There are 30 videos in the "innovation" collection
Kate Surman, Administrative Director, South Bay Cancer Center at Stanford Hospital and Clinics
Synopsis:A leader works to better understand the patient experience and design a new method of care.
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Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Innovation |
Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Healthcare |
Leadership topic: | Innovation |
Jason Rosenthal, CEO, Lytro
Synopsis:The CEO struggles with how to align his resources to optimize the market and evolving technology.
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Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Decision-Making, Innovation |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
Industry: | High Tech |
Leadership topic: | Innovation |
Connie Matsui, EVP, Innovation, Biogen Idec
Synopsis:Manager oversees complex drug-development project despite her lack of technical background.
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Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Innovation |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | R&D/Product Development |
Industry: | Healthcare |
Leadership topic: | Innovation |
Greg Poulsen, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Intermountain Healthcare
Synopsis:Hospital Executive analyzes patterns around physician delivery of care to innovate within a 22 hospital, 185-clinic integrated health system in order to stay operationally efficient, maintain a high level of patient safety and deliver results.
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Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Operations, Innovation |
Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Healthcare |
Leadership topic: | Innovation |
Nicole Blatt, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Synopsis:An Air Force officer campaigns for the adoption of a new weapon that will protect soldiers in Iraq.
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Subject Area: | Innovation, Power and Politics, Decision-Making |
Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Military/Government |
Leadership topic: | Innovation |
Rob Siegel, General Manager, Video Software and Solutions, GE Security
Synopsis:Given the changing landscape of technology, the marketing data showed a need for product evolution in spite of the large company’s resistance to change its processes for a new product development.
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Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Innovation |
Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
Business Function: | General Management, R&D/Product Development |
Industry: | Products & Retail, High Tech |
Leadership topic: | Innovation |
Geetha Rao, CEO, Silicon Valley Start-up
Synopsis:Company decides to adopt new quality standards and executive must win over a high-profile critic of the change.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Innovation |
Leadership Role: | |
Business Function: | R&D/Product Development |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Innovation |
Prince Kofi Amoabeng, Founder and CEO, UT
Synopsis:African CEO must overcome difficult regulations and limitations imposed by the government for his business.
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Subject Area: | Operations, Power and Politics, Decision-Making, Entrepreneurship |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Innovation |
John Brown, Chairman, Stryker Corp.
Synopsis:CEO must decide whether to buy and integrate company run by two prima donnas.
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Subject Area: | Mergers & Acquisitions, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Healthcare |
Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Connie Matsui, EVP, Innovation, Biogen Idec
Synopsis:Former Chairman of the Girl Scouts and Vice President of Biogen Idec shares three insights that guide her in life.
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Subject Area: | Innovation, Decision-Making, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | |
Business Function: | R&D/Product Development |
Industry: | Healthcare |
Leadership topic: | Work-Life Integration |
Bob Holden, former General Manager, Rent.com (eBay)
Synopsis:A young manager must motivate a team with numerous performance issues in order to achieve lofty growth targets.
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Subject Area: | Operations, Decision-Making |
Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Products & Retail, Services |
Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Michael Osofsky, CIO and Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Start-Up
Synopsis:Co-founder of software start-up agonizes over whether and how to tell his colleagues that he's gay.
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Subject Area: | Conflict, Ethics, Work/Life Balance |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | High Tech |
Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Janet Ang, VP, Global Desktop Business Unit, Lenovo
Synopsis:Executive must bring together two international companies with different internal processes and cultures.
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Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Globalization |
Leadership Role: | |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | High Tech |
Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Connie Matsui, EVP, Innovation, Biogen Idec
Synopsis:Young manager must respond to a superior who voices negative stereotypes.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Conflict |
Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
Business Function: | Finance/Accounting |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Fitting In and Standing Out |
Dave Lyons, Former Director of Engineering, Tesla Motors
Synopsis:An engineering manager feels he needs to choose between a high-stakes project deadline and good peer relationships.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Innovation, Conflict |
Leadership Role: | |
Business Function: | R&D/Product Development |
Industry: | Products & Retail, High Tech |
Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Connie Matsui, EVP, Innovation, Biogen Idec
Synopsis:Executive used to tackling big challenges faces the biggest one of all: a newborn.
