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Complimentary Resource – Improving Business Operation Performance With Innovations

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What I Learned from Trying to Innovate at the New York Times

Harvard Business Review

During those two years, I got to see and be part of a great, mission-driven company’s effort to grapple with moving into the 21st century, trying — for the first time in its existence, really — to be innovative and find new paths to growth. ” They also measure the value of this activity, and expect to see a real ROI.

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More CEOs Should Tell Anti-Environment Shareholders to Buzz Off

Harvard Business Review

As he put it, “If you only want me to make decisions that have a clear ROI, then you should get out of the stock.” ” Cook’s gut reaction to defend actions that don’t have a clear ROI is admirable — and he has the legal right to make strategic decisions and investments, as does every CEO.

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What the Companies Winning at Big Data Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

subscribers in the first quarter of 2013, a 7% increase over the previous quarter. Specifically, our study found that the companies estimating the greatest returns last year on Big Data outspent those with much smaller ROI by a factor of more than three — a median spend of $24 million vs. $7 million.

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What’s the Endgame for Social Media?

Harvard Business Review

In 2013, there was already executive commitment and discussion around turning internal social media projects into strategic imperatives owned by lines of business. Then came the next wave, external social business, rooted in customer service, corporate marketing, and communications.

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The IT Conversation We Should Be Having

Harvard Business Review

Increasingly, the CIO and IT must be seen less as developing and deploying technology, and more as a source of innovation and transformation that delivers business value, leveraging technology instead of directly delivering it. IT management ROA ROI' Here''s a start to that conversation.

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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. With the AI field recently picking up its pace of innovation after the decades-long “AI winter,” technical expertise and capabilities are in short supply.

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