Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 5, 2011

If your clients are not yet asking you to design transitions, they will likely do that on your next project. Transitions are hot, and not just because they entertain the eye. In confined mobile computing interfaces, on tablet devices or in complex virtual environments, transitions are an authentic, minimalist way of enabling way-finding, displaying system state and exposing crucial functionality – in short, they are key in creating a superior user experience.

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Innovation 360

JANUARY 29, 2011

Recently José Angel Gurria at OECD pointed out Sweden’s finances as strong as Pippi Longstocking, quite fun… That led me to think about Pippi and her philosophy realizing that it might actually be applicable on managing a company. Imaging Pippi in the South Seas and translate that into business: Always believe you can do it, nothing is impossible (Rescue her father imprisoned by cruel pirates in the pirate town of Porto pilus).

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Innovation 360 Group

JANUARY 25, 2011

Today Hey Group release their Global Top 20 companies for leadership, top five at the list was: General Electric. Procter & Gamble. Intel Corporation. Siemens. Banco Santander. Two European firms formerly outside the 2009 top 20 – Siemens and Banco Santander – have jumped straight into the 2010 top 5. BASF is a new arrival from Europe too. Some intressting key findings was. 90% of the Best Companies expect employees to lead, regardless if they have a formal position of authority. 90% of the

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2011

Michael E. Porter Harvard University professor, explains why business leaders must focus on shared value - creating products and services that benefit not only the company but also society.

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Speaker: Jady West, VP of Hospitality & Chris Bennett, Head of Sales & Engineering

The modern hotel room is no longer just a place to stay—it’s an experience to remember. Today’s guests expect seamless connectivity, personalized comfort, and high-tech convenience. From AI-powered smart room controls to keyless entry, in-room entertainment, and app-based services, technology is redefining hospitality from the inside out. In this new session featuring industry pros Jady West and Chris Bennett, we’ll explore how high-speed, high-bandwidth connectivity powers the innovations that

Innovation

Innovation 360

JANUARY 15, 2011

PR has, generally spoken, changed over time and become more complex as the possibilities of interacting and building relations has exponential increased over time. Old truth might still be truth but often simplified approaches not possible to apply other than as isolated events. Today building relationship impacting specific target groups is a holistic challenge, not a isolated task.

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Innovation 360

JANUARY 9, 2011

Michael E. Porter Harvard University professor, explains in an new video post, why business leaders must focus on shared value – creating products and services that benefit not only the company but also society. Or as like to put it, make the pie bigger… Responsible and smart entrepreneurs understand to create value through actions beneficial for all, without a working society and environment there is not much business to do.

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Innovation 360

JANUARY 3, 2011

Having a board might by some be motivated with the legal reasons, by others to control or be able to offer tabouret seats to important people. By many entrepreneurs also motivated by having people buying and reselling their products and services. However, there are many and important reasons having a board and non of them is about power, buying or reselling products and services.

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How To Groups Company Strategy 40

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2011

For nearly a decade now, I've begun my workdays by focusing for 90 minutes, uninterrupted, on the task I decide the night before is the most important one I'll face the following day. After 90 minutes, I take a break. To make this possible, I turn off my email while I'm working, close all windows on my computer, and let the phone go to voicemail if it rings.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2011

We are all trying to figure out how to get more value from online social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Most of us are just skimming the surface in terms of the potential these networks offer us as individuals. To realize this potential, we need to become more active orchestrators of our social networks, setting the tone and drawing out others.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2011

The following interview nightmare comes from when I was sitting on the board of directors of a small nonprofit: We were interviewing finalists for the executive director position, and one director asked the last candidate, "Larry, what do you consider your greatest weakness?" Larry thought a minute, flushed, and then answered, "Well, some people I've worked with would say that I have a tendency to just talk on and on without saying anything , but I couldn't agree.

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Speaker: Kevin Burke, Founder & Managing Director at Digital One and AI & Automation Consultant

AI and automation are currently transforming the way sales and marketing teams operate. Generative AI crafts personalized outreach at scale, while conversational AI bots are engaging prospects in real time. Robotic process automation streamlines manual workflows by triggering tasks the moment a prospect takes a key action, and advanced AI analytics surface hidden patterns in the pipeline, improve forecasting, and help teams make data-driven decisions with confidence.

Marketing

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2011

Almost a decade ago, on a flight from Houston to New York, I found myself sitting next to a seemingly pleasant woman who introduced herself as a sales director for a large technology company. We began with a polite exchange, sharing a few details about our backgrounds and the reasons for our visits to New York. After a few minutes of conversation, I reached for my newspaper, signaling that I wanted to read quietly.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2011

How are you doing as a boss? As a leader and manager, someone responsible for the results obtained by others, are you the boss you need to be? Are you getting the best from your people, and from those you need but don't control? Are you fully satisfying the ever-rising expectations of your firm and its customers? Equally important, are you meeting your own expectations?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2011

To usher in the new year, an exciting occasion: my new book, The New Capitalist Manifesto , has been published by HBR. I'd like to extend a warm thank you to regular readers, and those who've commented here — our discussions have enlightened, stimulated, and challenged me. And, of course, my awesomely talented editors here at Harvard Business Review , in particular Sarah Green, without whom my manuscript would have remained little more than a series of meandering scribblings.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

