HR Digest

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In fact, it were the L&D teams that were instrumental in bringing about wider acceptance of innovative measures, processes and strategies, including reimagining how employees learn to work in a digitized world. According to Mckinsey & Company , “Leaders have an essential role to play in developing solutions to tackle these challenges.”

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Efficiency Operations Training Diversity 105

Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2019

This approach very much links to social innovation and indeed conspicuous altruism. He’s collaborated with numerous international advertising, branding, design, media and PR agencies. The report went on to note “society is demanding that companies, both public and private, serve a social purpose”.

Supply Chain 75

Supply Chain Brand Advertising PR 75

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

According to McKinsey , companies succeeding at diversity are 35 percent more likely to enjoy profit margins above the median for their industry. Your company needs to have a strong, authentic social media and online presence, including a branded careers site. A diverse workforce is good for your business. Access a passive talent pool.

Company 52

Company Diversity Career Quality 52

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

A lot of companies congratulate themselves on having a "social media presence" — by which they mean a Twitter following and Facebook likes and a marketing plan that uses social networks. It's in areas of the company such as knowledge management, innovation, communication, and better integration with the supply chain. Integration.

Media 9

Media McKinsey Supply Chain Telecommunications 9

Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2016

People’s tools of communication and organization—from smartphones to social media—are more powerful than ever before. In the basic resource sector, companies that can cooperate well with local communities and governments are much more likely to secure deregulation, which promotes innovation.

Company 50

Company Competitive Advantage Open-book Long-term 50

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Tammy Erickson – McKinsey award-winning author. Formerly a leader in the automotive, retail, restaurant, media innovation and consulting industries. Leading innovator in HR for over 25 years.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2012

On the contrary, they may become the most powerful tools yet developed to raise the productivity of high-skill knowledge workers — the kind of workers who help drive innovation and growth, and who are going to be in increasingly short supply. With consumers spending gobs of time in online communities ( more than 1.5 trillion annually.

Media 16

Media Productivity Products Technology 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

The station, KTBS, apparently has a policy against any response to social media complaints other than to direct the complainant to phone the station and leave a message. Gawker raises some key questions about this case ("At what point does a company's 'stay mum' social media policy become injurious to an employee's sense of dignity?

Policies 8

Policies Media Management McKinsey 8

leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Within the last year, I’ve attended dozens of meetings with communicators in which a single, consistent order is dispatched: “We’ve got to incorporate social media in ALL our strategies.”. Then there are those thoughtful thinkers who pause for a moment to go deeper in understanding what it means to be strategic with social media.

Wilde 165

Wilde Media White Paper McKinsey 165

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

When the Japanese jumped on the innovation, the Swiss lost 50,000 jobs, and watched as their share of the timepiece market plunged from 65% to 10%. Social Media's Untapped Productivity Payoff (McKinsey Global Institute). You must be using social media to its full potential, right? It’s 9:00am. By Carla Yengo-Kahn.

McKinsey 13

McKinsey Globalization Media Review 13

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

According to McKinsey , companies succeeding at diversity are 35 percent more likely to enjoy profit margins above the median for their industry. Your company needs to have a strong, authentic social media and online presence, including a branded careers site. A diverse workforce is good for your business. Access a passive talent pool.

Company 52

Company Diversity Career Quality 52

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

Despite rapid innovations in data processing and machine learning, many businesses have yet to make the leap from the Industrial Age to the information age, and the gap between technological and organizational progress is widening. Some industries, like photography and media, were impacted earlier. Insight Center.

Industry 13

Industry Short-term Planning Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

The United States takes pride in being on the cutting edge of all things digital, and rightly so: American innovations and innovators have led the way. Yet according to recent research from the McKinsey Global Institute, the U.S. Other sectors are barely keeping pace.

Company 8

Company Technology Innovation GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

With the company's retail insights into the browsing, shopping, and purchasing behaviors of its customers, its views into entrepreneurial investment through its Web Services offering, and its Kindle and Fire media consumption devices, Amazon is extraordinarily well-positioned to strategically invest in explicit companies or particular sectors.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2012

Hiring and grooming local talent in key markets makes plenty of sense, but as IESE Business School professor Pankaj Ghemawat explains in McKinsey Quarterly, firms that rely so heavily on localization that they no longer groom expatriates are being shortsighted. Super-Green Companies Make Tempting Targets (HBS Working Knowledge).

Wireless 11

Wireless How To McKinsey Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2012

While military use is driving much of this innovation now, like so many military innovations — from the wristwatch to the Internet — we can expect robots to reshape our lives, and our businesses, in the future. Delivering Large-Scale IT Projects on Time, on Budget, and on Value (McKinsey Quarterly). ALSO: UNICORNS.

GDP 8

GDP McKinsey Budgeting Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Workflows and innovation initiatives have been artfully reorganized around "projects" to facilitate faster, cheaper and easier contingent participation. Just ask anyone working in the health care, financial services, automobile, retail, media, publishing, education, advertising, real estate or defense industries.

Human Capital 9

Human Capital Real Estate Human Resources Disruptive Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Technological innovations have radically transformed the business landscape in many ways over the last two centuries, from the introduction of steam power to the market conquest of radial-ply tires. Research by McKinsey & Company and the McKinsey Global Institute shows that digitization is having the same radical impact.

