Project Management
The Project Leader’s Branding Tool Kit (5 Point Chart)
Charts explain how to brand a project to internal audiences to get it funded and create engagement.
Operations
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Climate Change
How Gap Inc. Engaged With its Stakeholders
When the Gap decided to overhaul the way it interacted with critics, it launched a strategy of stakeholder engagement.
Business Models
How to Innovate When Platforms Won’t Stop Moving
What are the characteristics that can help guide companies through disruptive transitions?
Quality & Service
What Really Happened to Toyota?
This article assesses root causes of the highly publicized recalls of Toyota vehicles in the U.S.
New Product Development
How Quality Drives the Rise and Fall of High-Tech Products
While network effects do affect market share flows, quality prevails.
Marketing Strategy
Why Every Project Needs a Brand (and How to Create One)
Project leaders should frame projects the same way marketing managers frame branding efforts.
Customers
McAfee: ‘Customer Service in the Digital Age: The Eternal Lament’
Why are companies still using snail mail to deliver information that customers need in real time?
Collaboration
Why Project Networks Beat Project Teams
Project networks provide the expertise to handle complex, knowledge-intensive team projects.
Project Management
What Great Projects Have in Common
From time to time a project truly stands out, creating exceptional value and having an impact on the industry.
Supply Chains & Logistics
What Happens When You Outsource Too Much?
Managers must understand which competencies they can safely outsource and which they should manage internally.
Project Management
Putting It Together: How to Succeed in Distributed Product Development
Outsourcing complex product development work subjects companies to significant uncertainty.
Supply Chains & Logistics
Opportunism Knocks
There are five steps managers can take to protect their complex and vulnerable supply chains.
Executing Strategy
Best Practices for Industry-University Collaboration
To extract the most business value from university research, companies need to follow seven rules.
Climate Change
The Four-Point Supply Chain Checklist: How Sustainability Creates Opportunity
Supply chain managers can impact sustainability in areas such as packaging and transportation.