LDRLB

MARCH 24, 2014

Put them in an open plan office and they will hide behind the dividers. Doesn’t it seem a little bit insane to expect breakthroughs while using meeting spaces and dynamics that haven’t changed in a couple of hundred years? Remove the dividers and they will hide behind piles of personal junk. It’s why the new CEO of Yahoo!

Open-book 126

Open-book Organizational Behavior Innovation Creativity 126

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

It is a catalyst toward long-term evaluation, planning and implementation. It is the last thing that you write, not an end in itself. In reality, the Mission Statement is rewritten several times, as the planning process ensues. Technology is a tool, which feeds into tactics. What do we want to become? How will we evolve?

Mission Statement 81

Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 81

Strategy Driven

MARCH 19, 2014

No matter what size or type of business you run, chances are, you’re overwhelmed with incoming files – both paper and electronic documents. Document management software can put important documents at your fingertips in seconds and help you keep everything organized. There’s a better way. The good news is it doesn’t have to be that way.

Document 65

Document Software Operations Management 65

Strategy Driven

JUNE 2, 2014

These issues manifest themselves in BOTH lost sales that you could have won and lost profits that you could have earned. Tough questions: What are you doing to fight price pressures? What is your sales team doing this year to dominate the market and the competition? AKA: Where’s the proof YOU are the best buy?). (AKA:

Customer Loyalty 51

Customer Loyalty Reputation Loyalty Competitive Advantage 51

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

However, unlike many business leaders, it is easy for social innovators to overlook making an intentional effort to drive demand because the need for their innovation is so great. The same is true for social innovators. But even the most needed innovation does not sell itself. That’s one in three people.

Innovation 9

Innovation Rogers NGO Participative 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2015

The good news is that companies can make their meetings more relevant and productive by making a few simple adjustments — even though many of them go against some familiar office habits. Businesses need to break free of the notion that all attendees should be on a conference call from start to finish. Start using video.

Conference 8

Conference Video Technology Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

It is the skillful combination of emotion and logic, people and process, free-thinking and organization. Below, you will find twelve of these key sales metrics that benchmark sales organization performance, structure, and effectiveness. Sales is both an art and a science. Percent of Organization Achieving Quota.

Metrics 11

Metrics Telecommunications Telemarketing Software 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

It used to be that if you wanted to work for a certain company, you went in for an informational interview or waited for a job opening and submitted your resume. These days, you may be better off liking the company on Facebook or joining their Google+ page. They’re actively seeking them out on social media. People Analytics .

Company 12

Company Media Engineering Software 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

The study found that by a factor of 3 to 1, B2B buyers want to self-educate themselves by going to sellers’ websites to learn about offerings, and a majority of buyers prefer to make purchases online. Contrary to what these findings — and Forrester’s prediction that “1 million U.S.

B2B 8

B2B Forrester Telemarketing Media 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

In recent years, much has been written about how the Blockchain is poised to transform traditional industries such as banking, real estate, and healthcare. More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). 3 Defenses of Large ICOs. 3 Defenses of Large ICOs.

Cost 8

Cost Decentralization Finance Entrepreneur 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

Often, sweeping generalizations involve making far-fetched excuses or scapegoating someone else. Failing to make investments in future company success: I’m building a new house right now. Have to make cuts everywhere else to pay for rising production costs. We make a good product… that should be enough.

Budgeting 77

Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 77

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

For more than 10 years now I have been helping people to develop their own Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME). As a graduate with a degree in business, at first, I helped students build business plans. In 2014, I applied for and received a grant from The W. In 2014, I applied for and received a grant from The W.

Deming 28

Deming Library Entrepreneur Conference 28

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

This Annual Report issue celebrates the year, as basis for helping business people to prepare for the future. The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. People are interesting combinations of the old, the new, the tried and the true. Change is innovative.

Planning 61

Planning Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing Budgeting 61

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 17, 2014

is about degree or quantity of perseverance or persistence, as in “How persistent are you?”, Gritify any goal or plan by asking, “ What additional, new, fresh insight/information/input should I/we seek to enhance our current plan and long-term chances of success ?”. ’ Grit 1.0 or “How much grit does she have?”.

Succession 75

Succession Long-term Learning-by-Doing Goal 75