Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Last month, the Kansas City Business Journal published its list of 2013 Best Places To Work Companies in the Kansas City metro. As you review the winning companies profiles (the publication''s October 4, 2013 issue), you''ll notice that wellness and fitness programs and perks are common among this year''s winners.

Henderson 50

Henderson Hotels Ryan Company 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Over the past two decades, technology has advanced exponentially; and with that burgeoning growth, IT organizations have seen tremendous expansion. Customer centricity: It’s been proven that companies that prioritize their customers see greater business results and continually bring more innovative products to the market.

Organization 58

Organization Open-book Innovation Technology 58

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2014

The lesson is the motive behind the word so you can use the same principle as you generate your words. ADVISOR – I launched the Gitomer Certified Advisor program in the fall of 2013. LESSON: Don’t stay attached to old technology or products even though they have brought success and profit in the past. Instant success.

Succession 50

Succession Customer Loyalty Competitive Advantage Content 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2015

government sold off all of its GM holdings in December 2013, U.S. billion from 2010 through 2013), it would probably still be bankrupt but for the booming Chinese market. In 2013 GM produced 3 million cars in China , or 45% of its global car production; that was up from 1.1 billion by the U.S. By the time the U.S.

Hedge 8

Hedge Company Automotive Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2015

Businesses like Facebook are filling an internet access gap in emerging markets that others, including the public sector, may simply never be able to address. Despite having 200 million internet users at the end of 2014, India is not even among the top 10 e-commerce markets in the world, according to a recent eMarketer report.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Marketing Wireless McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The challenge is obvious: the quickening pace of technological change has shrunk the shelf life of skills acquired by today’s university graduates to just a few years. In a 2013 Deloitte survey of executives at large companies, 39% said they were either “barely able” or “unable” to meet their needs for talent.

Skills 8

Skills Company Core Competence Career 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The story was picked up by CNN Money , which reported that Lyft’s internal data suggesting 5,560 canceled rides between October 2013 and August 2014. Yes, because the pool of suitable and motivated drivers for ride-sharing is limited, and drivers are the only face to customers of Uber and Lyft.

Industry 8

Industry Supply Chain Engineering Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

These interviews were conducted with salespeople across a wide variety of industries including high technology, telecommunications, financial services, consulting, industrial equipment, healthcare, and electronics, to name a few. At other accounts, prospective buyers weren't experienced with purchasing products. Product Commoditization.

CRM 16

CRM Telecommunications Price Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2015

years in 2013. Faced with such dramatic shifts in their market, many insurers have fallen into the classic trap of trying to figure out how to sell their existing products, rather than creating new sales engagement models that focus on customers’ real needs. Then there is the “longevity paradox.” years in 1950 to 81.1

Insurance 8

Insurance Policies Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Thousands of very lucky individuals are seated in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center are at TED 2013. In the spirit of TED 2013, here are 10 amazing TED Talks that have helped me think differently about what business can be, how to be a better leader, and how to become a better global citizen. It's happening right now.

Godin 8

Godin Open-book Mass Marketing Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2014

Further, the forum ought to be an opportunity for Nike to gather the customer feedback that fosters product improvements, shorter product development cycles, improved marketing strategies, and new distribution channels. million half-marathons in 2013, and 57.3 Customers Marketing Technology'

Brand 8

Brand Content Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Instead, the last few years have seen a proliferation of C-suite titles that include a component of marketing. This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond.

P&L 10

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Listening to the breathless commentary surrounding technologies such as AI and robotics and one could be minded to believe that technology is transforming life as we know it on a scale never seen before. in 2013, compared to 2.5% in 2013, compared to 2.5% The need to disseminate technology. in 1992.

Innovation 101

Innovation Productivity Products Technology 101

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

Those companies are at the bottom of the market, ignored by the mainstream but thriving in applications where customers don’t need all of the features of a traditional automobile, or in specific applications where EVs perform better than traditional vehicles.

Marketing 8

Marketing Transportation Licensing Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

The original reason given for the drastic demonetization action was to expose the so-called “black” market, fueled by money that is illegally gained and undeclared for tax purposes. Sorting through the money deposited and figuring out its legitimacy will take time. Silver bullets, such as drastic demonetization, don’t work.

Banking 10

Banking GDP Policies Real Estate 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

System-wide revenue for 2013 was $350 million – seven times revenue for 2005. Sure, it must always consider whether to adjust that strategy in the face of new competition, changing customer demand, technological innovation or all three. By mid-2013, the company was chugging along at a $200 million annual revenue rate.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

In the same way that markets have always outperformed command economies, the transactional efficiencies possibly lost are more than made up for by the ecosystems value effectiveness. Digital business ecosystems dynamically create and operate value chains that extend their participants'' markets.

CIO 8

CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. “Stranded assets” are investments that become obsolete due to regulatory, environmental, or market constraints. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Sales doubled in 2013. Until 2013, the rocks were reevaluated every 90 days. Recently, a “white space” brainstorm yielded a clever new idea for marketing, to cobble together a system that could combine customer-behavior insights gained through email, social media, pay-per-click marketing, and other sources.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Brainstorming Proposal CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

Whereas her Nigerian parents tended to give indiscriminately to poor people, with religion as the driving motivator, Saraki has embraced a more structured, purpose-driven approach to giving. "I Between 2002-2013, emerging market and developing economies averaged a 6.5% I took it up from data. growth in GDP.

Globalization 8

Globalization Venture Capitalist Class GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

These interviews were conducted with salespeople across a wide variety of industries including high technology, telecommunications, financial services, consulting, industrial equipment, healthcare, and electronics, to name a few. At other accounts, prospective buyers weren't experienced with purchasing products. Product Commoditization.

CRM 9

CRM Telecommunications Price Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

It’s why brands invest heavily in marketing, pricing strategies, and store positioning to raise awareness, encourage engagement, and drive sales. ” App store research, which I collected in my book, Apponomics , reveals only 5% of apps accounted for 92% of downloads in 2013. million apps as of July 2015.

Development 8

Development Advertising Download Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

But even though they know they must innovate in response, they don''t know how to do so in the complex global market. Many of our assumptions about what motivates and dissuades people are wrong-especially when knowledge, creativity and innovation are desired. Toys become total ecosystems of innovation, collaboration and adaptation.

CIO 8

CIO CEO Outsourcing Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The key is to look beyond just the obvious places like marketing. So when I asked Mark Krolick—managing director of marketing and product development at United Airlines—about the hypothesis that having more superconsumers as leaders or employees enhances business performance, he smiled. Sales & Marketing Adapted from.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

One of Modi’s strongest motivations for this action was corruption — to expose undeclared “black” money, i.e. income illegally obtained or not declared for tax purposes, in Asia’s third-largest economy. In the meantime, retail and wholesale markets have stalled around the country.

Banking 8

Banking Cost Policies Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Please note that titles used here reflect the positions the individuals held in 2013, when we conducted the interviews for a separate article ). ” Other talent management concerns that were mentioned once include: motivating people through hard times, retention and development, and managing diversity and cultural differences.

CEO 8

CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In this letter, I’d like to explain more fully why I view the $51 billion already spent by Apple on open market (including accelerated) share repurchases under your leadership as a major misallocation of resources for both the company and the U.S. Rather, they trade in outstanding shares in the hope that their market price will increase.

Innovation 10

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Emerging market diaspora populations have been on the rise, thanks to the continued march of globalization, and today’s diaspora communities are better connected with their homelands than ever before. democratized communication technologies like Skype) and more physical touch points (e.g.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Metrics Incentives 8