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- 07 Feb 2005
- What Do You Think?
If You Blink, Will You Miss?
blink. As Skip Corsini put it, "I believe a person with the attention span of a hummingbird who really knows his or her business is better prepared to deal with the world as it has become than someone who has to have every single... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Aug 2021
- News
Having a Moment
paid attention to.” After two years of planning, and a slight delay due to COVID, Moment launched in June 2020 and won Best Startup Beverage at the BevNET New Beverage Showdown 2020. While the company’s tagline encourages potential... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Inspiration Is Not Enough
movements of the 1960s and ’70s. But what carried Playboy to decades of success was Hefner’s workaholic attention to detail, Harris writes. “He was involved in every facet of the publication, from the pictures to the stories to the... View Details
- 25 Oct 2018
- News
Bringing the Background into Focus
Murrell told the Times. “Would Manet really give all this pictorial space to someone he didn’t want us to pay attention to?” In a press release from Columbia announcing the exhibit, Murrell recalls her first time she viewed the painting... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- News
A Good Look
businesses but pays close attention to the marketplace. “We listen to the consumer and to our customers who are feeling pressure from consumers to not include certain ingredients in their formulas,” says Levy. The regulatory environment... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction
board, however, the outside directors should show their independence by filling the separate chair position with non-executive boardroom leadership of their own choosing. This is an effective solution to a pressing problem that continues to escape the View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
primarily a product of top-down or bottom-up resource allocation. Perhaps it depends on the kind of business agility we're talking about. What do you think? Original Article Resource allocation processes appear to be receiving heightened attention—or at least View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry
dollars if you can translate the traffic into transactions. That's the idea, to get you more compellingly engaged. Even the standard 30-second TV spots are often used to capture the attention of the viewers and then direct them to the Web... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Leading Quietly
instance. "Preparation, caution, care, and attention to detail are usually the best approach to everyday challenges," writes Badaracco. "What usually matters are careful, thoughtful, small, practical efforts by people working far from the... View Details
- 14 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors
information themselves. Besides managers, the site's creators hope MapEcos will grab the attention of members of the public, including environmental activists. Users can track factories' pollution activity over time, compare factories in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Passing the Torch
General Electric, the world's most valuable company and the firm where he has spent his entire career, Immelt good-naturedly dealt with the barrage of attention that accompanied his media coronation. "I've never measured my self-worth by... View Details
- 21 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Going Negative in Political Advertising
For more details, see Greater Good: How Good Marketing Makes For Better Democracy by John Quelch and Katherine Jocz (Harvard Business Press 2008). Choice sells, in politics and in the supermarket. Distinct choices on the shelf attract our View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 29 May 2013
- Blog Post
Reflections and learnings
incredibly smart, have short attention spans and just want to get things done. People work for people: This is not a new one, but it’s one that gets hammered in with each new job experience. When looking for a job or internship, don’t... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 18 May 2023
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
Black students from lower-income families in struggling neighborhoods—hope for a successful future. The kids were attentive as the assembly concluded, but, Wilfong later learned, they didn't expect this stranger to follow through on her... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Navigating Success in Volatile Times
Citigroup's Global Investment Management and Private Banking Group, prefaced his opening address on Friday evening with a moving account of his return to Lower Manhattan following the destruction of Citigroup's offices at 7 World Financial Center. Attendees then turned... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Creating Change
Nathan Pusey. 3 “Frame the change. Effective change processes draw attention to the ways in which the change will parallel accepted practices.” The Harvard Club would never have separate doors for different races, the women argued, so why... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Venture: Time Heals All
everything from the quality of patient care to a hospital’s bottom line. “Health care executives pay close attention to how nursing time is being utilized. They strive for efficiency in fear of finding themselves in troublesome financial... View Details
- Profile
Allie Corless
appetite. What are you most looking forward to in your career? The great thing about working for a startup is the autonomy and decision-making authority, which also comes with a high level of responsibility. In the short term, I am looking forward to attracting enough... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Guitar Hero
when engaged in artistic soul-searching, they looked to their roots - Gibson's reputation for quality. Today, attention to quality is evident in the Nashville plant's assembly area, where workers equipped with precision chisels and gauges... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 04 Nov 2019
- News
A Home for Startups
are experiencing and provide them an environment that is delightful, is very inspiring, having the attention to detail to make sure that you are addressing those pain points, and making sure that our customers thrive in the work... View Details
Keywords: work space