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Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive
Innovation Magazine ArticleCreate new markets for growth without destroying existing companies or jobs. -
Stop Eliminating Perfectly Good Candidates by Asking Them the Wrong Questions
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleToo many applicants are screened out because they don’t fit a particular pattern. -
What Is Strategy?
Strategy Magazine ArticleFor starters, it’s not the same as operational effectiveness. -
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,... -
How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Steve Jobs returned to Apple, in 1997, it had a conventional structure for a company of its size and scope. It was divided into business units, each... -
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... -
Change Management Requires a Change Mindset
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOur ability to manage change hinges on our ability to manage ourselves, including our fears and anxieties. -
Why Design Thinking Works
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleWhile we know a lot about practices that stimulate new ideas, innovation teams often struggle to apply them. Why? Because people's biases and entrenched... -
Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the past few years, a new methodology for launching companies, called "the lean start-up," has begun to replace the old regimen. Traditionally, a venture's... -
Blue Ocean Strategy
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerDespite a long-term decline in the circus industry, Cirque du Soleil profitably increased revenue twenty-two-fold over the last 10 years by reinventing... -
A Refresher on Statistical Significance
Analytics and data science Digital ArticleIt’s too often misused and misunderstood. -
The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe author, whose biography of Steve Jobs was an instant best seller after the Apple CEO's death in October 2011, sets out here to correct what he perceives... -
How Generative AI Could Disrupt Creative Work
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleThree scenarios — and how to navigate them. -
What Makes a Great Leader?, Japanese Version
Leadership & Managing People Big IdeaTomorrow's leaders master three key roles - architect, bridger, and catalyst, or ABCs - to access the talent and tools they need to drive innovation and... -
McKinsey’s Three Horizons Model Defined Innovation for Years. Here’s Why It No Longer Applies.
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleIt assumes that breakthrough innovations will take years to develop. -
You Need an Innovation Strategy
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleWhy is it so hard to build and maintain the capacity to innovate? The reason is not simply a failure to execute but a failure to articulate an innovation... -
How Diversity Can Drive Innovation
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleCompanies that have what the authors call two-dimensional (2-D) diversity--their leaders exhibit both inherent and learned diversity traits--are much... -
Why Diverse Teams Are Smarter, Chinese Version
Organizational Development Digital ArticleResearch shows they're more successful in three important ways. -
A Refresher on A/B Testing
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleSpoiler: Many people are doing it wrong. -
Welcome to the Experience Economy
Economic cycles and trends Magazine ArticleAs goods and services become commoditized, the customer experiences that companies create will matter most.
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5 Ways Marketing and Sales Leaders Can Embrace GenAI
Sales and marketing Digital ArticleA survey of over 600 business leaders from large U.S. companies suggests they’ve been reluctant to do so. -
Preparing for Your Next Career Move
Balancing work and family Digital ArticleHow to assess your priorities in a job search. -
4 Ways Silicon Valley Changed How Companies Are Run
Organizational culture Digital ArticleAnd what legacy companies can learn from their success. -
What Leaders Need to Know About Spatial Computing
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleHow it could change our relationships with tech, and how companies can prepare. -
Research: How Creative Collaboration Can Strengthen Relationships
Creativity Digital ArticleIt can reduce rudeness and make people feel more connected — but only under certain conditions. -
The “Piggyback” Approach to Innovation
Innovation Digital ArticleThis tactic can help organizations diversify sources of revenue, improve products’ appeal, and create entirely new businesses. -
How Corporate Purpose Leads to Innovation
Innovation Digital ArticleThe best innovations reinforce the company’s purpose and create mutual value for its key constituents. -
Adobe’s CEO on Making Big Bets on Innovation
Technology and analytics Magazine ArticleThe company’s shift to Creative Cloud was an entirely new way to engage existing clients and attract new ones. -
Keep Your AI Projects on Track
AI and machine learning SpotlightMost go off course. To make sure yours succeed, consider these five steps. -
Unexpected Interruptions Can Boost Creativity
Innovation Magazine ArticleOur minds can keep working on a task when we step away from it. -
A Step-by-Step Guide to Real-Time Pricing
Pricing strategy Magazine ArticleAn advanced AI model considers much more than what competitors are charging. -
Harness Your Network to Unlock Innovation
Innovation Magazine ArticleThree practices can help. -
What's Your Gen AI Strategy?
Management Digital ArticleThis issue's spotlight explores the intersection of people and technology in the workplace, looking specifically at robots, brain wearables, and human-like... -
Get More Funding for Your R&D Initiatives
Innovation Digital ArticleToo often, companies do a poor job of making innovation transparent to investors. -
Is Your Job AI Resilient?
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleAn analysis spanning more than 160 million U.S. jobs, 20 industries, and 800 occupations. -
Moving Beyond Stage-Gate Project Management
Project management Digital ArticleTraditional approaches don’t lead to breakthrough innovations. -
10 Beliefs That Get in the Way of Organizational Change
Organizational change Digital ArticleAddress some of the common assumptions that may be holding your team back. -
Old Formulas Won’t Help You Solve Today’s Business Problems
Innovation Digital ArticleInstead of relying on what has worked in the past, organizations need to focus on changing the way people think. -
10 Emotions That Are Undervalued in the Workplace
Business management Digital ArticleIn addition to being powerful tools of persuasion and influence, emotions ground us in our humanity and give us important data about our environments. -
4 Forces That Are Fundamentally Changing How We Work
Business and society Digital ArticleOrganizations that harness these forces will unlock productivity and creativity. Those that resist risk becoming relics of a bygone era.