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Subject Area: | Work/Life Balance, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | |
Business Function: | R&D/Product Development |
Industry: | Healthcare |
Leadership topic: | Managing Boss and Expectations |
Connie Matsui, EVP, Innovation, Biogen Idec
Synopsis:U.S. delegates to a global conference must shed their "ugly American" image to gain influence.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Globalization |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Non-Profit |
Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Gene Kohn, CEO, KPF
Synopsis:CEO receives report that a leading partner in the firm is verbally abusing team members.
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Subject Area: | Human Resources, Conflict, Ethics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | Human Resources |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Roy Vella, Former Director, Merchant Services, PayPal
Synopsis:To sell his vision for a new business venture, a manager must convince two disparate companies to collaborate.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Entrepreneurship, Innovation |
Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
Business Function: | General Management, R&D/Product Development, Strategy |
Industry: | High Tech |
Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Maria Eitel, President, Nike Foundation
Synopsis:Executive anticipates reaction to a program proposal that seems to confirm female stereotypes.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Conflict, Ethics |
Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Non-Profit |
Leadership topic: | Managing Boss and Expectations |
Brian NeSmith, CEO, Blue Coat
Synopsis:CEO squares off with an employee who has critical skills but cannot work with others.
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Subject Area: | Human Resources, Conflict, Decision-Making |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | High Tech |
Leadership topic: | Difficult Conversations |
Nancy Barry, President, Women's World Banking
Synopsis:Executive must coach an egocentric subordinate.
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Subject Area: | Power and Politics, Human Resources, Career Development |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Financial |
Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Gene Kohn, CEO, KPF
Synopsis:CEO learns that his diverse team encounters prejudice while working for an important overseas client.
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Subject Area: | Human Resources, Conflict, Ethics |
Leadership Role: | Board Level |
Business Function: | General Management |
Industry: | Services |
Leadership topic: | Diversity |
Karen Zaderej, Former VP, Johnson & Johnson
Synopsis:Leader finds that her lackluster R&D team lacks the skills they need to perform.
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Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Operations, Human Resources |
Leadership Role: | |
Business Function: | Operations/Supply Chain |
Industry: | Healthcare |
Leadership topic: | Developing Leaders |
Charles O'Reilly, Professor, Stanford
Synopsis:Graduates of The Corporate Entrepreneur (TCE) Executive Education program are invited to share Stanford insights and lessons with your teams by using some of the teaching and learning methods valued by the Graduate School of Business.
Charles O'Reilly, Professor, Stanford
Synopsis:Graduates of Executive Program for Growing Companies are invited to share Stanford insights and lessons with your teams by using some of the teaching and learning methods valued by the Graduate School of Business.
Charles O'Reilly, Professor, Stanford
Synopsis:Participants from the Emerging CFO Executive Education program are invited to share Stanford insights and lessons with your teams by using some of the teaching and learning methods valued by the Graduate School of Business.
Charles O'Reilly, Professor, Stanford
Synopsis:When success depends on the performance of others, a number of new skills must be mastered. This module walks through how a young leader would establish credibility with a new team, assess a new situation and communicate clear expectations as well as ideas on addressing poor performers and motivating others whose values and aspirations may be very different from your own.
Charles O'Reilly, Professor, Stanford
Synopsis:This module addresses leadership when changing contexts and facing an entirely new setting. The leader has to diagnose the business situation, assess the leadership issues, and determine the challenges and opportunities to be addressed – all with little, if any, experience in the new arena.
Learn ways to create an environment of innovation with Stanford Professor Bill Barnett and a VP who is challenged with new drug discovery.