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How to Make Your Performance Review Process Suck Less

Next Level Blog

If you’ve done a good job of staying engaged with your people throughout the year, you shouldn’t have to use the annual review to deliver a surprise message or drop the hammer about something that didn’t get done. Check out this post I wrote back in 2013. First, make the process more prospective and less retrospective.

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From Zipcar to the Sharing Economy

Harvard Business Review

However, although their members can rent the (more urbane and green) Zipcar fleet by the hour and pick up their vehicle at a local parking space using a smartphone app, this is still a dedicated fleet, still inventory that the company has to acquire, manage and monetize.

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How We Learned (Almost) Everything That’s Wrong with U.S. Census Data

Harvard Business Review

As economists who’ve been using lots of government data for a long time, we’ve always been delighted that the federal government had systematic, professionally managed programs for collecting data and publishing important information. These days, for studying anything related to online, 2013 is ancient history.

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business Review

Total investment (internal and external) in AI reached somewhere in the range of $26 billion to $39 billion in 2016, with external investment tripling since 2013. In many cases, the change-management challenges of incorporating AI into employee processes and decision making far outweigh technical AI implementation challenges.

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Recruiting Strategies for a Tight Talent Market

Harvard Business Review

According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), late 2015 was the most difficult hiring period in four years. But a few years ago, delays in signing new hires were impairing its expansion; in 2013, the average time to hire was 100 days. ” message and think, Hey, maybe it’s time for a change.

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How to Write a Resume That Stands Out

Harvard Business Review

Don’t think you’re going to sit down and hammer it out in an hour. “You have to think carefully about what to say and how to say it so the hiring manager thinks, ‘This person can do what I need done,’” she says. “I managed a team of 10” doesn’t say much. Further Reading.

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Why We Need To Disseminate Innovation To Overcome The Productivity Paradox

The Horizons Tracker

in 2013, compared to 2.5% This manpower should consist of teams built around the innovators themselves to help with things like marketing, change management and investment appraisal. A recent exploration of the German economy by the University of Maastricht showed just how big a problem this is, with productivity growth just 0.3%