Women on Business

OCTOBER 19, 2012

One of the first things we learned in Kindergarten was that everybody would get a turn, and in business we have completely unlearnt that skill. In business we operate under the old adage of the loudest person is the one that gets heard. In business information is power, so why would you let that advantage go?

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HR Digest

APRIL 18, 2023

Business analysts’ job descriptions highlight their role in identifying business problems, analyzing data, and developing solutions to help organizations achieve their goals. They work closely with stakeholders to identify business needs and translate them into functional requirements.

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Management Trends Software Document 52

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Being a successful entrepreneur does not come easily because learning to operate a successful company takes long. Influential business people know how to capitalize on adversity and learn from their failures. Being stuck in one spot or failing to keep up with updated information and skills will undoubtedly cause you to fall behind.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

That transformation requires adopting new digital technologies in every aspect of business — from product design and operations to customer service and marketing. But not every business knows how to convert that data into actionable insights. We help businesses look at improving their connection with the individual.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2018

However, many businesses are cynical about Microsoft’s swiftly rising SharePoint tool. This could be because they’re not entirely sure how it can be applied to their business operations. The three main components of SharePoint are communication, information and organisation. Information. What is SharePoint?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

You could almost think about that driver as being on the receiving end of a firehose of data, sorting out the most important patterns, and then turning all of that into a best course of action — the very definition of Intelligence. And, so, before too long, the taxi you’re about to hail in Phoenix, shows up; Poof! No driver necessary.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 16, 2021

It is this sort of operational excellence that needs to work hand-in-hand with a strong digital front-end to deliver great products and services. What are some of the difficulties in creating the partnership with digital and traditional business operations. And, yet, great customer service keeps customers coming back.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 14, 2013

A growing number of organizations are moving toward having more pervasive Business Intelligence (BI) by turning to evidence-based decision making supported by a range of BI and analytics technology and processes that enable decision makers to have the best possible intelligence about customers, finances, operations, suppliers, and the market.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

With the plethora of conflicting information written about process design, implementation and management, combined with the nightmares we’ve all experienced as a result of bad process, many executives fear the pain associated with flawed process less than they value the benefits created by good process.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 25, 2013

There is a lot of hype and buzz around business intelligence. Companies are investing millions of dollars in business intelligence technology. So by learning how pilots are successful, leaders can get a much better return on their business intelligence initiatives. How is the pilot successful?

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Steve Farber

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Share critical information. He gave the advisory board access to information and data about key decisions for the entire organization, which allowed them to see the big picture and make decisions based on what was best for the enterprise. Leadership Tip: Hold open, no-holds-barred feedback sessions with your team. Be caregivers.

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Steve Farber

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Share critical information. He gave the advisory board access to information and data about key decisions for the entire organization, which allowed them to see the big picture and make decisions based on what was best for the enterprise. Leadership Tip: Hold open, no-holds-barred feedback sessions with your team. Be caregivers.

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CEO Leadership COO Tips 40

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Customer centricity as a strategy reorients the entire business-operating model around the customer; it means understanding the customer’s point of view and respecting the customer’s interest. By doing this, it increases their overall satisfaction—and in the process, business profitability. Name and address information required.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

With cloud implementation you'll be able to go wherever your business takes you by accessing it from different technologies, too. You'll be able to give the right people the information they need in real time in order to spot anomalies and correct any discrepancies. Do global business but act local. Book value is not guaranteed.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Posted by Thornton May on November 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment The classic Harvard Business School case “Otisline (A)” 1 begins with the quote, “… our objective is to go unnoticed.” In the elevator business, you can be hugely successful and highly profitable by going unnoticed. Broadband gives us more information.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

It’s created new business and social networks, resulted in new ecosystems, and transformed our economy. While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind. Other financial and operating indicators showed similar disparities. for leaders and 3.2% for laggards.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

For example, though most American business travelers aren’t aware of the threats of espionage, the dangers are greater and more prevalent than ever before. One could argue that since the dawn of civilization only time itself has proven more valuable than information.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Those that successfully harvest vast troves of data can improve productivity; make faster and more accurate decisions; reduce costs; increase competitive advantage; discover new business models and innovations; and better engage customers, employees, and partners. That’s still true. 6 Digital Trends Are Poised to Transform How We Work.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

In order to see the future more clearly, it''s almost always helpful to look back — and this certainly goes for IT and its ever-increasing impact on operations, and ultimately on competitive advantage. Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2012

In his research, he reports that these individuals typically have extensive sales, marketing and operational backgrounds. I'm not suggesting that these folks need to run SPSS, or sit in front of a business intelligence tool all day. But they do understand the importance of data in addressing business questions.

