N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 12, 2010
Decisioning by consensus usually results in no decision being made, or an intellectually dishonest, watered-down decision that is so full of compromises, hedges and caveats that a non-decision might have been preferable. They are simply meant to foster a spirit of cooperation.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 20, 2013
They may not be like the big conglomerates of the 1960s — you can see how their portfolio of somewhat related business came about — but, in reality, the various divisions and business units do operate completely independently from one another. First, corporate C-suite executives are portfolio managers.
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Harvard Business Review
MARCH 5, 2012
As one chief information security officer for a global bank said, "If we did all the security checks we'd like to before connecting with new hedge fund customers, they would just take their business across the street.". Unfortunately, though, it's all too easy to grind your business to a halt with doctrinaire security policies.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 27, 2018
Apple and Google, for example, each control a popular mobile phone operating system platform (and key apps on that platform), Amazon controls the largest online merchant platform, and Facebook controls the largest social network platform. Through their leading platforms, a significant volume and variety of personal data flows.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 7, 2017
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and prominent board members, with the cooperation and support of the head of HR, have initiated an investigation. But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
It’s the channel through which you sell your initiatives to the people you depend on for cooperation and support. Burt asked the managers to write down their best ideas about how to improve business operations, and then he asked two executives at the company to rate the quality of these ideas. lawyers, accountants).
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 23, 2015
Between ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandising, and media rights, Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates global sports revenues will grow to total roughly $145 billion. These aren’t mom and pop operations anymore. We now have entire conferences dedicated to the analytics of our business and our basketball operations.
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