Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

Recently, a financial services organization found $5 million in opportunities to optimize its finance processes. Yet it also gives you an agile way to work: you don’t waste time or dollars when there are no results, and you develop a fast-fail mentality to learn what works and what doesn’t.

Strategy 8

Strategy Content Enterprise Architecture Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

Given the pace at which digital innovation is disrupting industries globally, it’s not surprising that most CEOs feel pressure to find and deploy the right technology as fast as their budgets will allow. Marketing, commercial and finance have to work together to develop new pricing models.

CEO 12

CEO Agility Technology Industry 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2012

For example, the executive team of Think Finance , a developer of financial products and one of the nation's fastest-growing private companies , gets together every day to review performance. The days of the static annual plan and budgets are numbered. Both are using methods ("agile scrum ") that enable quick, small changes to systems.

Process 15

Process Strategy Offshoring Information Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Supported by TAPFIN, a division of ManpowerGroup, they gathered data from HR and Finance systems including the HRIS, VMS, ATS, GL/Finance and A/P. The company’s finance organization was developing a new three-year Operating Expense (OPEX) plan, at the same time that HR rolled out their new plan.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2016

The headcount of the data and analytics function is around 10% of the size of the IT function, and its budget is approximately 15% of IT’s. The captive financing division of a global manufacturer has a team of 30 or so analytics modelers, several of which are PhD holders. Data and analytics embedded in an operating division.

Operations 8

Operations Agility Chemicals Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

As real space and cyberspace merge, do financial practices like budgeting provide value over their costs of time, money, effort, agility? Historically, people got to the C-suite by progressing up the career ladder in one discipline, moving among multiple companies until they made it to an executive role in finance, sales, etc.

CIO 8

CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

It''s not about price, or code, or agile development. Alternatively, they attempt to innovate in a lean fashion, but they are slowed immensely by numerous requests for budget, little tolerance for failure, and a general disregard for "experimentation.". That is where the budget is determined, and the processes decided upon.

Company 9

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Remember: No matter how large Contect gets, it will stay agile and motivated. It hits our collective reputation and our finances.” Our revenue is up by 14%, EBITA by 12%, and order intake by 13%. Our performance has exceeded all shareholder expectations. We could never have achieved it without all of you!

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The answer to that depends on your goals, budget, etc., Social Chain Social chain is agile and able to evolve according to what’s happening on one of the best marketing platforms today, social media. One of the biggest myths surrounding content marketing is that you need to be a big business with a big budget to do it.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105