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Is Flexible Work Key To Attracting The Brightest Talents?

The Horizons Tracker

The findings emerged from an analysis of data collected from the UK government’s 2011 Work-Life Balance Survey. So perhaps a good start point is to get early adopters to embark down this road, and then to encourage their stories to be well communicated internally to encourage more managers to shake off the mental shackles and follow suit.

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Personal Needs vs. Customer Relationships

Strategy Driven

The systemic nature of marketing strategy depersonalizes their audience by using language that groups customers into segments and tar¬gets. People are commonly referred to as ‘buyers,’ ‘shoppers,’ ‘payers,’ ‘non-responders,’ ‘early adopters,’ and ‘eyeballs.’

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Most Industries Are Nowhere Close to Realizing the Potential of Analytics

Harvard Business Review

Back in 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report on the transformational potential of big data—and it would take a supercomputer to process all of the articles that have appeared since then urging companies to get on board before some digital disruptor renders them obsolete. Insight Center.

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The Strategic Value of APIs

Harvard Business Review

The API is the core engine driving this strategy. Early adopters will be able to significantly expand their revenues by discovering and joining forces with blockbuster complementors. In its early days, its user interface was not good enough for regular users. Twitter acquired TweetDeck in 2011. Insight Center.

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Interview with Sramana Mitra on 1M/1M Program

Rajesh Setty

That was the birth of our online strategy roundtables where we invited entrepreneurs to pitch and discuss their strategy in a reality show mode. By November 2010, we launched the 1M/1M website, including an early version of the premium program. I thought about it, but decided to experiment with a more interactive format.