Medtronic - Publications - Faculty & Research

Career Coach

Alan Braly

and deploy analytics tools based on real world data sources. He began his career in implantable medical device research and development at Medtronic. Work Experience: Foundation Medicine (Senior Director); Blavatnik Fellow / Start-up Founder; Health Advances... View Details

18 Mar 2021
News

Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition

for innovation and show people how to overcome their own blind spots. He lives with his wife and his 2 children in Atlanta, GA. MODERATOR Bill George Harvard Business School (HBS) Senior Fellow and former Chair & CEO of Medtronic... View Details

13 Nov 2020
News

A Passion for Education

Bob Ryan (MBA 1970) Bob Ryan (MBA 1970), the first in his family to attend college, has come a long way from his Detroit roots. When the former chief financial officer (CFO) of Medtronic set up a fellowship fund at HBS, he wanted to pay... View Details

25 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717428-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 317-031 Medtronic: Making the Big Leap Forward (A) In 2014, Medtronic was about to execute a $50 billion acquisition of Ireland-based Covidien. View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Faculty - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

and CEO of Medtronic and author of True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership and Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value . He serves on the board of directors of Exxon, Goldman Sachs, and Novartis... View Details

01 Mar 2022
News

2022 Alumni Achievement Awards Announced

Kidwai (MBA 1982) Former Executive Director, Board of HSBC Asia Pacific; Former Chairman, HSBC India; Founder and Chairman, India Sanitation Coalition Robert L. Ryan (MBA 1970) Retired Senior VP and CFO, Medtronic Inc. Robert B. Wilson... View Details

28 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 28

reduction of firm variability, we do not find this offsetting beneficial effect to be strong. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44730 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 413-065 Omar Ishrak: Building View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2007
News

Letters to the Editor

cogent comment of the third panelist, HBS professor and former Medtronic CEO Bill George, that we have been choosing “takers” instead of “givers” as our government leaders, Gergen took issue with Kanter’s aforementioned critique of... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

05 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues

workers do not find meaning in their work. A shockingly low 25 percent of employees feel connection to their company's mission. (Contrast that to the 84 percent of Medtronic employees who feel aligned with the company's mission.) In my... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

01 Jun 2007
News

Fixing America’s Leadership Deficit

definition of leaders, said George, the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic and author of a new book, True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership. “Leadership is not about getting people to follow you over the hill; it’s about... View Details

Keywords: Government

18 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Honing an Interest in Healthcare at HBS

development at American Well, a Boston-based telehealth startup. We checked in with Laura to learn more about how she honed her interest in the healthcare space at HBS. How did you pursue your interest in healthcare at HBS? I spent the summer between first and second... View Details

21 Jan 2021
Blog Post

How I Used the HBS Community to Hone My Professional Goals

role at Medtronic has opened my eyes to the world of healthcare investing. I evaluate and execute acquisitions, investments, divestitures, and partnerships across the business. My experience so far has confirmed my passion for health... View Details

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs

This separate-yet-connected structure allows leaders to provide freedom to some to blaze a new trail, while protecting the ability of others to stay on the tried-and-true path. "You need to separate out your innovators and let them do crazy and radical... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

01 Dec 2003
News

An Authentic Leader

When Bill George (MBA ’66) talks about leadership, people listen. And well they should. For a decade, he quietly grew a midsized Minnesota medical-device maker into a world-class medical technology company. When George joined Medtronic in... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Mar 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist

shareholders and owners. I first presented this concept (see chart below) at the Academy of Management in August 2001, shortly after I concluded my ten years as CEO of Medtronic. It is as valid today as it was then. This is the rigorous approach we followed at View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Banking

06 Aug 2014
What Do You Think?

What Is Warren Bennis’s Legacy?

fully integrated human beings who know themselves and bring out the best in others . As I was joining Medtronic (a company George would later lead) in 1989, I read Warren's classic, On Becoming a Leader. For the first time an author... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

25 Jun 2020
News

Covering All Corners

patients. Fortunately, I am a member of an MBA alumni association that has addressed the problem of providing the Egyptian health care system with ventilators, which are prohibitively expensive and have been in short supply since the revolution in 2011. Once View Details

01 Oct 2009
What Do You Think?

Can the “Masks of Command” Coexist with Authentic Leadership?

concludes that "These are terribly important questions with no easy answers." Bill George, former Chairman and CEO of Medtronic and now a professor at the Harvard Business School, thinks he knows the answers. George lays out the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

10 May 2022
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2022

having a guaranteed job for life.’ I’d always been intrigued by finance, so I applied to HBS.” Leaps and bounds: “It’s not the only measure to consider, but Medtronic had tremendous growth from 1993 to 2006. The market cap went from about... View Details

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

they realize the disparity between the CEO’s chosen direction and their expectations, which can lead to a permanent breach. When Omar Ishrak became the first outsider CEO of Medtronic in 2011, the board gave him a clear mandate: to revive... View Details