Browsing: HBR

Have you ever developed a Stakeholder Analysis / Map, put it in a drawer and never used it?  I could ask the same question about a strategic plan, communication plan, change management plan, new process, new technology, etc. and would most likely get the same answer.  It probably…

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One of the primary differences between Strategic Sourcing and Category Management is an increased focus on Change Management.  One of the most powerful Change Management techniques is Working in Teams.   The concept seems simple enough BUT there is an art to teaming as well as a science.  I…

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If you think the title refers to money, think again!   Companies spend millions / billions of dollars a year on managing their balance sheet as if money was their scarcest resource.  In a recent HBR article “What if Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?” the…

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As I was struggling to find a topic, a colleague sent me this article entitled How to Cut Costs More Strategically  (HBR-Paul Leinwand &  Vinay Couto) as a suggestion and what immediately struck me was that it sounded very familiar.  Sure enough, I found an engagement from 1998…

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