Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Last week my father received a phone call from the branch director of his long-standing bank to offer him a new product. Millions of people have lost confidence in banks. But the dissatisfaction and disappointment with our banks runs deeper. The last bank in my hometown closed a year ago. The two facts do not add up.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Globalization Film 8

The Idolbuster

AUGUST 5, 2014

I continued to race as an amateur for all of 2010 and 2011, but at the end of 2011 I quit my job and began competing professionally full-time. 4. Tell us about the process for you to transition into being a professional triathlete from having a desk job. I don’t operate that way. Working that much was hard.

Training 70

Training Sports Learning-by-Doing Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The bank has since fired 5,300 employees for the illegal behavior and eliminated retail bank sales goals entirely. As a result of this fraud, the bank is now being investigated by Federal prosecutors and Congressional overseers. But the fallout is far from over. A blind spot among senior leaders.

Banking 10

Banking Committee Leadership Ethics 10

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Whether it was branded the Deming Method or Six Sigma or a host of other models, ‘continuous improvement processes’ found their way into organizations large and small and have made a major contribution to improving quality worldwide. Turn-and-burn, yank-and-bank; show me how to start the engine and get out of my way.

Six Sigma 57

Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Training Tools 57

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Factors ranging from weak demand to bank consolidation have combined to hobble many small businesses  and if these factors arent addressed, they could continue to impede U.S. And as we describe in a recent HBS Working Paper , gaps remain in traditional bank credit supply. job growth and economic security. small businesses.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

The next time we hear about a bank or insurance company''s "green program" — like using energy efficient light bulbs or operating out of a LEED Platinum building — we''ll either scream or throw up. Trust reached an all-time low of 24 percent in 2011, down from 69 percent in 2008.". Don''t get us wrong.

Banking 8

Banking Licensing Finance Insurance 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2011

Folks at Danone learned it from Grameen Bank Founder Mohammad Yunus, who asked them to consider putting Danone’s special formula nutrient in an edible cover, not a disposable package. Value creation in every field is a distributed process. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. We live in a complex world.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware Engineering Chief Technology Officer Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

It's easy to assume that Jamie Dimon, the accomplished CEO of JPMorgan Chase, was simply stonewalling when he claimed that mounting trading losses in his bank were "blown out of proportion" — that he was unaware of how grave the situation really was. But I believe that Dimon literally didn't see perceive disaster unfolding before him.

Banking 9

Banking Kahneman Document Simon 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

The tick-borne illness kept JPMorgan Chase's Ina Drew out of the office for extended periods in 2010 and 2011. And it was during Drew's absences, according to a richly detailed account in The New York Times , that the bank's chief investment office, which she ran, began to get into trouble: The morning conference calls Ms.

Management 10

Management Risk Management Competitive Intelligence Hedge 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2011

Morgan Bank with a back-office department in which the staff was hard-pressed to collect and reconcile data at the end of every month. Within days the data collection and reconciliation process returned to normal, so that by the end of the month the team was again struggling to get everything done. I was working at what was then J.P.

Welch 15

Welch Energy Banking Conference 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2011

I had an interesting conversation earlier this week with a very experienced consultant whose company works with many of the largest financial services providers in the world — the banks, funds, and insurance companies we've all heard of. There are two types of bad news here for the services providers. I hope they show up soon.

Company 15

Company Insurance Banking Document 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

boss, Ina Drew , the former head of their unit in of the bank's, the Chief Investment Office (CIO); and CEO Jamie Dimon, to whom the CIO reported who oversaw the CIO. Drew quickly retired after the losses, and Iksil and Macris are, according to news reports, leaving the bank.

CIO 8

CIO Committee Risk Management Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

I should know: Many of my former colleagues, friends, and family members mentioned these stereotypes in 2011 when I accepted a job helping launch a new publication covering the business aspects of this emerging sector. Professionals from the banking, finance, investing, and accounting worlds. And more are joining every day.

Industry 10

Industry Retail Banking Brand 10

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

million in 2011. Representation of women on boards of S&P 500 companies declined to 16% in 2011 from 16.6% One woman has become an expert in physician services processes and programs for hospitals. how to keep all her channels operating in concert with one another. million women-owned businesses in the U.S.,

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Back east, established firms worked with big banks to launch new enterprises. The early success of the model led to a process that was somewhat self-perpetuating. Opus 12 found it in specialty gases, which are useful for many industrial processes, but are difficult and expensive to distribute.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. Increase operating margins to 18% (by cutting expenses).

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Housing , which is generously subsidized (largely through the tax deductibility of mortgage interest, which stimulates demand for homes as well as loans from banks.). And one look at the trade deficit ($558 billion in 2011) clearly indicates we don't have as much as our foreign competitors to sell in return. It is knowledge work.

Health Care 9

Health Care Biotechnology Industry Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2014

The central battle pits Apple against everyone and everything involved with Android, Google’s open source operating system. I will spend my last dying breath if I need to,” Jobs is quoted as saying in a series of jeremiads , “and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40bn in the bank, to right this wrong. Sony is suing LG.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Software Industry Construction 9

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Stale methodologies and disciplines simply die a slow and very painful death, and it is my contention that the overwhelming majority of sales processes I see in today’s marketplace are just that…stale. The process of finding out and offering the advice on the fix is still selling. Thanks for sharing your perspective Scott.

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Blog Ryan B2C Brand 373

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

In the two biggest settlements, the offending companies — Enron and WorldCom — went belly up, leaving their banks stuck with most of the tab, a somewhat more logical outcome but not the standard one. This debate is happening because in Halliburton Co. John Fund, Inc. , Then there are the lawyers. Bratton and Michael L.

Training 8

Training Efficiency Class Price 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

A recently released survey reveals that 86 percent of firms face increasing complexity in their operating environment or organizational structure over the past three years. The complexity challenge: how businesses are bearing up is an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report commissioned by the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Crisis 78

Crisis Survey Analysis Finance 78

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. Sweeping reforms by Wall Street and the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) are needed, forcing firms to separate their investment banking business from their stock advisory business. Operational Statistics.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

A trainer may recommend courses for human behavior, believing that these constitute a Visioning process (of which they are a small part). Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17 Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

Consultative 60

Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 60

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

More than 40% of the unicorns that went public since 2011 saw their valuation stay flat or dropped. Self-cannibalization occurs when a company chooses to proactively replace one product or process with another that is potentially worth less. Back in 2009, there were just four companies that fit the bill. Consider China’s Tencent.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

In fact, one attendee — an old friend who strategizes about technology for a big New York bank — commented that perhaps Wall Street would become “the new Rust Belt.” more than 10,000 “front-office producer” jobs have been lost within the top 10 banks since 2011. Insight Center.

Compliance 8

Compliance Finance Banking Advice 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Discovery-Driven Growth : A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity by Rita McGrath. I’m thinking of HDFC Bank in India, Yahoo! Companies that will eventually be wrecked by others’ innovations are operating on autopilot. Copyright 2011. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Be prepared.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

In my opinion, deregulation, as a whole, has worked negatively upon business and society (banking, airlines, trucking, and broadcasting), and the SEC is no exception. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57