Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2011

For those of us not in operations, supply chain, or logistics, it's a vaguely familiar line item we learned about in finance class. As I learned at the conference, according to Terra Technology's benchmarking study , the error rate for CPG companies on estimated vs. actual sales is shockingly high. I was wrong.

Energy 11

Energy Supply Chain Operations Benchmarking 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. But there is a pattern among these critics, which is that they rarely ask how well the systems they analyze would operate without algorithms.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Policies Finance Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

MBA students are dutifully taught finance, strategy and operations as if revenue appeared by magic and salespeople were at best a necessary evil. Sullivan has read numerous sales books and attended conferences, but says most provide no more than a brief sugar high. They don't have what it takes.

Succession 15

Succession Conference Outsourcing Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

While the top reason for leaving was low compensation (57% reported it), nearly as important was frustration with a lack of professional development opportunities, which half of respondents cited as their reason for departure. Education crowdfunder DonorsChoose.org, which finances classroom-based projects, is a good model of success.

Development 8

Development Mentor COO CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

In every presidential election year, it seems, editors come up with the idea to send reporters out in search of the same story: "Go find corporate bosses out there," they tell some cub, "who are trying to strong-arm their employees to vote for one candidate or the other." Unbelievably, every time, they find some. You probably won't sway them.

How To 8

How To Politics Influence Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

At a meeting on April 8, Drew assured Dimon and the operating committee of JPMorgan that the trades were being well managed and would work out. As the second week of May began, Dimon realized, "The last thing I told the market — that it was a tempest in a teapot — was dead wrong," the Journal reports.

Banking 9

Banking Kahneman Document Simon 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. Drone operators will be regularly required, for example, to pass a written test, but won’t, as rumored, need to obtain a pilot’s license.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in the Citizens United campaign finance decision that “Business corporations must engage the political process in instrumental terms if they are to maximize shareholder value.” ” Yet the freedom bestowed on corporations by Citizens United comes with serious risk.

Politics 8

Politics Committee CPA Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

In March 2000, Barron's reported that 51 Internet companies were burning cash so fast that they'd be broke by the end of the end of the year. In fact, Amazon was only operating at such a high burn rate because it could. Once investors stopped giving it free money, the company quickly cut back on its investments and its losses.

Training 10

Training Bond Christensen Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Big financial services companies are challenged when it comes to connecting with younger consumers, particularly about personal finance. Reminiscent of a Starbucks, the storefront includes a coffee bar, a conference table in an open area, and a couple of meeting rooms. MassMutual Walks the Talk by Talking.

Company 8

Company Hotels Travel Class 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Concerns that it wouldn’t have enough cash to finance its holiday stock has apparently led to the company to sell real estate, spin off its Lands’ End brand, and raise $625 million in unsecured loans and equity warrants. But then “Sears found the answer first,” Worthy reports, in 1924.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2014

Moreover, they operated on a scale that is unthinkable in a business climate that prizes “nimbleness”: in 1960, GM had 500,000 employees on its payroll. A central office kept track of finances and the allocation of resources. He introduced annual model changes in the mid-1920s and brought designers from Hollywood to shape new cars.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Venture Capitalist Price Engineering 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Day one of the conference was headlined by a highly esteemed group of speakers who didn’t give me nearly what I had hoped for – While there were a few shining stars, and some great sound bites, I wasn’t challenged nearly as much as I hoped to be. Leaders make the news, they don’t report it.

Blog 306

Blog Brand Media Influence 306

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

The debates ( pro and con ) around these projects have brought data journalism out of its niche in digital media conferences and trade publications into the limelight. These new media outlets have been received with both praise and criticism.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Media Analysis Project 10

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

Great communicators can tailor a message such that they can speak to 10 people in a conference room or 1,000 people in an auditorium and have them feel as if you were speaking directly to each one of them as an individual. Speak to groups as individuals : Leaders don’t always have the luxury of speaking to individuals in an intimate setting.

Tips 398

Tips Blog Learning-by-Doing Open-book 398

Strategy Driven

APRIL 11, 2018

Your utility bills can be a big drain on your finances if you don’t shop around for the best deals. If you can keep things virtual as much as possible, you’ll be able to save money on overhead expenses and operating costs. Have a set time for checking email, and then leave it alone for the rest of the day. Start Using Free Software.

Outsourcing 52

Outsourcing Energy Software Credit Scoring 52

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2015

“Ideally you should operate at some level of overcapacity so that when you lose an employee, you don’t need to panic,” she says. It doesn’t have to be a big party; “it could be coffee and donuts in the conference room.” Lechner also recommends reconsidering your team configuration.

Case Study 8

Case Study Learning-by-Doing Team Company 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2017

It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself. You can verbally communicate this with your team, role model it, and create organizational operating principles around it.

Team 12

Team Conference Restructuring McKinsey 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

I participated in a cognitive technologies conference a few days after the November 8 election, and much of the talk at breaks (and some on the stage) was about the election results and the reasons behind them. Some conference participants were concerned that this beleaguered region might grow.

Compliance 8

Compliance Finance Banking Advice 8