All Politics & Business Unit Engagement - Page 7

On Demand Live Call Humana Exec on Consultants, Mix of Projects, Reporting to CEO
September 19, 2014
Nate Bellinger of Humana talks about the 15-year history of Humana’s innovation initiatives and some of the lessons they’ve learned as it has evolved.
Article Nancy Shea: Turning Your CEO into a Fully-Vested Partner
June 5, 2014
"You really have to be careful what you wish for when you talk about getting your CEO involved with innovation," says Nancy Shea of Kraft Foods, Ashland Inc., and World Kitchen...
Article Dear Boss: Here’s How to Manage our Team
May 12, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Phil Swishe of Brown Brothers Harriman shares the one-page guide he put together for the partner who was taking over management of his team in 2013.
Article Humana Exec on the Ups and Downs of Innovation Programs
March 3, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
As staffing levels have risen and fallen, and reporting relationships have changed, $40 billion health insurer Humana has kept a commitment to innovation alive.
Article Clay Christensen: Why Most Innovation Leaders Will Fail
January 3, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Christensen, author of the seminal business book “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” warns that too many executives don’t understand the “corporate laws of physics” in enough detail — and think they can simply will the organization to change how it works.
Article Insights and War stories: Starbucks, Kraft & Hyatt
December 30, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
What do you do when business unit executives complain that your ideas are just too complicated to deploy? Innovators from Starbucks, Kraft, and Hyatt discuss.
Q&A What’s the Right Relationship Between Innovation and Business Units?
October 19, 2013
What is the optimal relationship between an innovation/team group and the lines of business? Is there a ‘golden rule’ for how close or how far away it should be?
Article Is the CEO Serious about Innovation?
September 7, 2013
If you want to achieve truly transformational innovation, you have to find leaders who are open to it, and willing to organize around it, says Saul Kaplan...
Article Hostile Comments from Division Heads
May 22, 2013
When innovation initiatives aren't exactly welcomed with open arms...A dispatch from the commodities business.