Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2018

It’s also one of the hardest skills for a new manager to learn, in part because — unless you’re working at a very fast-growing company — you typically don’t get a lot of practice with it. When you don’t have a lot of opportunities to practice, it’s easy for your learning curve to remain flat.

Learning Curve 14

Learning Curve Management CFO Delegation 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2017

Two groups had the steepest learning curve in particular. They hailed from countries as diverse as Brazil, France, Germany, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Thailand, and all demonstrated the characteristics of what I call global work orientation. These challenges differed depending on people’s backgrounds and location.

Succession 15

Succession Globalization Tacit Knowledge GDP 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

Other consumer-focused companies such as IKEA and Starbucks are following in KFC's footsteps, but the learning curve is both steep and long. Focus recruiting efforts to bring diverse, multicultural candidates into the company. So what can managers do to contribute their part?

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage Leadership Telecommunications Talent Management 15

Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

2) Learning Curve. (3) 3) Applications for Lessons Learned. (4) Understand and celebrate diversity. Few people attempt to get this far in the educational process. Those who do so have encompassed profound wisdom. This step is detailed in my monograph, "7 Layers of Wisdom": (1) Glimmer of An Idea. (2) Workplace literacy.

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Education Company Succession Mentor 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Moreover, the tools developed for contexts like these can be complex, often involving a steep learning curve. Right here, some say, is where a company could use gamification to encourage people to invest the time and learn how to use the new tools.

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Tools Learning Curve Insurance B2B 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Our results suggest there’s still time to climb the learning curve and compete using AI.

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Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Impact investing has an array of champions — from Pope Francis to the White House — and is gaining traction in sectors as diverse as education, financial inclusion, and alternative energy. Some observers worry that it diverts money away from worthy nonprofits.

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Learning Curve Hedge CEO Education 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 4, 2010

But, no matter where we are on the technology learning curve, the one thing we know for sure is that if we are going to learn it well, we have to consult those who have the skill. It is the core facet of how humanity has operated since history began; to share resources, to learn, and to instruct in kind.

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Learning-by-Doing Media Blog Technology 41

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Diversity on your founding team will give you strength. But a long-term relationship can help you leapfrog the learning curve of the close collaboration, which can sometimes take years to develop. Different operational skills. Easy familiarity helps conversations move quickly and allows trustworthy cooperation.

How To 15

How To Long-term Learning Curve Entrepreneur 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2017

.” And one user summarized the RSC experience by noting, “I think the time I’ve spent watching and reading tips and techniques is essentially a ‘robotic fellowship’” that led to a significant improvement in this user’s learning curve.

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Media Skills Conference Learning-by-Doing 8

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

A professional with proven ability to manage change and work across diverse areas, as required, can be a great asset to an organization. Be able to recognise learning curves and achievements and to know when to move on and when to dig in and make the most of an opportunity. Congruence.

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Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

High Costs, Learning Curves. Rules and responsibilities within each sector of companies are changing. Each of us must ask what we can contribute and our roles in adapting to the crises. Corporate scandals of each of the last 10 years cost the U.S. The scandals resulted in one million job cuts.

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Wall Street began charging a “conglomerate discount,” saying that diverse operations were hard to analyze with confidence. True synergies across the diverse operations were often hard to see. Everyone will have the same machines and everyone will be down the same learning curve on how to use the machines.

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Engineering Learning Curve Fixed Costs Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Or they say that they’d try an exciting new platform without considering the frustration of a learning curve. Microsoft’s research points to an increasingly diverse device landscape, with each device being used for specific and differentiated uses and behaviors. They make “good” decisions.

Learning Curve 8

Learning Curve Competitive Intelligence Engineering Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

In addressing the billion-dollar adherence problem, Vitality (since acquired by NANTHEALTH ) considered the interests of the players in the diverse ecosystem, including pharmaceutical companies, retail pharmacies, and health care providers. So instead of creating another pill dispenser, it launched a compliance-enhancing system.

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Productivity Products Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2011

To maintain high worker morale, productivity, and loyalty in such a diverse and changing conditions, IBM has placed new emphasis on the "resources" component of HR in four directions. First, it emphasizes equitable benefits for all, in all countries, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or sexual preference.

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Learning Curve Globalization Airlines Training 13