Succession 8

Succession Industry McKinsey Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

In our recent research at the McKinsey Global Institute, we examined the superstar phenomenon across firms, as well as sectors and cities. For instance, gains to internet, media, and software activities are captured by just 10% of U.S. However, scratch the surface and the superstar phenomenon may not be quite what it seems.

Industry 13

Industry Company GDP Bottom-up 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

Second, we see a raft of innovations that will alter how products are designed, manufactured and sold — everything from nanotechnologies to 3D printing. Then, manufacturing's most important role is as a driver of innovation, trade, and productivity. McKinsey has identified more than 20 distinct submarkets in China, for example.

Globalization 9

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Recent research from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) looked at the state of digitization in sectors across the U.S. Right behind it are media, finance, and professional services, all of which have far more sophisticated digital capabilities than the rest of the economy.

Industry 8

Industry Benchmarking Supply Chain Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

Readership had been dipping for four successive generations, as most youth turned to social networks and other online media for news. For example, a prescient report by McKinsey in 2005 showed that classified advertisement (the true driver of profitability for many newspaper companies) had decoupled from newspapers’ economic growth.

Disruptive Innovation 9

Disruptive Innovation Advertising Gilbert Market Segmentation 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

Although cross-border data flows grew 45x between 2005 and 2014, according to a McKinsey analysis , events since 2014 have pushed the pendulum to swing away from unconstrained data globalization. Others are driven by the desire to control or censor online media. Data Is Deglobalizing.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Globalization GAAP Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Organizations are increasingly using the wisdom of crowds to drive their strategy, innovation, and marketing initiatives. Or what the vacation policy is like at McKinsey? Thanks to the advance of social media, these methods — what I’ve come to call mindsharing — can now be used in any arena of life.

Strategy 8

Strategy Advice McKinsey Career 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

So when we were first contacted about a possible collaboration by the Management Innovation eXchange (MIX), which sees its role as "creating organizations that are fundamentally fit for the future — and genuinely fit for human beings," we were immediately excited by the possibilities. With the Management 2.0

McKinsey 11

McKinsey Innovation Hamel Management 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

According to the McKinsey Global Institute's "bird of gold" index , India is entering a period of sustained, but unequal, economic growth with 161.1 million (or 67% of its population) gaining access to mass media. That leaves 33% of the country with limited access to mass media and educational opportunities.

Globalization 8

Globalization Power Workshop Brand 8

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 31, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions Various Contributors and Editors of Harvard Business Review It’s All About Who You Hire, How They Lead…and Other Essential Advice from a Self-Made Leader Morton L. Mandel [.].

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Blog Review Advice Books 80

First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Here are some recent posts that may be of interest: REVIEWS The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything? May Leading So People Will Follow ?Erika Erika Andersen Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools?

Blog 90

Blog Review Leadership Follow-up 90

First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works A.G.

Goleman 99

Goleman Emotional Intelligence Rogers Blog 99

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

What’s more, the recent McKinsey study on Greek competitiveness shows that the country’s biggest challenge has been a lack of investment. By forcing the government to remove institutional barriers to competition and innovation the deal will create a sound basis for economic growth and development. Business as usual?

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Tourism Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2013

Now that we''re done, or nearly done, disintermediating old media like the newspaper, and supply chains like the book store, it''s time to solve that vexing problem of having to get ourselves from one place to another. Let''s say the Apple innovation merely takes $50 billion out of the industry. Disruptive innovation'

Disintermediation 8

Disintermediation Hotels Airlines Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Companies are coming under increased scrutiny from media, customers, investors, and other stakeholders for organizational practices that used to be hidden from the public. A company that lacks diversity in its workforce also doesn’t perform as well on financial returns, reports McKinsey.

Welch 11

Welch Reputation Diversity Media 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2016

By ignoring the distribution, that statistic masks a more important trend: As the McKinsey Global Institute has documented , variance in corporate earnings has increased substantially as well. As McKinsey’s researchers write in their report : The most digitized sectors in the U.S. Others will try and fail.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Document Engineering Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2012

According to a survey of social media users by the joint Nielsen-McKinsey venture NM Incite, 33% of respondents say they'd recommend a brand that offered a quick but ineffective response, nearly double the number (17%) who'd recommend a brand providing a slow but effective solution. The Social Solution to Innovation Challenges.

Balanced Scorecard 9

Balanced Scorecard McKinsey Media Metrics 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2014

Venture capitalist Chris Dixons declaration , after plunking $50 million down on Buzzfeed, that he was investing in a technology company has been causing a bit of head-scratching and gentle mockery in media circles. But its much higher than what a conventional media company could hope to get. Examples include Time Inc.

Technology 8

Technology Company Venture Capitalist Media 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

After stints at Applied Materials and McKinsey, he joined Google just a little over 10 years ago. In addition, consumers are already spending more time on apps or on e-commerce sites, such as Amazon.com, and a growing variety of social media platforms. Born in Chennai, India, he came to the U.S.

CEO 8

CEO Engineering Advertising Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2015

” Yet, a study of 33,000 employees in 26 countries showed that independent workers were more satisfied, innovative, and engaged with their clients than regular employees, even those regular employees designated as high potentials. Second, reframing the debate shifts the focus toward unleashing latent value for workers and society.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Globalization Health Care Innovation 8