Chris Brady
DECEMBER 30, 2010
Select one (or at the most two), and hammer away at it with all your ability. We take a look at ourselves and see so many areas for improvement that we are tempted to attack them all at once. Resist this temptation. Focus is the key. Take immediate action. Where the fins hit the water is when we take action toward their fulfillment.
Strategy Driven
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Small businesses that fail to do this can get hammered by unforeseen costs, go into steep debt, and potentially close completely. For example, you could take on 100 new orders in one week but won’t receive payment for these for at least 30 days. Examples of Cash Flow Management Problems in Business. Cash flow from financing.
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Harvard Business Review
APRIL 6, 2018
It happens all the time: A group of managers get together at a resort for two days to hammer out a “strategic plan.” At the start of my public seminars on strategic planning I ask attendees, who rank from board members and CEOs to middle management, to write down an example of a strategy on a sheet of paper.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 28, 2017
Consider, for example, Google’s acquisition of DeepMind, which is using its machine learning chops to help the tech giant improve even core businesses like search optimization. Even large digital natives such as Amazon and Google have turned to companies and talent outside their confines to beef up their AI skills.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 10, 2011
An executive in the company's finance operations adopted a Six Sigma belt-driven approach to reduce costs in the company's global shared service centers. For example, GE runs process improvement projects with Six Sigma Master Black Belts, Black Belts, and Green Belts armed with explicit financial targets.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 18, 2016
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. For example, strategies in predictable classical environment require a logic of “analyze, plan, execute.” Design appropriate to the aim.
Chris Brady
FEBRUARY 8, 2010
Government is like a sledge hammer. "green Police" Two examples, florescent light bulb,and GMO crops. It all started with the "I Want You to Want Me" song that I first heard blaring at a gas station in South Carolina while on vacation. It is only good at one thing, and the use of a sledgehammer is obvious.
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