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Innovation Clusters in the Global Economy: The Welfare Technology Region in Denmark
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In February 2012, Lars Kolind, chairman of Welfare Tech Region, a cluster organization in Southern Denmark that promotes the use of technology to assist... -
China's Venture Capital and Tech Startup Landscape
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case study outlines the strategic, regulatory, and broader issues that confront the venture capital and tech startup ecosystem in China; as the country... -
AstraZeneca (China): Promoting Social Innovation with Holistic Disease Management Solutions Throughout the Patient Journey
Management Case Study8.95View Details He increased the sales of products such as Pulmicort RespulesTM after their patents expired, generating significant social benefits by making medical... -
Autonomous Vehicles: The Rubber Hits the Road...but When?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Autonomous vehicles have enormous implications for business and society. But, despite the headline-laden attention paid to the technology, there remain... -
Newlight Technologies: Plastics for a Carbon Negative Future
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The Newlight Technologies case is set at the end of 2013. Newlight has been awarded the Innovation Prize for Biomaterial of the Year by nova-Institut... -
Operation Warp Speed and the COVID-19 Vaccine
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details As the COVID-19 pandemic shut down businesses and schools in 2020, global health authorities and governments kick-started the quest for a vaccine for... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy 2-Volume Collection
Strategy & Execution BookIf you read nothing else on strategy, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review. Defining--and executing--the best strategy for your... -
Innovation at Timberland: Thinking Outside the Shoe Box, Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Innovation was linked to Timberland's heritage. In 2005, CEO Jeff Swartz and COO Ken Pucker hoped the Invention Factory, an advanced concept lab, would... -
Strategies for Productivity Growth
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Economic growth in developed nations relies on solving the productivity puzzle: How do we increase the amount of economic output produced for every hour... -
Process Innovation for Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability in the Building Industry
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the 2016 market entry in California of an innovative construction system for housing: BONE Structure, developed by the Canadian company... -
Bono and U2, Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case traces the 30-year development of the rock band U2 and the development of its four members as artists, business leaders, and humanitarians (with... -
Lufa Farms
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In 2013, Mohamed Hage, founder of the rooftop farming business called Lufa Farms, thought his company had reached a level of maturity where scaling the... -
Polyphonic HMI: Mixing Music and Math
Sales & Marketing Case Study6.95View Details In 2003, Mike McCready, CEO of Barcelona-based Polyphonic HMI, was preparing to launch an artificial intelligence tool that could create significant value... -
Hard-Won Accord: British Columbia & EDS Canada Negotiate a Complex Revenue Management Contract
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details When a public sector agency decides to privatize a large government function (as opposed to a more discreet job), the process of negotiating the service... -
The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action
Finance & Accounting BookThe Balanced Scorecard translates a company's vision and strategy into a coherent set of performance measures. The four perspectives of the scorecard--financial... -
Tomer Zvulun and The Atlanta Opera: At Crossroads (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2017, Tomer Zvulun, the CEO and artistic director of The Atlanta Opera, was considering next steps. Zvulun had adapted quickly to the new, dual role... -
Infinity Life Insurance Company: Creating an Organization (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case W16748. -
Ariadne Labs: Building Impactful Partnerships
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details In September 2018, the executive team at Ariadne Labs (Ariadne), a Boston-based organization dedicated to improving health systems through the discovery... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details Use design thinking for competitive advantage. If you read nothing else on design thinking, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard... -
Assertive Policing, Plummeting Crime: The NYPD Takes on Crime in New York City
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The dramatic reduction in crime in New York City during the 1990s grabbed the attention of the U.S. and the world, seeming to provide evidence that new...
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Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive
Innovation Magazine ArticleCreate new markets for growth without destroying existing companies or jobs. -
Stop Eliminating Perfectly Good Candidates by Asking Them the Wrong Questions
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleToo many applicants are screened out because they don’t fit a particular pattern. -
What Is Strategy?
Strategy Magazine ArticleFor starters, it’s not the same as operational effectiveness. -
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,... -
How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen Steve Jobs returned to Apple, in 1997, it had a conventional structure for a company of its size and scope. It was divided into business units, each... -
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... -
Change Management Requires a Change Mindset
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOur ability to manage change hinges on our ability to manage ourselves, including our fears and anxieties. -
Why Design Thinking Works
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleWhile we know a lot about practices that stimulate new ideas, innovation teams often struggle to apply them. Why? Because people's biases and entrenched... -
Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the past few years, a new methodology for launching companies, called "the lean start-up," has begun to replace the old regimen. Traditionally, a venture's... -
Blue Ocean Strategy
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerDespite a long-term decline in the circus industry, Cirque du Soleil profitably increased revenue twenty-two-fold over the last 10 years by reinventing...