Authors contend that switching from short-term gains to a long view improves profits and sales By John Simons, The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 27, 2016. Should corporate leaders focus on short-term gains or take the long view? Adherents of long-term management will find potent ammunition in a new study from a pair of management researchers who [...]
By Susan Adams, Forbes Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, 64, is best known for his 1997 book The Innovator’s Dilemma, which introduced the concept of “disruptive innovation.” He explained how cheaper, simpler or unexpected products and services can bring down big companies like U.S. Steel, Xerox and Digital Equipment. He runs a nonprofit think [...]
Sponsors hope everyday ‘makers’ can jump-start progress in smartphone voice recognition, carbon emissions and new uses for canned tuna BY ROBERT LEE HOTZ, The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 10, 2016 Edgar Sarmiento of Bogotá, Colombia, had a new degree in design, a head full of ideas, and no place to put them into practice. [...]
Dwindling gains in science, medicine and technology hold back growth; is America too risk-averse? By Greg Ip. The Wall Street Journal By all appearances, we’re in a golden age of innovation. Every month sees new advances in artificial intelligence, gene therapy, robotics and software apps. Research and development as a share of gross domestic product [...]
My colleague Ken Perlman recently spoke at a conference about helping leaders spark innovative ideas that can accelerate implementation and deliver results. Here he shares his observations, key for anyone responsible for delivering more than incremental improvements in their organization. Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the Back End of [...]
