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How Benchmarking Can Help Countries Become More Digital

Harvard Business Review

When it comes to understanding the pace of global digital evolution , the digital growth of developed countries usually has little to tell us about the digital future of developing ones. The ASEAN region is an example of how benchmarking works. A Case Study of Digital Catch-up in the ASEAN.

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Why Aren’t Black Employees Getting More White-Collar Jobs?

Harvard Business Review

An innovative model developed by the Ascend Foundation provides special insight. In 1967 African-American median household income was 55% that of whites; in 2016 that number was 61%. To continue to improve, we need benchmarking of employer-reported public data to help identify corporate leaders in diversity.

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Invest in Digital Marketing to Control Your Destiny

Harvard Business Review

His "Obama for America" fundraising , analytics and "get out the vote" operation was a masterpiece of agile electoral innovation and entrepreneurship. There's not a brand manager, health care administrator, CMO or CIO who wouldn't benefit big-time from benchmarking their own operations to this campaign's. They're right.

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It Pays to Become a B Corporation

Harvard Business Review

B Corp certification encouraged more “whole-systems thinking” around our social and environmental practices, which led Cabot to develop even more robust customer and consumer programs, cut operating costs, and strengthen our brand reputation as a sustainability-minded company. ” Benchmarking and Operational Cost Savings.

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A Payment Model That Prevents Unnecessary Medical Treatment

Harvard Business Review

Innovating for Value in Health Care. For instance, the institute has launched a bone health program to reduce the likelihood of patients developing fragility fractures and to manage osteopenic patients preoperatively before elective surgery to improve outcomes and decrease complications. Insight Center. Sponsored by Medtronic.

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How Deloitte Made Learning a Game

Harvard Business Review

"Training is a funny thing," James Sanders, Manager of Innovation at Deloitte Consulting, told me recently. "No billion business by 2016, and 70 percent of Global 2000 businesses will be managing at least one "gamified" application or system by 2014. Getting Started: Using Gamification For Learning & Development.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. Matthew Eyring , Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of Vivint Inc. Financial performance.