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Does Your Company’s Culture Reinforce Its Strategy and Purpose?
Corporate strategy Digital ArticleStrategies for leaders to align all three. -
Stop Tinkering with Your Corporate Strategy
Strategy Digital ArticleIf you keep changing it, did you even have one to begin with? -
Don’t Confuse Strategy with Lofty Goals
Strategy Digital ArticleToo many companies communicate strategy as a set of aspirations, leaving employees in the dark about the intended direction. -
6 Factors Driving Changes to Today’s Corporate Strategies
Strategy Digital ArticleCompetitive advantages don’t last as long as they used to. -
Design Your Organization to Match Your Strategy
Organizational transformation Digital ArticleSix strategies to ensure you’re crafting a strategy that your company can actually execute. -
4 Steps to Creating a Strategy in an Uncertain World
Corporate strategy Digital ArticleFocus less on what your company can do and reimagine what it could do. -
When Shifting Strategy, Don’t Lose Sight of Your Long-Term Vision
Strategy Digital ArticleShort-term pivots are unavoidable. But if they don’t align with your big-picture plan, they’ll likely fail. -
Welcome to Web3
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleWeb3--a blockchain-based web that includes cryptocurrencies, NFTs, DAOs, decentralized finance, and more--promises to transform the experience of being... -
The Best Strategies Don’t Just Take a Long View. They Take a Broad View.
Strategy Digital ArticleThreats and opportunities can emerge at any moment, from any direction. -
Twitch CEO on the Future of the Creator Economy – and the Challenge to Keep the Platform Safe
Business and society Digital Article“That kind of violence, that kind of hate … [doesn’t] have any place anywhere in our society, or especially on Twitch.” -
Think You Have a Great Idea? Ask These 6 Questions to Gain Perspective.
Corporate strategy Digital ArticleYou might not be seeing potential hurdles. -
The Semiconductor Crisis Should Change Your Long-Term Supply Chain Strategy
Operations and supply chain management Digital ArticleTo build company resilience, CEOs must prioritize relationships with suppliers. -
Cirque du Soleil’s Daniel Lamarre on How to Put Creativity at the Center of Your Strategy
Business and society Digital Article“There is no excuse. Creativity has to be at the forefront.” -
When Keyword Poaching Pays Off
Advertising Digital ArticleNew research looks at when it works to bid on ads for a competitor’s keywords — and when it backfires. -
Are You Tracking the Customer Service Metrics That Really Count?
Customer service Digital ArticleDon’t just focus on tactical, operational goals. Ask what your customers are actually experiencing — and continuously push for improvement. -
Cautionary Tales from Cryptoland
Business and society Big IdeaA Q&A with software engineer and Web3 critic Molly White. -
What Is Web3?
Blockchain Big IdeaYour guide to (what could be) the future of the internet. -
Are Customers Lying to Your Chatbot?
Psychology Digital ArticleResearch finds that people are more than twice as likely to lie when interacting with a digital system than when talking to a human. -
Capture New Value from Your Existing Tech Infrastructure
Corporate strategy Digital ArticleHow a Malaysia-based telecom discovered a new revenue model. -
3 Obstacles to Globalizing a Digital Platform
Global strategy Digital ArticleAnd how to overcome them.
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Does Your Company's Culture Reinforce Its Strategy and Purpose?
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleStrategies for leaders to align all three. -
Don’t Confuse Strategy with Lofty Goals
Strategy Digital ArticleToo many companies communicate strategy as a set of aspirations, leaving employees in the dark about the intended direction. -
What Is Web3?
Technology & Operations Big IdeaYour guide to (what could be) the future of the internet. -
What Is Web3?
