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The Top 5 Ways Enterprise Social Collaboration Can Boost Organizational Productivity

Strategy Driven

If integrated and organized correctly, social collaboration technology can become a game-changer that empowers both employer and employee. In addition, onboarding can become more efficient with a faster learning curve established for new employees. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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The Big Picture of Business- Anniversaries Honor the Past and Build Support for the Future

Strategy Driven

Houston Symphony Orchestra, 100th in 2013. Good opportunities to compare successes, case studies, methodologies, learning curves and insights. Technology is but one tool of the trade. Living in the past is not good, nor is living in the present without wisdom of the past. Star Furniture, 100th in 2012. Benchmarking.

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

Harvard Business Review

While it’s clear that CEOs need to consider AI’s business implications, the technology’s nascence in business settings makes it less clear how to profitably employ it. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

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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. The reason: There''s a big learning curve with Big Data, one that companies such as Netflix and Amazon had to embrace in the 1990s to deal with hundreds of millions of customer clicks. Information & technology Innovation Strategy'

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How Advanced Analytics Is Changing B2B Selling

Harvard Business Review

At an even higher level, Blast IQ helps a less experienced engineer move up the learning curve much faster than in the days when one learned strictly by trial and error. Through an “elements of value” perspective, we see that Blast IQ provides time savings , information and expertise.

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The Benefits of Hiring Your Best Customers

Harvard Business Review

“The learning curve in any industry is steep, but it is particularly so in the airline industry. Longer tenure reduces the challenge of a steep learning curve.” I spoke with Patty McCord, the former chief talent officer of Netflix from 1998 to 2013. Building Empathy.

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The Big Picture of Business: Yesterdayism… Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future.

Strategy Driven

Technology is but one tool of the trade. In the 1940s, technology brought us the 45-RPM and 33-1/3-RPM records… adding up to the “mother speed” of 78-RPM. Corporations have become extended families, thus embracing dysfunctionality, changes, modifications and learning curves. Ideas make the future happen.