Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Given ongoing trends, consumers will soon find self-quantification apps and options as ubiquitous as "Like" buttons and QR codes. A store like Macy's or Home Depot could use augmented reality layers to let people see underlying details of clothes or tools that a simple tag or QR code might not. But that's a battle for beyond 2012.

Innovation 18

Innovation Entrepreneurship Marketing Design 18

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2012

In early 2012, my company made the decision to open source a key piece of our technology platform. Open sourcing" means to make software's source code publicly available, so that anybody can recreate the software or modify it to make their own version. What if everyone thinks our code is lousy, and nobody likes us?

Software Review 17

Software Review Technical Review Software Software Developers 17

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2012

It's the first work week of 2012, and from what I see on Twitter, lots of folks are jumping into the New Year with a resolution or two. Dump all your current and upcoming tasks or projects into the spreadsheet. Put everything in one column, with one task or project per row. Review your committed tasks and cull again.

Software Review 20

Software Review Project Exercises Report 20

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2012

In early 2012, my company made the decision to open source a key piece of our technology platform. Open sourcing" means to make software's source code publicly available, so that anybody can recreate the software or modify it to make their own version. What if everyone thinks our code is lousy, and nobody likes us?

Software Review 10

Software Review Technical Review Software Software Developers 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

In 2012, GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt launched GE’s digital strategy to connect minds and machines, combining a legacy of innovative industrial manufacturing with cutting-edge data and analytics expertise. However, the pace of global business now often precludes doing traditionally rigorous diligence.

Technical Review 14

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Disruption 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In 2012, HBR dubbed data scientist “the sexiest job of the 21st century ” It is also, arguably, the vaguest. Modeling scientist: Direct improvements in the product or business from the code developed and shipped. Monty Rakusen/Getty Images. The elusive full stack data scientists do exist, though they are hard to find.

Data 15

Data Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

In the HBR article, " A Reverse Innovation Playbook " (April 2012) and our forthcoming book, Reverse Innovation , my co-author, Chris Trimble, and I elaborate on how western multinationals can overcome their dominant logic. Immediate and radical change within small teams spearheading projects from the bottom up.

Underperforming Technical Team 15

Underperforming Technical Team CTO Leadership Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

billion, which has experienced incredible growth, with the total number of users having practically doubled each year since 2012. HelloFresh has also had impressive growth rates, with revenues reaching about $300 million in 2015, a huge increase from its $3 million in 2012. A third example is Airbnb, now valued at $25.5

Technical Cofounder 14

Technical Cofounder Learning Company Analysis 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2013

Ferose became the managing director of SAP Labs India, one of fifteen global R&D centers of the German software giant SAP. Ferose's mandate was to reduce employee turnover to below 10% by 2012. In April 2010, V.R. Another team of employees designed and deployed a daycare for working mothers.

Innovation 12

Innovation Software Resources Project 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Consider the case of Alphatech (a disguised name), which sells software that allows businesses to deploy applications consistently across their desktops, laptops, and other devices. Since every business has a somewhat unique combination of hardware and software, Alphatech grew by taking responsibility for integration and after-sale support.

Strategy 14

Strategy Strategy Software Review Guidelines 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In November 2003, after due diligence, we announced our agreement to purchase 3721 for $120 million. The idea was simple: Combine the best of both companies into the new Yahoo China, which was projected to generate more than $25 million in revenue in 2004. The company subsequently went private in early 2012.

Software Review 14

Software Review Technical Review Marketing Leadership 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

from 2012 to 2014. Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Skype and Slack make entrepreneurial self-organization around a project or a prototype faster, simpler and cheaper. But speed and agility matter measurably more for many innovators than proprietary software development and patent filings. Does this frighten IP attorneys?

Software Engineering 15

Software Engineering Survey Entrepreneurship Software Developers 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In 2012, Cabot became a certified B Corp. “B Corp certification was an affordable way to review everything from our energy and water usage, impact on the community, to the cleaning products we use,” says co-founder and one of the original companies to seek B corp certification Mandy Cabot.

Software Review 15

Software Review Guidelines Study Culture 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

. “If you went to bed last night as an industrial company, you’re going to wake up this morning as a software and analytics company.” As venture capital investor Marc Andreesen pointed out, “software is eating the world.” ” Jeff Immelt, former CEO of General Electric.

Radical Innovation 15

Radical Innovation Disruption Technical Review Software Review 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Consider, for example, the UK software company, Red Gate. They first experimented with a "coding by the sea" initiative, where they got a bunch of volunteers to take over a beach house for a few days to see if they could make progress on a software product. So a more focused approach may be more worthwhile.

Software Review 10

Software Review Company Technical Review Case Study 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

This, I would argue, is due to another reality of Silicon Valley. You can see them most evenings at Noisebridge (pictured below) — a collective space for learning and doing projects together whose members'' main guiding principle is to "be excellent to each other.". Science Hack Day photo by Gretchen Curtis, 2012.

Technical Review 12

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Engagement 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

But the development landscape is littered with projects that never got past the pilot stage. When the seed funding from philanthropies or governments runs out, if projects haven’t signed up enough paying users, there’s nothing to fuel growth. As simple as it sounds, development projects need revenue.

Technology 15

Technology Project System Tips 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

As industrial era companies, from Mattel to GE, start to transform into software-enabled businesses, executives stand to benefit from understanding three principles that drive venture investors. I’d love a software-based assistant that anticipates my needs and schedules meetings accordingly. A lot of ideas sound great at first.