Blockchain Big IdeaYour guide to (what could be) the future of the internet. -
How to Survive a Recession and Thrive Afterward
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAccording to an analysis led by Ranjay Gulati, during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000, 17% of the 4,700 public companies studied fared very badly:... -
The Ordinary Heroes of the Taj
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen terrorists attacked the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, employees of the Taj Mumbai hotel displayed uncommon valor. They placed the safety of guests... -
4 Steps to Creating a Strategy in an Uncertain World
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleFocus less on what your company can do and reimagine what it could do. -
Stop Tinkering with Your Corporate Strategy
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleIf you keep changing it, did you even have one to begin with? -
Design Your Organization to Match Your Strategy
Organizational transformation Digital ArticleSix strategies to ensure you’re crafting a strategy that your company can actually execute. -
The Balanced Scorecard—Measures that Drive Performance
Balanced scorecard Magazine ArticleWhat you measure is what you get. Senior executives understand that their organization’s measurement system strongly affects the behavior of managers and employees. Executives also understand that traditional financial accounting measures like return-on-investment and earnings-per-share can give misleading signals for continuous improvement and innovation—activities today’s competitive environment demands. The traditional financial performance measures worked well […] -
How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleAwareness of these forces can help a company stake out a position in its industry that is less vulnerable to attack. -
The Leader's Guide to Corporate Culture
Organizational Development SpotlightExecutives are often confounded by culture, because much of it is anchored in unspoken behaviors, mindsets, and social patterns. But when properly managed,... -
6 Factors Driving Changes to Today’s Corporate Strategies
Strategy Digital ArticleCompetitive advantages don’t last as long as they used to. -
The Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Answer
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleDiversify your product line. Stick to your knitting. Hire a professional manager. Watch fixed costs. Those are some of the suggestions that entrepreneurs... -
Don’t Let Perfection Be the Enemy of Productivity
Personal productivity Digital ArticleThree ways perfectionists self-sabotage. -
What Is Disruptive Innovation?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which... -
The Five Stages of Small Business Growth
Entrepreneurial management Magazine ArticleCategorizing the problems and growth patterns of small businesses in a systematic way that is useful to entrepreneurs seems at first glance a hopeless task. Small businesses vary widely in size and capacity for growth. They are characterized by independence of action, differing organizational structures, and varied management styles. Yet on closer scrutiny, it becomes […] -
When It’s Safe to Rely on Intuition (and When It’s Not)
Decision making and problem solving Digital ArticleThree factors all deciders should consider. -
What VUCA Really Means for You
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleTo meet the challenges of a complex world, strategic planners need to understand the differences between the four elements of VUCA--volatility, uncertainty,... -
Know Your Customers' "Jobs to Be Done"
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleFirms have never known more about their customers, but their innovation processes remain hit-or-miss. Why? According to Christensen and his coauthors,...
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Amil and the Health Care System in Brazil
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Dr. Edson Bueno created Amil, Brazil's largest health insurer. Unlike many others, it is vertically integrated. Dr. Bueno has two opportunities for growth.... -
Seeing What's on Red Auerbach's Mind
Sales & Marketing Case Study15.05View Details Analysis of an interview with Red Auerbach, HBR No. 87201. Alan M. Webber, who conducted the interview, probed for the lessons that Auerbach has learned... -
The First 90 Days in Government: Critical Success Strategies for New Public Managers at All Levels
32.00View Details More than 250,000 public sector managers in the United States take on new positions each year and many more aspire to leadership. Each will confront special... -
E2M Health Services
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Outlines the growth of an innovative diabetes disease management organization from 1994-99. Having demonstrated the success of their model in managing... -
Belton Semiconductors (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details After two hours of further intense, heated debate, Belton's COO has acquiesced and agreed with the manager of a large management consulting firm on every... -
Beth Israel Hospital, Boston
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The hospital is reviewing its obstetrical services and trying to decide on future strategy relative to communications, pricing and service characteristics.... -
