N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

And in January 2017, McKinsey’s research arm estimated AI-driven job losses at 5%. By the time he left Amazon in 2013, his group had grown from 35 to more than 1,000 people who used machine learning to make Amazon more operationally efficient and effective. Over the same time period, the company saw a 10-fold increase in revenue.

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Company Survey Finance Engineering 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

There are just two ways to increase ROIC: improve operating profit (by increasing revenues or cutting costs) or invest capital more wisely. As the chart below shows, only half of the CEOs of companies in the Dow Jones Index have previous experience in corporate finance or strategy.

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CEO ROIC Cost of Capital Merton 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Marketing and sales, manufacturing, recruiting (including people assessment), customer service, and support are all fields that can benefit from artificial intelligence according to McKinsey’s recent research. Companies are both operators and investors. In fact, it is doubling every 14 months and it will reach 10.5 ZB by 2020.

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Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Those conditions elevated the work of the finance function to the point that, today, the CFO helps to set the course of business, advancing an organization’s growth and improving its competitive position by identifying and resolving key financial constraints. Finance Human resources' Bring on the quants.

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CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2018

It’s easy to see what countries think they have to gain in these efforts: The Ellen MacArthur Foundation , McKinsey , and Accenture believe that enabling CEs will lead to trillions of dollars in savings and is a particularly significant step in protecting the environment.

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Policies Asset Management Cost Productivity 8