Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Does a robot manage your money? It’s clear that robo-advisors and AI play an important and growing role in the financial services industry, but a question remains. And, will they shake up the trillion-dollar corporate consulting and advisory industry? CSA Images/Printstock Collection/Getty Images. will grow to U.S. $5

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The JP Morgan Chase board of directors has vexed the world with its terse announcement in a recent 8-K filing that CEO Jamie Dimon would receive a big pay raise — $20 million in total pay for 2013, up from $11.5 A legitimate case can be made for Dimon’s 2013 raise. million for 2012, a 74 percent increase.

Banking 8

Banking Fashion CEO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

If round after round of profit warnings was not enough – group operating profits fell 20% between 2011 and 2013 and are likely to fall another 30% in 2014 — the company recently announced it had overstated its first-half profit by about $400 million. billion in 2013, and operating profits increased 65% to $422 million. billion to $8.6

Retail 11

Retail Merchandising Discount Price 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

This means self-driving cars have shifted from a period of wild experimentation directly to market adoption — what Paul Nunes and I describe in our 2013 HBR article as “big bang” disruption. But typical of disruptive transformation in other industries, the U.S. The change will become invisible.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

The rise of Tata in India, Koç Holding in Turkey, and Grupo Carso in Mexico have some management thinkers contending that the conglomerate is back at the expense of the focused firm. In his article “ Why Conglomerates Thrive (Outside the U.S.) ” in the December 2013 issue of the Harvard Business Review , J. Consider PPG Industries.

Social Capital 8

Social Capital Chemicals Industry Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

It made a massive investment (more than $1 billion) to build a software “ Center of Excellence ” in San Ramon, California to manage the data explosion created by the increasing intelligence of its industrial machines. Together, these constituted radical moves for an industrial company headquartered on the East Coast.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

Most managers assume that customers love getting gifts, especially in front of other people. In fact, a survey of retail managers suggests that a majority think customers are happier getting preferential treatment in public than in private. growth in digital ads between 2013 and 2014. Ethical Quandaries. Stop Judging Me.

Advertising 8

Advertising Video Ethics PR 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

The “platform” is a new media company model that has been perfected by the tech industry. Sometimes, they also hope to develop a content management system that other publishers can license and use to distribute their content. ” Meanwhile, many publishers have solid brand identities that are alluring to platforms.

Business Model 8

Business Model Content Incentives Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

The fascination with Millennials has given rise to a new consulting industry. Managing Millennials in Today’s Workforce” promise to help turn generational differences into an asset. A dizzying array of books, seminars, and articles such as Ties to Tattoos and “Dude, What’s My Job?

Survey 8

Survey Consultative Seminar Report 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

Trees with thicker bases and deeper roots will sprout greener (be profitable), shed less often (fewer corporate flaws) and live longer (dominate its industry). The KFC empire grew, and a burgeoning fast food industry engulfed it. Ethics cannot be edicted from afar. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Franchising 63

Franchising Budgeting Pryor Consultative 63

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Trees with thicker bases and deeper roots will sprout greener (be profitable), shed less often (fewer corporate flaws) and live longer (dominate its industry). Care for the industry, the product and the process (a defined Vision). Core Values: Ethics. Expertise: Talents, Skills, Education and Training, Resume, Industries Served.

Long-term 56

Long-term Budgeting Quality Consultative 56

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

Trees with thicker bases and deeper roots will sprout greener (be profitable), shed less often (fewer corporate flaws) and live longer (dominate its industry). Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. These keep the branches, limbs and twigs (divisions, consultants and vendors) on a growth curve. All rights reserved.

Energy 57

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 57

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Across Europe, the 2013 horsemeat scandal generated widespread panic about contaminated meat. In a wide range of industries — electronics, software, toys, aerospace — provenance is increasingly a critical concern. This is a paradox that firms in a wide range of industries will inevitably need to grapple with.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Reputation Brand Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2015

Our 2015 trends offer great opportunity – along with some unusual new challenges – for managers in all industries. Smart virtual personal assistants: SVPAs started entering the market in 2013. During the next several months, managers should discuss how to include accountability systems for algorithms.

Trends 8

Trends Retail Learning-by-Doing Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2013

Confused as to why P&G has suddenly been deemed a dog by pundits and analysts, while Unilever held up as a poster child, Forbes blogger Steve Denning called up Roger Martin , Dean of the Rotman School of Management. All of this promises a glum 2013 for these countries. — Tim Sullivan. — Andy O'Connell.

CEO 8

CEO Rogers Wilde Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

Although any company, regardless of its size, legal structure, or industry, can become a B Corporation, currently most B Corporations are privately-held small and medium-sized businesses. The first generation of B Corporations was certified in 2007, and the number of firms earning certification has grown exponentially ever since.

Company 8

Company Hedge Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

A few organizations in the PR industry have overtly sold their ability to “create and fix Wikipedia pages” in ways that violate the very spirit and purpose of the Wikipedia project. But we hope this statement is a first step toward a productive conversation about how ethical corporate communicators can productively serve the editor community.

PR 8

PR Public Relations Conflict of Interest Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Unfortunately for the accused, they are students — not engineers or project managers — and the professor meant to ban such collaboration in his instructions to the test. I don't know what hard skills I may need in 2030, 2020, or even 2013. In a business, that's the kind of tension that managers have to negotiate.

Education 9

Education Incentives Efficiency Learning-by-Doing 9