Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2018

GE famously implemented Lean methodologies throughout all of their divisions, helping reduce cycle time and better aligning their work with the customers’ needs, leading to then-CEO Jeff Immelt’s declaration that GE had transformed from a “classic conglomerate… to a 125-year-old startup.” Insight Center.

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Brimstone Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2020

When Andy Frawley took on the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in July 2018, the company faced several challenges, including business inefficiencies stemming from a recent merger and inapt product and go-to-market strategies.

Leadership 62

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2018

We then offered people the opportunity to learn new innovation methodologies and apply them to real business challenges. In 2016, country and function heads were asked to identify innovation ambassadors for each of the markets we’re in: 80 people senior enough to connect innovation to strategy and make things happen.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2018

The seven roles for CIUs are: designing shelter for innovation; supporting best practices and methods; developing skills; supporting business unit initiatives; identifying new market spaces; facilitating ideas generation; and directing seed funding. In 2018, Merck opened its new Innovation Center at the company’s Darmstadt headquarters.

Methodologies 37

Methodologies Training Training Development 37

Harvard Business

AUGUST 18, 2016

Candidate vaccines for Zika won’t begin large-scale trials until 2017 and, assuming they work safely, would not be available until 2018 or later. Without sufficient incentives, many developers and companies deem the investment needed to develop diagnostics that may not find a market once the pandemic is over too risky financially.

Government 28

Government Development Methodologies Research 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The year 2018 is barely underway and, already, digital trust initiatives have captured headlines. While market surveys have been the traditional means of gauging trust, decision-makers must also consider a “trust paradox”: what users say is at odds with what they do online. Fanatic Studio/Getty Images.

Survey 37

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Blockchain startups raised over $5 billion in 2017 through ICOs and over $12 billion through the first three quarters of 2018. The average amount of capital raised by a Blockchain project through an ICO in 2017 was $13 million; through the third quarter of 2018 it was $25 million.

Finance 28

Finance Software Government Real Estate 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

As of June 2018, corporate occupiers make up roughly one-quarter of WeWork’s members and revenues. Innovation is the goal at other campsites, where diverse stakeholders are assembled with specific tasks and equipped with special facilities and methodologies (say, design thinking) to achieve them. The latter is crucial.

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