Some say strategy, operations, and leadership don’t overlap—and as functional areas, they usually don’t. But if you turn the kaleidoscope again, they’re all part of what makes a business successful. Rebecca sees the intersections in these academic fields and works with leading faculty in each discipline to uncover new ideas and make them accessible and relevant.
Ideas and solutions you can apply to your business, today!
Articles & Appearances
The Washington Post Sunday
- How Heinz got retailers and consumers to accept a larger ketchup bottle
- Case in point: Patagonia urged buyers to pick used items over new. It was a success.
- Case in point: Adapting to workers pays off
- The secret sauce in Pal’s Sudden Service’s success? Streamlining.
- Innovation helps Lynchburg General Hospital serve emergency patients better
- Warby Parker and the hands-on of retail
- Real diversity: the ability to think differently
- Successful organizational change
- In the game-console market, a holiday battle
- Case in Point: Working toward ‘continuous improvement’ in a services setting
- Case in Point: Avoiding martial-arts moves by ‘pulling the Andon cord’
- Case in Point: How process improvement principles can save time in your day
Articles: Bloomberg BusinessWeek
MyNDTALK.org on NPR
Articles: Business & Economy
Articles: Strategic Innovators Quarterly
Darden Business Publishing: Case Studies (Abbreviated)
Strategy Cases
- Evaluating Financial and Operational Performance in the Retail Apparel Industry.
- Red Hook Ale Brewery.
- Sony PlayStation 4: Aim and Fire.
- Apple Computer, Inc.: Whither the Mac?
Operations Management Cases
- A Pediatric Emergency Department at Lynchburg General Hospital.
- Ballance Agri-Nutrients in New Zealand: Greg Delaney and Continuous Process Improvement.
- Lean Thinking: Better Living Through Setup Reduction.
- Elektrikraft: Global Sourcing Initiative.
- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in 2009: Transformation at the Site Level.
Organizational Behavior and Change Management Cases
- Conflict Management in Teams.
- Stratcomm: A and B.
- Managing Energy: A Team in Crisis.
- The Perfect Storm: A Low-Performing Biotech Plant.
- Repurposing American History: Steel Production Ends in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
- Managing Change in Operations.