When to become an entrepreneur is a common quandary for many. For whatever reason, this issue has come up a great deal recently (recession-driven workforce dislocation?), so I thought I'd share a few thoughts that might help frame this critical decision. I have concluded that being an entrepreneur is an irrational state of being. If human beings were purely rational, evaluative, value maximizing individuals (see HBS Prof Michael Jensen's paper on self-interest and human behavior (link PDF)), the

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Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

Roadmap

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2011

I've been lucky to work with some awesome employees in their twenties. While that formative decade is long and dynamic for each person; in a companion post I've offered some observations on the differences between Generation Z and Generation After-Lehman ; there are some consistencies in how best to manage and motivate excellent twenty-somethings. Younger people are especially hungry both to learn and to receive affirmation that they are doing a good job.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2011

This is the last blog I'll write in my 40s. I turn 50 this week. (Send James Perse gift certificates, or cash so that I can get an 11" MacBook Air. Or just send me the MacBook Air. Turns of decades are funny things. On the one hand, you feel younger. You're back at zero again. No longer an elder of the 40s tribe but a rookie of the 50s — a new kid on the block.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback , authors of Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader , describe the three types of networks you need to succeed.

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Leadership Management 19

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2011

There's a clothing drop box down the street that says, "The American Red Cross of Massachusetts is a humanitarian organization, led by volunteers, that provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies." Good enough, so far. But adjacent to those words, in a font four times the size, and in bold, mind you, are the words, "Mission Statement.

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Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

Generative AI

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2011

One of the hardest things about being an executive is managing your time. How do you square working 60 hours a week with the desire to be a great spouse and parent? How can you pay attention to helping to build a better community when you are pulled in a thousand different directions already? Where, if anywhere, does your faith fit in? How can you stop being a victim of your own life?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

Everyone was being so agreeable. The CEO nodded, the VPs agreed, the Directors were polished in their reviews. All the content was "good," the timelines "reasonable," the budgets "sufficient.". We were in a meeting to review the roadmap for the company's new product. And it had all the hallmarks of a Potemkin village. I wanted to accept the consensus as a sign that the company had rounded the corner on its 3-year slog to be more relevant in their market.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2011

2011. This is the year that will shape the future of our lives online. After all, 2010 was the year we woke up and started asking the tough questions about our always-on, connected lifestyle. Questions like "What kind of brain is the Web giving us?" And does "juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information.change how people think and behave" ?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2011

2011. This is the year that will shape the future of our lives online. After all, 2010 was the year we woke up and started asking the tough questions about our always-on, connected lifestyle. Questions like "What kind of brain is the Web giving us?" And does "juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information.change how people think and behave" ?

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Video Engagement Course Creativity 18

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Innovation

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2011

Many people are complaining that this year's Consumer Electronics Show was a bore, but blogger Horace Daidu has a much more interesting spin on it. This year's show, Daidu argues, marks the end of the PC-era: it's finally being disrupted. The basic concept of disruption is that a low-end offering (in this case, tablets) emerges to displace existing solution (PCs).

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2011

Consider me gagged and muffled. I confess: I wrote a long-winded, thoroughly boring, hopelessly cliched critique of Davos this year, like anyone under the age of 35 facing a future bleaker than the dark side of Pluto, probably should. And then I junked it. Why? Well, this year, Davos is back with a bang — and it's simply not in good taste to call it a vulgar, loutish spectacle of Ponziconomics.

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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. One of the more traditional ways to reward a top performer is to give her a promotion or raise or both. But how can you know whether someone is truly ready for the next challenge or deserving of that bump up in pay? HR policies and company culture often dictate when and how people move up in a company.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

For decades, women have been knocking on the door to the C-suite but getting little or no response. They finally learned the magic password. More than 200 women and men braved wind and snow recently to attend the launch of "The Sponsor Effect: Breaking Through the Last Glass Ceiling," a new study by the Center for Work-Life Policy. Welcomed by American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault in Amex 's New York headquarters high above the Hudson, representatives of corporate giants from Intel , Deloitte ,

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Generative AI

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

One of the primary definitions of the word "engagement" is "a hostile encounter; a battle." Another is "a specific, often limited period of employment.". In the corporate world, however, engagement has come to signify just the opposite: some blend of an employee's commitment, passion, focus, motivation, morale and job satisfaction. It's what every company wants, but few get.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

No two organizations' hiring processes are alike. No technology company hiring manager would ask a programmer applicant to teach the alphabet, but it's the first thing a school administrator might ask of a teacher. Obviously, you need different criteria to assess if people possess the skills needed to succeed in different positions. But skills don't tell the whole story.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2011

Featured Guest: Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor and coauthor of the HBR article Creating Shared Value. Download this podcast.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2011

Matt Eyring , president of Innosight, explains why disruptive innovation in developing countries means not just tweaking, but instead rethinking, your business. He is the coauthor of the HBR article New Business Models in Emerging Markets.

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