First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 26, 2011

Here is an article written by Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.”

Hammer 89

Hammer Diversity Innovation Article 89

Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

Hershman and Dr. Michael Hammer. How to create a cadre of professionals at every level – people who focus not just on limited tasks but the overall outcome and ensure that the company gets and keeps happy customers. There are lots of companies like Bob’s, fragmented and inefficient. Most companies get metrics all wrong.

Hammer 50

Hammer Chief Executive Officer Metrics Process 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

For the moment, this is good news for those companies still experimenting or piloting AI (41%). Survey respondents from firms that have successfully deployed an AI technology at scale tend to rate C-suite support as being nearly twice as high as those companies that have not adopted any AI technology.

Survey 14

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

For me the lesson is this: Companies should complement a top-down push with as much bottom-up pull as possible to sustain momentum and avoid regression back to previous, inferior levels of performance. Consider the competition between push and pull camps in a major oil company. Finally, the improvement experts (and I am one!)

Six Sigma 15

Six Sigma Bottom-up Cost Project 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

But because we failed to hammer out exactly how we would operate (including our respective roles and responsibilities), infighting distracted from operating, cash became a concern, and the business slowly, then quickly, imploded. But the company needs to reach profitability quickly. My husband and I lost a painful lot of money.

Due Diligence 14

Due Diligence Magazine SWOT Christensen 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Or you could participate in projects financed in part by conventional investors and in part by non-profits. People buy them because they trust the companies. If you start seeing everything through the impact investing lens, it starts looking like you have a hammer and everything looks like a nail. They trust the governance.

Insurance 9

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

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. And Lars has taken some of these ideas and applied them in finance.

CAPM 9

CAPM Discount Price Finance 9