Merck & Co., Inc.: Corporate Strategy, Organization and Culture (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Cathay Pacific (B): Implementing an Integrated e-Freight Solution
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details This case is designed as the second part of a two-part case study on Cathay Pacific's cargo operations, but it can be used separately on a stand-alone... -
Peter F. Drucker on Nonprofits and the Public Sector
30.00View Details The Best of Peter F. Drucker on Non-Profits and the Public Sector. Peter F. Drucker's classic and timeless insights on improving effectiveness in the... -
Fixing Facebook: Fake News, Privacy, and Platform Governance, Portuguese Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook based on the idea that connecting people was a fundamentally good thing-and a way to turn a handsome profit. But from... -
Cochin International Airport: Gateway to God's Own Country
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Cochin International Airport opened in 1999 to widespread acclaim as the first and only airport to be constructed and operated by a private company in... -
BoKlok's Housing for the Many People: On-the-Money Homes for Pinpointed Buyers
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Jonas Spangenberg, CEO of BoKlok, an entrepreneurial industrialized construction venture focused on providing low-cost housing to a sharply defined, relatively... -
Lac-Megantic Train Derailment: Putting Out the Fires (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement for W13550 -
Agrium's Ill-Fated Bid to Acquire CF Industries Holdings
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The case is set in early 2010, a few weeks after Agrium, a large fertilizer manufacturer and distributor, put an end to its attempt to acquire CF Industries... -
Nantero, Spanish Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study15.05View Details This case describes a decision confronting the founder of Nantero, a company developing a new semiconductor technology. The company needs to raise additional... -
Leading People
9.95View Details Today's leaders don't use command-and-control. Instead, they leverage their communication, collaboration, and conflict-resolution skills to inspire employees... -
SREI Sahaj e-Village (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Sahaj e-Village Limited, an initiative of SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd, hoped to answer the need of the Indian government's National e-Governance Plan... -
Tenant and Landlord Rights
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Certain key principles govern the landlord-tenant relationship in both commercial and residential settings. Because most property law is state specific,... -
Autonomous Vehicles: Smooth or Bumpy Ride Ahead?
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In early 2019, transportation was set to undergo a major transformation with the advent of autonomous vehicles (AVs), also referred to as driverless cars,... -
C16 Biosciences: Lab-Grown Palm Oil
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Synthetic biology start-up C16 Biosciences wants to solve a big problem: replace palm oil, a major contributor to deforestation and climate change, with...
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Does Your Company's Culture Reinforce Its Strategy and Purpose?
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleStrategies for leaders to align all three. -
Don’t Confuse Strategy with Lofty Goals
Strategy Digital ArticleToo many companies communicate strategy as a set of aspirations, leaving employees in the dark about the intended direction. -
What Is Web3?
Technology & Operations Big IdeaYour guide to (what could be) the future of the internet. -
What Is Web3?
Blockchain Big IdeaYour guide to (what could be) the future of the internet. -
How to Survive a Recession and Thrive Afterward
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAccording to an analysis led by Ranjay Gulati, during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000, 17% of the 4,700 public companies studied fared very badly:... -
The Ordinary Heroes of the Taj
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen terrorists attacked the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, employees of the Taj Mumbai hotel displayed uncommon valor. They placed the safety of guests... -
4 Steps to Creating a Strategy in an Uncertain World
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleFocus less on what your company can do and reimagine what it could do. -
Stop Tinkering with Your Corporate Strategy
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleIf you keep changing it, did you even have one to begin with? -
Design Your Organization to Match Your Strategy
Organizational transformation Digital ArticleSix strategies to ensure you’re crafting a strategy that your company can actually execute. -
The Balanced Scorecard—Measures that Drive Performance
Balanced scorecard Magazine ArticleWhat you measure is what you get. Senior executives understand that their organization’s measurement system strongly affects the behavior of managers and employees. Executives also understand that traditional financial accounting measures like return-on-investment and earnings-per-share can give misleading signals for continuous improvement and innovation—activities today’s competitive environment demands. The traditional financial performance measures worked well […]