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The Age of Customer Capitalism
Martin, RogerArticle HBS-R1001B-EModern capitalism can be broken down into two major eras. The first, managerial capitalism, began in 1932 and was defined by the then radical notion that firms ought to have professional management. The second, shareholder value capitalism, began in 1976. Its governing premise is that the purpose of every corporation should be to maximize shareholders' wealth. If firms pursue this goal, the thinking goes, both shareholders and society will benefi...Starting at €8.20
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World-Class Explorers: Leading the Design-Thinking Organization
Martin, RogerBook Chapter HBS-5505BC-EHow can the circus be updated for today's more sophisticated tastes? This was the question that Guy Lalibert , founder of Cirque du Soleil, asked himself. The answer was a show that after 25 years is still innovating its format and delighting its audiences around the world to the tune of $600 million a year. His great innovation? To cultivate an environment that consciously put creativity before profit making. This chapter discusses the ways in ...Starting at €8.20
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Mapping the Mind: How Thought Circulates--Unlocking Your Integrative Thinking Ability
Martin, RogerBook Chapter HBS-8213BC-EIn this chapter, the author introduces a framework for building integrative thinking capacity and describes how your personal knowledge system works. This chapter is excerpted from "The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking."Starting at €8.20
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Playing to Win: Conclusion. The Endless Pursuit of Winning
Lafley, A.G.; Martin, RogerBook Chapter HBS-7122BC-EStrategyPlay to Win: How Strategy Really Works is an 8-chapter books published in 2013 by Harvard Business Review Press and written by former Procter & Gamble CEO A.G. Lafley and Rotman School of Management Dean Roger L. Martin. The authors present a framework for creating strategy based on a decade of work at P&G. The framework is a strategic choice cascade, made up of 5 decision points that apply to companies of all sizes and in all markets. The model ...Starting at €8.20
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Playing to Win: 2. What Is Winning
Lafley, A.G.; Martin, RogerBook Chapter HBS-7109BC-EStrategyPlay to Win: How Strategy Really Works is an 8-chapter books published in 2013 by Harvard Business Review Press and written by former Procter & Gamble CEO A.G. Lafley and Rotman School of Management Dean Roger L. Martin. The authors present a framework for creating strategy based on a decade of work at P&G. The framework is a strategic choice cascade, made up of 5 decision points that apply to companies of all sizes and in all markets. The model ...Starting at €8.20
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The Construction Project: Imagining Reality--The Integrative Thinker's Stance
Martin, RogerBook Chapter HBS-8215BC-EThis chapter reviews the six essential elements for developing an integrative thinking stance about the world and about yourself-the foundation of your personal knowledge system, and the key to learning how to fashion creative resolutions from opposing ideas. This chapter is excerpted from "The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking."Starting at €8.20
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The Rise (and Likely Fall) of the Talent Economy
Martin, RogerArticle HBS-R1410B-EEconomicsSince 1960 the U.S. economy has moved from largely financing the exploitation of natural resources to making the most of talent. The rewards to executives and financiers have skyrocketed as a result. But over the past two decades or so, the author argues, it has become increasingly clear that much of this talent is trading value rather than creating it: The fastest-growing group on the Forbes 400 list is hedge fund managers. What's more, stock-ba...Starting at €8.20
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No Stomach for Second-Best: How Integrative Thinkers Move Beyond Trade-offs
Martin, RogerBook Chapter HBS-8207BC-EWhat sets integrative thinkers apart? This chapter explores integrative thinking by breaking this thinking process down into its constituent parts. This chapter is excerpted from "The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking."Starting at €8.20
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Getting Personal: Developing Yourself as a Design Thinker
Martin, RogerBook Chapter HBS-5506BC-EThe CEO is not the only one in the organization who should be a design thinker. In fact, if the CEO and other senior managers in your organization are resistant to design-thinking principles and nurture a culture that is hostile to innovation in favor of maintaining the status quo, it may be up to you to hone your own design-thinking skills, increase awareness, and encourage others in the organization to adopt a design approach. This chapter will...Starting at €8.20
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Design Thinking: How Thinking Like a Designer Can Create Sustainable Advantage
Martin, RogerBook Chapter HBS-5497BC-EDesigners tend to actively look for new data points, challenge prevailing wisdom, and wonder about possible new worlds. However, to many middle managers, asking them to think like a designer is tantamount to asking them to be less productive and more subversive and flaky. For many leaders, the risk of breaking with time-tested data and experience in favor of innovation is too great. But for design-thinking expert Roger Martin, the real danger to ...Starting at €8.20