Software 14

Software Industry Culture Project 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

Before retiring in 2012, it was a balancing act he knew well. So larger projects had a long lead-time, which conflicted with the rapidly changing tech cycle. In my estimation, the Air Force was spending almost 70% of our budget on legacy systems – that is, maintaining software applications that were written decades ago.

Software Review 9

Software Review Technical Review Software System 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

In 2011 senior HR leaders at Mars decided that we would study our global workforce and try to crack the code of how to maximize team effectiveness. We had a chance to test our framework in early 2012 with the Mars Petcare China leadership team. The first: Why is their collaboration essential to achieving their business results?

Team Building 15

Team Building Collaboration Survey Groups 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Crack the code of executive presence. Across the board, 56% of minority professionals feel they are held to a stricter code of EP than their Caucasian peers. Despite advances in workplace acceptance, 41% of American lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) workers remain closeted at the office in 2012.

Conference 15

Conference Survey Leadership Competition 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

From early on, Google employees were encouraged to spend a significant portion of their time on interesting side projects, with the idea that some of these projects would become new products. Both Gmail and AdSense, the company’s ad software for publishers, started out as 20% time projects.

Change 16

Change Management Policies Survey 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2015

grew by nearly 80% between 2005 and 2012. In its place, he provided custom project management software. Teams must know how and when individuals should provide updates, review deliverables, and make decisions. Conditions are seemingly ideal: More and more people are choosing to work remotely. About 94% of U.S.

Company 15

Company Software Review Technical Review Collaboration 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

In 2012 a hacker built and revealed a simple device that can open Onity-brand electronic locks (which secure over 4 million hotel room doors ) without a key. Apart from those who work on specific niche applications, engineers who write software for embedded hardware systems don''t usually focus on security issues.

Internet of things 9

Internet of things Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2017

From 2007 to 2012 the Army health care system grew rapidly — with little central coordination — to meet the surging care needs from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Here are the principles it employed that other health care systems could adopt: Build standardized care on a foundation of uniform accounting codes.

System 8

System Software Review Data Report 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

In 2012 Google embarked on an enormous research project. Code-named “Project Aristotle,” the aim was to see what made successful teams tick. So the first step to building an innovative team is to hire people interested in the problems you need to solve. Promote psychological safety.

Underperforming Technical Team 15

Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Creativity Collaboration 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Software company Rite-Solutions has developed a state-of-the-art "innovation engine" to unearth the organization's hidden genius. To accelerate that transformation, the company launched a social platform (called "Shift") to harvest ideas and inject agility into crucial projects. Story by Jim Lavoie.

Management 13

Management Software Review Technical Review Roadmap 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

At the Mayo Clinic, we implemented sedation-weaning and ventilator-weaning protocols and a color-coded communications scheme in the ICU in an effort to more quickly identify mechanically ventilated patients who were able to be awakened and breathe on their own. The protocol was implemented between November 2011 and May 2012.

Software Review 8

Software Review Survey Team Building Report 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2017

And while we’ve found customers for IoT connectivity, the number of our customers who value the new technology has been much lower than industry projections led us to believe. In 2012, an estimate of a trillion internet-connected devices (by 2015!) Our products work with apps or without apps. appeared in an IBM investor briefing.

Internet of things 13

Internet of things Software Technology Software Development 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

Genesys, a pioneer of customer experience and call center software, has offices across the globe, and it’s growing quickly, having acquired 10 companies since 2012. The company needed to spread the message that, in fact, GE is involved in fascinating projects that will affect the world in positive ways.

Marketing 14

Marketing Strategy Strategy Report 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

In December 2012 and January of this year, Tata Consultancy Services surveyed 1,217 executives from large companies (revenue of more than $1 billion) in a dozen global industries in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. How else did the companies projecting the greatest ROI from Big Data differ from underperformers?

Big Data 10

Big Data Data Company Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2014

Andy O''Connell "Project Will Be" Better Phrasing for Online Fundraising Free Range Thinking The Pebble smartwatch raised $10 million, making it Kickstarter’s most successful fundraising effort. From these they isolated the top 100 phrases that, they say, correlated significantly with funded — and underfunded — projects.

Management 8

Management Project Culture Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

In 2012, even in the midst of an anemic global economy and budget tightening at firms, the amount spent on these events worldwide was an estimated $565 billion. The Dreamforce 2014 homepage had a calculator that provided users with the projected ROI that their respective companies would gain from their presence at the conference.

Data 14

Data Marketing Meeting Software 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

When I met Lane, in 2012, he had just returned from a Medtronic-sponsored skills-based volunteering trip to Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Center in Chennai, India. Bring these individuals into your organization, and allow those already working with you to work on their passion projects. Prioritize problem-solving.

Company 14

Company Technical Support Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

“You get more done and you advance the projects you care about and are responsible for,” which means “you’re more likely to be noticed, get promoted, and receive raises.” George Gallegos, CEO of Jitterbit, the data integration software provider based in Oakland, California, is not a top-down leader.

How To 21

How To Case Study Conference Meeting 21

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2014

But invest in this digital project and ignore the opportunity costs—i.e., Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of people in sales occupations in 2012 was virtually the same as in 1992—before the rise of the internet. what else we could be doing with that money, time and people to drive customer acquisition and profitable growth.”.

Survey 14

Survey Comparison Data Report 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

I recently saw one such space when I was invited to give a talk at Citrix , the Silicon Valley-based maker of GoToMeeting and virtualization and cloud software, as part of their Design Salon speaker series. This is something we are investigating for our next "release" in 2012. Who uses it? Do people use it the way you expected?

Collaboration 18

Collaboration Brainstorming Conference Design 18