Chris Brady

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Select one (or at the most two), and hammer away at it with all your ability. An action plan might involve joining a health club, working out three to four times a week, and managing your caloric intake. We take a look at ourselves and see so many areas for improvement that we are tempted to attack them all at once. Focus is the key.

Goal 134

Goal Blog Letter Open-book 134

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

Telecom and financial services are poised to lead the way, with respondents in these sectors planning to increase their AI tech spend by more than 15% a year — seven percentage points higher than the cross-industry average — in the next three years. Believe the hype that AI can potentially boost your top and bottom line.

Survey 11

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

It’s not implausible to imagine that one day a “strategist in a box” could autonomously develop and execute a business strategy. LTCM was founded, in 1994, by some of the best minds in finance theory, including two Nobel Prize winners. If all you have is a hammer, then everything will look like a nail.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

Home Run Media, a media agency that helped its clients plan and carry out their marketing strategies, had been operating for more than a decade when a key client in the fantasy sports industry began to grow rapidly, thanks in part to Home Run’s work and to a healthy dose of venture capital that was fueling its growth. He wanted out.

Media 8

Media Hammer Software Company 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Or you could participate in projects financed in part by conventional investors and in part by non-profits. To us, the key about intentionality is that it must focus on a business model, a business plan upfront, with both economic and social impact. Secondly, it’s about combining philanthropic and financial investors.

Insurance 8

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

The problem, I realized, was that the US company’s strategy of constant new product development was not aligned with what motivated our salespeople. We followed up with weekly review meetings to discuss progress, analyze problems, and hammer out solutions. Of course, it took more than a single meeting to achieve genuine alignment.

Company 8

Company Franchising Retail Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2012

Few have developed the understanding that the bark is merely the outermost layer of a tree. In the six decades since Berlin's essay was published, hedgehogs have come to dominate academia, medicine, finance, law, and many other professional domains. There are many who have deeply studied its nooks, grooves, coloration, and texture.

Hammer 20

Hammer Real Estate Uncertainty Career 20