Having been called upon by global leaders to use its technology to address the global crises of climate change and poverty, Cisco opts to pursue sustainability for corporate social responsibility and as a driver of differentiation and competitive advantage. The case discussion explores how the company answered this call to action and how the resulting strategies have proven effective in protecting its competitive advantage in an increasingly host...

Setting in motion a chain reaction of positive energy throughout your organization starts with you. The University of Michigan's Kim Cameron suggests five positive leadership practices to detox your workplace and spread the light even among organizations that are downsizing, facing bankruptcy, experiencing loss of mission or encountering fiscal disasters. IESE's Alberto Ribera and consultant J.L. Guillén explain how "mindfulness" and "...

El presente caso describe el plan de actuación Greenest City 2020 que el ayuntamiento de Vancouver puso oficialmente en marcha en 2011 con el objetivo de conseguir que Vancouver se convirtiera en la ciudad más verde y sostenible del mundo. Gregor Robertson, el alcalde de la ciudad, fue el principal impulsor de este plan estratégico tan ambicioso. A pesar de que en su día tuvo éxito en el ámbito del emprendimiento social y de que ya había puesto e...

The case describes the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan that the City of Vancouver formally launched in 2011 and whose aim is to make Vancouver the greenest city on the planet. Gregor Robertson, mayor of Vancouver, is the main champion of the ambitious strategic plan. While he has had past success as a social entrepreneur and has implemented several green urban initiatives in his role as mayor, he struggles with some areas and aspects of the plan. ...

The case describes the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan that the City of Vancouver formally launched in 2011 and whose aim is to make Vancouver the greenest city on the planet. Gregor Robertson, mayor of Vancouver, is the main champion of the ambitious strategic plan. While he has had past success as a social entrepreneur and has implemented several green urban initiatives in his role as mayor, he struggles with some areas and aspects of the plan. ...

This is the suggested teaching note for the case "Vancouver: The Challenge of Becoming the Greenest City" (IESE, SM-1612-E). The case describes the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan, formally launched by the city of Vancouver in 2011, which was intended to make Vancouver the greenest city on the planet. Gregor Robertson, mayor of Vancouver, is the main champion of the ambitious strategic plan. While he has a successful past as a social entrepreneur ...

El 2 de julio de 2014, Josep Ramon Ferrer, director de Estrategia IT & Smart City del Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, finalizó la segunda ronda de reuniones con las empresas seleccionadas para participar en el diálogo competitivo con el objetivo de crear City OS, el sistema operativo de la ciudad. City OS era uno de los pilares clave en la estrategia smart city de Barcelona y su fin principal era proporcionar al ayuntamiento la capacidad de adquirir y...

On July 2, 2014, Josep Ramon Ferrer, director of ICT and smart city strategy at Barcelona City Council, finished the second round of meetings with the companies selected to participate in the competitive dialogue to create the City OS, Barcelona's operating system. The City OS was one of the key milestones in Barcelona's smart city strategy. The City OS aimed to provide the City Council with the ability to acquire and process data from urban oper...

On July 2, 2014, Josep Ramon Ferrer, director of the ICT and smart city strategy at Barcelona City Council, finished the second round of meetings with the companies selected to participate in the competitive dialogue to create City OS, Barcelona's operating system. City OS was one of the key milestones in Barcelona's smart city strategy. It aimed to enable the council to acquire and process data from urban operations in a rapid, efficient, effect...

Cambiar de forma radical la empresa requiere un enfoque de dirección que permita una transformación ordenada. El design thinking puede jugar un papel fundamental en este proceso. En primer lugar, debes dejar de centrarte en la solución cuando estés ante un problema y redefinir antes el reto al que te enfrentas a partir de las necesidades de los usuarios, como aconsejan Joaquim Vilà y Xavier Camps. Manuel E. Sosa sugiere que miremos la empresa no ...