Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

If you’re thinking about investing in technology for your startup, undertake extensive research, keep track of what your competitors are doing and look for devices, machinery, software or equipment that will enable you to work faster, provide a better service, offer a more diverse range of products or services than your rivals and lower costs.

Outsourcing 51

Outsourcing ROI Marketing Strategy Efficiency 51

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

In premodern times, as the great cathedrals of Europe were constructed, the master builder held all of the necessary knowledge in his head and directed huge teams, but the projects were not collaborative. The shift is from that of a master-builder, as Gawande describes in The Checklist Manifesto , to a more collaborative mindset.

Entrepreneur 81

Entrepreneur CPA Exit Strategy How To 81

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2012

The No Asshole Rule by Robert Sutton provides methods for constructively dealing with the workplace bullies, creeps, jerks, tyrants, tormentors, despots, backstabbers, and egomaniacs – regardless if they are seniors, peers, or subordinates. See StrategyDriven ‘s Diversity and Inclusion topic area.) by Robert Sutton.

Resources 52

Resources Attrition Competitive Advantage Bottom-up 52

Ask Atma

APRIL 20, 2012

Establish clear kill points for constructive endings. Not the right team- A diverse team with different skill sets was often cited as being critical to the success of a startup company. The ability to cut your losses where necessary and re-direct your efforts when you see a dead end is also connected to having a diverse team.

Succession 71

Succession Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing Diversity 71

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

The VC algorithm, if properly constructed, will systematically and objectively take into account “ prospective companies’ financing… intellectual property and previous funding rounds” in a way that might be hard for biased, pressed-for-time humans to replicate.

Learning-by-Doing 17

Learning-by-Doing Technology Finance Construction 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

The VC algorithm, if properly constructed, will systematically and objectively take into account “ prospective companies’ financing… intellectual property and previous funding rounds” in a way that might be hard for biased, pressed-for-time humans to replicate.

Learning-by-Doing 10

Learning-by-Doing Technology Finance Construction 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2012

Frankly, it's very hard to mobilize limited resources and diverse skills without someone taking charge. But at that point, a vice president of finance (who had not been in the meetings) expressed some concerns and sent the team back to the drawing board. We may talk about eliminating hierarchy , but most organizations still have one.

Committee 13

Committee Construction Finance Morale 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2016

At 7 AM on May 13, 2014, a group of Amish community members gathered on a construction site in rural Ohio. Ask people who have participated in the platform, and they will tell you that the community they built in the process of Kickstarting turned out to be more valuable than the financing they received.

Innovation 8

Innovation Early Adopters Brainstorming Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

Because a CEO often effectively controls the director selection process, he will tend to choose directors who are unlikely to oppose him, and who are unlikely to provide the diverse perspectives necessary to maximize firm value. We assume that these individuals would have been attracted to a directorship at a larger, neighboring company.

Company 9

Company Kahneman Learning-by-Doing CEO 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

The group was diverse: I spoke with a 39-year-old managing director of a large investment bank, a failing self-employed photographer, a millionaire entrepreneur, and a Fortune 500 CEO. As their personal finances shored up, professionals I surveyed yearned for more control over their lives. You can't ever get those years back.".

Career 10

Career Golden Handcuff Short-term CEO 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Another high-performing board immersed itself into a global financial services firm's complex financing activities, as it successfully navigated a financial crisis. At its most basic level, this manifests itself in a board's composition and diversity level. To add such strategic value, high-performing boards must be "talent-centric."

Compliance 9

Compliance Maslow Short-term Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The bigger opportunity, and indeed an essential rethink if we are to reboot our economy, is finally to move beyond circa-1970s gender-centric ideology into a larger, more constructive conversation about how to reinvent workplace norms. We humans, women and men alike, are hobbled by a gigantic evolutionary time lag.

Bottom-up 13

Bottom-up Metrics Finance Construction 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2011

While these are all constructive strategies, they don't go far enough to challenge one fundamental assumption at the core of capitalism: that the for-profit firm is the only vehicle for organizing economic activity. that other enterprises then draw upon. For-benefits are not a panacea for society's ills.

CEO 12

CEO Incubator Supply Chain Entrepreneur 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Putting together a truly effective board — one full of committed, expert members who generally have a constructive, supportive relationship with management but are curious enough to keep digging into the company's business and tough enough to take a stand when management begins to lose the plot — is hard.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Banking Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

In addition, diversity among women in management has improved, albeit marginally. Other managerial occupations that became majority-female were education administration, human resources, property and real estate, and finance. Once we see patterns, we can implement programs that effectively promote equity and diversity in the workplace.

Management 10

Management Real Estate Human Resources Diversity 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

That in turn fueled a construction and tourist boom in Spain and Greece, the proceeds of which got spent on BMWs and holiday rental properties. And the biggest financial loser in all this is likely to be the Germans, because it's their cash that has been financing the bubbles. that the awfulness of the Club Med economies was revealed.

Banking 15

Banking Construction Politics Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

Any solutions would depend on diverse stakeholders — such as governments, companies, farmers, investors, and NGOs — who in many cases had a history of conflict or distrust. The vision resonated with government leaders, who were seeking a constructive way to work with the private sector to attract new investment and technology.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Decentralization Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

That in turn fueled a construction and tourist boom in Spain and Greece, the proceeds of which got spent on BMWs and holiday rental properties. And the biggest financial loser in all this is likely to be the Germans, because it's their cash that has been financing the bubbles. that the awfulness of the Club Med economies was revealed.

Banking 12

Banking Construction Politics Case Study 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

With deep roots and broad networks in their communities, these leaders mobilize diverse resources and optimize EFE's operations in specific labor, economic, political, and social contexts. How Banks Should Finance the Social Sector. What works in Morocco could fall flat in Yemen. When You Should Seek Capital from an Impact Investor.

Franchising 8

Franchising Uncertainty NGO Operations 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Content marketing cannot be done by someone in finance that kinda dabbles in writing. Content creation objectives are as diverse as the platforms, media, and audience they want to engage in. Content marketing is about constructing helpful content and getting your audience to read it. But yes, they do! Hire a specialist.

Marketing 105

Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

The EU's strength was always that it tried to celebrate and preserve this diversity. Brussels could start issuing commonly held Eurobonds and construct a fiscal and banking union together with a political union. However, trying to make all euro members more like Germany is bound to result in an anti-Europe and anti-German backlash.

Crisis 12

Crisis Policies Banking Consensus 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The score assigned to this component is an aggregate of scores earned by different clusters of inclusion-related indicators; the clusters that make up inclusivity are labor market inclusion, economic mobility, diversity and acceptance, and policies that promote inclusion. The outcomes of this exercise are shown in the exhibits below.

Benchmarking 10

Benchmarking Globalization Technology Policies 10