Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Develop those contacts as a ladder to reach higher, but more challenging, prospects. Test business development, starting with advice from your banker, accountant, and lawyer. Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Cultivate the local media. Mine your backyard.

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2017

With the announcement, some in the media concluded that the Google moonshot was essentially dead. The landing has been called the greatest technological achievement in human history. For these types of projects, develop them so that the returns don’t pay out only at the end. return on its investment along the way.

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Wilde Armstrong Project Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Then came the cloud, which only heightened frustration with IT's lack of velocity in delivery, and managers flocked to outside vendors to automate various business processes, from customer relationship management to supply chain reporting to social media analytics. Shadow IT has been freshly-labeled "departmental IT.". IT as Process Creator.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2013

Social media pushed this even further by forcing brands to engage with consumers — one-on-one — for the public to see, in a very human voice. Here are five new attributes that I think marketing agencies will need to develop to survive: 1. Content as media. How does an agency stay ahead of the curve?

Marketing 9

Marketing Brand Advertorial Advertising 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The announcement late last week of Comcast’s $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable set off a predictable frenzy of hyperventilating by much of the technology media and self-appointed consumer advocacy groups. Cable is just a technology, increasingly one of many, for transmitting information, whether video, voice or data.

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Technology Content Information Technology Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2014

Winning Friends and Influencing People How Advanced Socialbots Have Infiltrated Twitter MIT Technology Review Ah yes, those pesky Twitter bots. In this piece from Greentech Media, Jeff St. Research Social media' The Comfort of Crowds Are Smartphone Users the Missing Link in Building Efficiency?

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Engineering Welch Media Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

By helping business leaders to improve their businesses, the CIO becomes an obvious candidate to fill any open role that involves technology, process, or strong governance. Other companies have multiple employee collaboration platforms with different rules and technologies. But the responsibilities of the CDO will be required.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Reviews: “This wild, wicked show is not just a screamfest; it’s a good piece of theater!” - The New York Times “Funny, furious and wholly enthralling!” - Wall Street Journal “Teller has filled Play Dead with elaborate illusions and effects including a slam-bang finale!”

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

When I decided to leave Wall Street, I was the Senior Media and Telecom analyst for Latin America at Merrill Lynch, and the top-ranked analyst in my field. I had worked for over a decade to develop relationships with Latin American business leaders, several of whom were on Forbes' billionaire list. That decision is all yours.".

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Disruptive Innovation Christensen Metrics Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2011

It's a motivator as well as a catalyst for developing cross-functional intelligence. Blame digital nativity, social media, the Cartoon Network, or whatever else. Younger people often haven't developed those nuanced lenses yet. Younger employees often haven't developed the ability to wall off the toxin.

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Motivation Management Short-term Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless. There are two ways to set revenue targets.

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Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

It looked like a stuffed animal — a cartoonish plush bird with a beetling brow and goofy eyes — but it contained a microphone, tiny speaker, headphone jack, computer chip, and enough speech-recognition and voice-generation technology to engage in sassy banter in Mandarin. But the Brrrd's heyday had come and gone.

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Case Study Retail Learning-by-Doing Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2015

Another offering that taps the power of the Internet of Things and Big Data (and in whose development I was directly involved) is Disney’s MyMagic+. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. It works incredibly well. Insight Center. The Future of Operations. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

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CRM Management Taylorism Taylor 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

As the founder of a firm that helps launch products, services, businesses, and communities, I’ve watched the days of an embargoed launch date and a single exclusive media story disappear. When it comes to choosing media to support a new product launch, consider the target market.

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Media Tactics Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Second, his philosophy on products includes the principle of serving the ecosystem of users and developers. And third, his belief that technology is an equalizing force. Here four things I think he should focus on as he takes the helm: Signal his commitment to serving at technology’s cutting edge.

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CEO Engineering Advertising Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

At the same time, technologies like selfie sticks, Fitbits, and wearable video cameras are making people comfortable monitoring their own calorie consumption, sleep patterns, heart rate, friends, family, and daily experiences. Product and package designers can see how people open, store, and use their purchases “in the wild.”

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Document Marketing Learning-by-Doing Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

From relentless demand for resources to bamboo-like 9% growth to vicious competition for the technologies and industries of the future, China will be the big story for a long time. It certainly has become a media darling for clean tech skeptics. The greening of the supply chain. Big organizations keep asking more of their suppliers.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2011

Three years ago, I developed " Random Acts of Shaqness " — Twitter stunts designed to help Shaquille O'Neal bridge the virtual and physical worlds by, for example by posing like a statue in Harvard Square so fans could take pictures with him. It can be the technology that scales good deeds to the global level.

Technology 14

Technology Media Open-book Globalization 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

The web did not invent community-driven brands – just think of Harley Davidson — but technology has surely made the strategy more popular. While its social media KPI’s soared, its business suffered. American Express has developed “Small Business Saturday.” These days, it’s pretty easy to interact with consumers directly.

Media 8

Media Marketing Strategy Groupthink Kaplan 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

In a recent HBR article, Paul Nunes and I introduced the term Big Bang Disruption to signify innovations that, thanks to rapidly advancing technology, come out of the box both better and cheaper than alternative solutions already in the marketplace. How big a deal is this “democratization” of finance?

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Disruptive Innovation Finance Venture Capitalist Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Deep in the golden corn fields of Iowa, technology is transforming life on the farm. But FarmLogs is not your typical technology start-up, and its founders, Jesse Vollmar and Brad Koch, are not your typical Silicon Valley-style entrepreneurs. Jorg Greuel/Getty Images.

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