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Create a Strategy That Anticipates and Learns

Harvard Business Review

This isn’t a retread of scientific management , nor is it an updated take on scenario planning. To call it a new version of either, in fact, would be to overlook entirely the volume and scope of information that big data can provide and predictive analytics can crunch—in real time—for dynamic strategic purposes at the enterprise level.

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CIOs: Scenario Planning Can Save Your Job

Harvard Business Review

It''s the rare CIO who applies scenario planning to the business of IT. Yet, in a function driven by innovation and the uncertainties surrounding the application and implication of future technologies, not using scenarios is tantamount to management malpractice.

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Get Ready for the New Era of Global Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

We see advances in materials, processes, and information technology that will make possible entirely new kinds of products and can radically alter how manufacturers operate. Many of the most interesting advances are in new production processes and new information technologies.

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ExxonMobil’s Shareholder Vote Is a Tipping Point for Climate Issues

Harvard Business Review

Similarly, directors of power companies need to understand how advances in energy storage and information technology will accelerate development of micro-grids and the decentralization of the electric grid.

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