team 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

In fact, management consultancy Bain & Co. Since 2009 we have interviewed and surveyed 181 executives who run PE-owned companies, as well as eight to 15 people who work with each of these 181 executives (supervisors, board members, director reports, and others). Selectively developing top team members to accomplish the strategy.

Company 13

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Bertolini observed that many of his peers had been promising 15% earnings per share (EPS), even during the financial crisis of 2009. ” Bertolini and his team studied the industry and concluded that a reasonable target was no more than 6% EPS. The company’s stated purpose is to “help people walk through walls.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

When his son, Hayden, was diagnosed with the disease, in 2009, Lane was a product manager at GE Energy. Like so many others living with diabetes care, he stayed awake late into the night managing his son’s blood sugar, checking and adjusting every few hours. That was enough for Lane. He left to pursue the ideas on his own.

Company 14

Company Technical Support Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

At the same time, the New York company launched a Silicon Valley start-up with a separate mission, management team, and business model while leveraging vital assets of the parent. Companies should have their fingers on the pulse of the start-up community to spot potentially transformational development early.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2013

There''s a question all top managers should ask: How can I make my sales force, which is one of the biggest and most important investments my company makes, perform more effectively?". Managing a sales force requires many difficult decisions. Improving sales force management is a huge opportunity. Sales forces are expensive.

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Underperforming Technical Team Big Data Data Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2014

When Paul arrived at Unilever in 2009, I was running the global laundry and home care business and also the water business around the world. I set off to do two things initially: First, develop a plan that would define the strategy for doubling our business while increasing our positive social impact and reducing our environmental footprint.

Marketing 15

Marketing Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

Thus, at this point, it is unable to develop and innovate the sort of software that could realize the full potential for customer advocacy and engagement on its platform. For the most part, they haven't yet developed the skills necessary to build such genuine engagement. Managing customer advocacy programs.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

It increased R&D spending from 7-8% of revenue before 2009 to 11-12% of revenue starting in 2010, and maximized the return on that increased investment. It has a more rigorous organization structure that divides responsibilities between the innovation team and development team, and strengthens management around the opportunity pipeline.

Technology 9

Technology Underperforming Technical Team Innovation System 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

How many times have you had a strategy meeting that gathered a smart, enthusiastic team to generate interesting ideas and debate their merits, yet after the meeting… nothing… much… happened? He was looking for an outside team to help Kuoni approach this question, but there were a few ground rules.

Company 13

Company Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Resources 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2014

There are some key areas in which people aren’t satisfied, specifically around growth and development opportunities and recognition. There’s a huge gulf in this area, and there are similar ones around training, development, and advancement. Sometimes that’s more meaningful than praise from a manager.

Survey 14

Survey Engagement Underperforming Technical Team Report 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies. We’re now entering a new era of innovation , one that the model doesn’t quite fit, and we will have to develop new approaches to build the future.

Underperforming Technical Team 8

Underperforming Technical Team Technical Cofounder Technology Entrepreneurship 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2014

Big-company corporate development departments dream of acquisitions that substantially boost revenue or bring assets that turbo-charge growth. Most midsize companies lack the breadth and depth of skilled corporate development professionals whose jobs are to source, make, and integrate acquisitions. The San Jose, Calif.-based

Development Team Review 9

Development Team Review Company Underperforming Technical Team Groups 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

They are partnering with an Office of New Urban Mechanics in Boston or in Philadelphia, co-developing products in San Francisco’s Entrepreneurship-in-Residence program, or deploying some of the more than $430 million invested into civic-tech in the last two years. Of course, that’s not all bad.

Entrepreneurship 12

Entrepreneurship LEAN Handbook Software Review 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. Connectors in the middle. Critical contractors.

Underperforming Technical Team 8

Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence Competition Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

In 2006, they hired an experienced president to manage their rapidly growing business. But AMP’D underpriced its services and regularly extended credit to bad-risk customers. The management team at Rodan + Fields, today a $250 million skincare products company, understood this risk. The future looked bright.

Strategy 10

Strategy Strategy Company Underperforming Technical Team 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2013

Lafley and Bob McDonald worked as a team during the 2000s; when Lafley scored his major successes, McDonald was by his side as vice chairman and then COO. McDonald became CEO in the 2009 recession, a time when the middle class continued to shrink. Of course a company should never neglect its largest developed markets.

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hackerearth

MAY 12, 2017

On top of structuring management and operations, every new idea was to be consistent with the company’s goals. That is the lesson learned at Lego — just in time,” says David Robertson, Professor of Practice teaching Innovation and Product Development at Wharton. If you thought GameCube was bad, Wii U was worse. Fingers crossed!

Innovation 40

Innovation Disruption Video Underperforming Technical Team 40

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

Three prior CIA directors, and countless senior officials, operations officers, analysts, technical experts, and support teams carried out this campaign, developing important pieces of intelligence along the way. But when we arrived at Langley in early 2009, there were no solid leads on Bin Laden’s whereabouts.

Management 13

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