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Company Business Intelligence CRM Marketing 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

But maybe the thrill of accomplishment in these pockets is diverting senior managers’ attention from another, even more critical opportunity: Digital technologies are also rapidly changing how managers can acquire and assess the information they use to develop and execute on enterprise-wide strategy. Strategy can anticipate and learn.

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Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

This question has been top of mind lately among manufacturers aiming to drive profitable growth, triggering a fundamental shift to the way a business operates that increasingly focuses on outcomes. The result, or outcome, is that farmers can manage their operations more efficiently and increase crop yields. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

If you want to put analytics to work and build a more analytical organization, you need two cadres of employees: Analytics professionals to mine and prepare data, perform statistical operations, build models, and program the surrounding business applications. What do the business people learn?

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How To Competitive Intelligence Information Technology McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Carr predicted that an organization''s ability to compete through investing in information technology was about to change dramatically. The IT boom of the 1980s and early ''90s had brought information technology to the corporate masses, unleashing the first full-scale technology revolution in the enterprise.

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Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Slowly but surely, as the little database grew bigger and bigger, the manager would wedge the cost into her operating budget. It's not as if IT departments aren't busy. They're simpler to implement than their enterprise-wide counterparts and business people see them as worthwhile and cost-effective.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The proliferation of C-suite roles is an indication of the increasing strategic and operational complexity organizations face. Brad Peters, CEO of Birst, a business intelligence company, raised the issue of incentives and structure with me in an interview at Saleforce.com’s Dreamforce conference.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

But maybe the thrill of accomplishment in these pockets is diverting senior managers’ attention from another, even more critical opportunity: Digital technologies are also rapidly changing how managers can acquire and assess the information they use to develop and execute on enterprise-wide strategy. Strategy can anticipate and learn.

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Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

Families that shop together have long represented a missed data opportunity for retailers, because there has been no way to collect information about children if their mom is the only person interacting electronically with the store at the register. That's about to change.

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Retail Wireless Loyalty Chemicals 12

Strategy Driven

MAY 26, 2021

Both of these are focused on business intelligence and deep learning with traditional ML at their core. The platform requires no programming and operates via a user-friendly point and click interface in order to upload data and model a scenario for prediction with naturally written questions. A Binary Decision?

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Tools Analysis Software Document 97

Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2018

In the part 1 of this topic, the likes of communication, organization and information was discussed as some of the reasons every business owner should consider using SharePoint. In this article, the focus will be on the pros of using SharePoint as a business technology solution. Is Sharepoint Adequate For Your Business?

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Technology CRM Document Project 51

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2015

The four finalists represent a mix of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, provider- and patient-facing innovations, and clinical and operational solutions. Medical professionals transmit vital information at every change of shift and whenever a patient changes locations.

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Health Care Innovation Cost Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2014

Its use of quantitative information can help organizations optimize their spaces in a way that positively reinforces their overarching mission, and accommodates the unique work styles of their employees. Apply your company’s CRM or business intelligence systems to internal operations.

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Conference CRM Creativity Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2015

Unlike the Robo-advisors that operate in a “black box,” these AI systems provide transparency by communicating what has happened and offering recommendations in plain English that people can immediately understand. To do this work, the system starts with the goals of the report (e.g., did this portfolio outperform the benchmark?).

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Benchmarking Analysis Report CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

For existing health care companies, the operative words in that mandate have been “health care”; for Amazon, the operative words likely are “service that needs to be delivered to a customer.” By simplifying data capture, Amazon frees up resources to analyze that information for purposes of business intelligence.

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Health Care Retail Operations Insurance 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

If your primary skill is analytics (or data-mining or business intelligence), chances are that your self-confidence has taken a beating as machine learning and statistics have become prized within companies, the job market, and the media. What about analysts? Analytics as a second-class citizen. The result?

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Organization Engineering Learning-by-Doing Storytelling 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Digital startups had begun producing virtual products that ZF did not know how to compete against, and engineers in logistics, operations, and other functions were finding that their traditional approaches couldn’t handle the complex issues they faced. ZF, a global automotive supplier based in Germany, was no exception.

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Company Automotive Project Chief Information Officer 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2018

What they do need are analyses that solve key commercial and operational problems. What’s missing, more often than not, is a clear strategy and operational model for using these capabilities in ways that are specific to the company’s business requirements. The same is true for processing power. Keep it commercial.

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