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To Cope with Labor Shortage, Raise Emotional Compensation

Michael Lee Stallard

I am not at all surprised that Costco ranked #4 on the Forbes / Statista “ America’s Best Large Employers 2021 ” list and leads the retail and wholesale category. Connected, engaged employees are more collaborative, innovative, and productive. Costco has consistently been in the top five of the list for years.

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CMI Highlights

Chartered Management Institute

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. Reserved your spot? Enjoy the rest of your week.

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? or my personal favorite, “We need to focus on our core business.&#

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Five Steps to Resource Optimization: Any process can be improved.

Strategy Driven

Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. About the Authors Ed Hughes is a SAS Product Manager and frequently published SAS Institute author and conference presenter.

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Does Bigger Data Lead to Better Decisions?

Harvard Business Review

Big is old – retailers and financial institutions have had big data for decades. Take large retailers. They can then link this data with in-depth market research as well as social media data from Twitter or Facebook. The point we stress here is that diverse data confers similar benefits. But Diversity is new.

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India's Exploding Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

Recently, I had the privilege of moderating a conference of global entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in Mumbai — an event called Founders Forum India. Fueling this explosion is a fact of national culture: Indians love media. It's a reflection of what's happening in the domestic retail space more broadly.

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What Data Journalists Need to Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

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. Why does this matter? How could things be different?