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Everybody Loves Bob – Faster Cheaper Better: The 9 Levers for Transforming How Work Gets Done

Strategy Driven

Hershman and Dr. Michael Hammer. The modern corporation that has evolved as a result consists of many specialized functional departments, such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, operations, and finance. Hershman is the Chief Executive Officer of Hammer and Company. About the Authors.

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Goal Setting vs. Goal Sitting

Chris Brady

Select one (or at the most two), and hammer away at it with all your ability. Happy New Year and God Bless, Trish Kirby Posted by: Trish Kirby | December 31, 2010 at 10:02 AM Chris, Great article. We take a look at ourselves and see so many areas for improvement that we are tempted to attack them all at once. Resist this temptation.

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business Review

Our survey, in fact, showed that early AI adopters have primarily bought the right fit-for-purpose technology solutions, with only a minority of respondents both developing and implementing all AI solutions in-house. Resist the temptation to put technology teams solely in charge of AI initiatives.

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Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other

Harvard Business Review

After all, sales and finance were often at odds in organizations, and the conflict hadn’t had a big impact on Barker’s revenues. “I did talk to that leadership development firm last year,” he said. Later that afternoon, at the end of a regular meeting with the finance team, Lance asked Damon to stay behind.

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Designing the Machines That Will Design Strategy

Harvard Business Review

It’s not implausible to imagine that one day a “strategist in a box” could autonomously develop and execute a business strategy. LTCM was founded, in 1994, by some of the best minds in finance theory, including two Nobel Prize winners. If all you have is a hammer, then everything will look like a nail.

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Shutting Down Your Business Gracefully

Harvard Business Review

Hammering home the point, the client added, “It’s probably a good time to terminate our contract.” Blickstein and his finance team had already begun to analyze the options. Home Run’s clients relied on the company to help develop and implement their media strategies. He wanted out. Making the Decision.

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Why Those Guys Won the Economics Nobels

Harvard Business Review

He got his PhD at Yale under Shiller’s supervision in 1984, but since then he has also done a lot of work expanding on Fama’s ideas about risk and return, some of it co-authored with Fama’s son-in-law and University of Chicago finance colleague, John Cochrane. But even Asness and Liew threw up their hands when it came to Hansen.

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