Strategy Driven

APRIL 16, 2014

There is a way to find out what audiences are thinking in real time: Audience response technology. Polling technology can allow presenters to embed questions directly into a PowerPoint presentation and enable audiences to respond using keypads or smartphones. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

Audience 59

Audience Technology Competitive Advantage Survey 59

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

I ask clients to do so without using the words: ‘technology,’ ‘sales,’ and ‘solutions.’ Technology is a tool, which feeds into tactics. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets.

Mission Statement 83

Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 83

Strategy Driven

MARCH 19, 2014

But scanning technology has evolved since the slow, clunky models that first arrived on the scene. Now scanning takes just seconds, and if you get the right technology package, you can automatically create editable, keyword-searchable files in a universal format like PDF while you scan. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

Document 66

Document Software Operations Management 66

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

If you are a recent college graduate entering the job market after spending the summer backpacking through Europe or taking some downtime, you are facing a tight labor market. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. About the Author.

Advice 64

Advice Reference Competitive Advantage Benchmarking 64

Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

Though I wrote all my books on computers, I wrote the modern technology chapters on the typewriter, to make points to myself that the readers could never have grasped. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets.

Energy 81

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 81

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

We’ve got the latest technology. Our company has got the most up to date technology. Companies spend disproportionate amounts of money on technology and neglect their people, processes and policies. Technology represents less than 1% of an organization’s pie chart. Our people were hired to do their jobs.

Budgeting 80

Budgeting Risk Management Quality Strategic Planning 80

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2014

They’re independent businesspeople who are now marketing their sales and personal development services using my intellectual property, both online and in the classroom. In 2014 I will intensify the program and the process until there are 500 certified advisors globally. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

Succession 50

Succession Customer Loyalty Competitive Advantage Content 50

Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2014

That means you have to market yourself. ’ Whether you apply for and accept an internship at a large company or small one, remember that internships are really designed to give students a leg up in a very competitive job market, and give employers a head start in recruiting the best of the best. Clean up your Facebook page.

How To 59

How To Competitive Advantage Open-book Career 59

Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

In 1998, I advised the Disney corporation and reminded them that Walt Disney’s 100th birthday in 2001 would offer great marketing and positioning opportunities. The Port of Houston, 100th in 2014. The Star Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key, 200th in 2014. Technology is but one tool of the trade. The Astrodome, 50th.

Case Study 50

Case Study Open-book Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing 50

Strategy Driven

JUNE 26, 2014

But after a number of processes are selected with this ‘whoever is interested’ approach, leaders and process Improvement practitioners see that it would make sense to select processes that are underperforming, would provide increases in market share and revenue, or would directly support key strategic initiatives.

Process 58

Process Strategy BPM Metrics 58

Strategy Driven

MAY 30, 2014

Thus, the multi-persona is not merely a solution to BYOD, but a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent. Omer has served in a variety of marketing, development and product management roles in technology companies. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

Risk Management 63

Risk Management Competitive Advantage Tactics Download 63

Strategy Driven

MAY 14, 2014

The type of data sync approach your company should pursue depends on your unique business needs, your workforce and your technology assets. Bill Carey is Vice President of Marketing & Business Development at Siber Systems Inc., EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. About the Author.

Strategy 59

Strategy Directory System Competitive Advantage 59

Strategy Driven

APRIL 18, 2014

Imagine combining the brilliant technological advances of today with timeless people skills, and consider the potential of future generations. After working for twenty years in the sales and marketing industries, she founded her consulting business, Protocol Consultants International , in 1992. About the Author. All rights reserved.

Consultative 56

Consultative Skills CFO Competitive Advantage 56

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 9, 2014

For example, in the ‘70s, IBM was convinced that the real profits in the personal-computer (PC) market would come from the manufacture of hardware. Taking the same set of facts available to IBM, he constructed a vastly different narrative anticipating that technological advances would continuously drive down the cost of hardware.

Chief Executive Officer 52

Chief Executive Officer Competitive Advantage Open-book Analysis 52

Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2014

The irony is that its principal corporate contributor (Eastman Kodak) fell by the wayside, a victim of changing technologies. Promote and graphically portray your company’s designated cause-related marketing activities. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. About the Author. All rights reserved.

Strategy 102

Strategy Budgeting Audience Risk Management 102

Strategy Driven

MAY 16, 2014

Young companies located in these hubs—particularly technology firms—are able to attract technical talent and maintain close proximity to their investors and mentors. Even if investors can now reach entrepreneurs anywhere, the aforementioned ‘home bias’ is a natural occurrence in the public and private securities markets.

Company 52

Company Real Estate Strategic Planning Venture Capitalist 52

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

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. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets.

Planning 64

Planning Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing Budgeting 64

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Digital-first companies, such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Twitter, are amassing market share and capitalization, but only a few brick-and-mortar corporations (think Apple, Nissan, and HCL Technologies) have been able to change fast enough to catch up with their rivals.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Attrition Uncertainty Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Digital-first companies, such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Twitter, are amassing market share and capitalization, but only a few brick-and-mortar corporations (think Apple, Nissan, and HCL Technologies) have been able to change fast enough to catch up with their rivals.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Attrition Uncertainty Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

In a recent MIT CISR poll, 42% of our respondents said they expected to gain competitive advantage from social, mobile, analytics, cloud, and internet of things (SMACIT) technologies. The most notable characteristic of those technologies is their accessibility — to customers, employees, partners, and competitors.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2014

Reduce time to market for this product). He could go on and say, “The BPI team sees many opportunities to streamline the process and we will use technology to make workflow easier and information transparent to all involved.” EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Consider leaving a comment!

BPM 56

BPM Process Tips Management 56

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

That finding may seem counter-intuitive: don’t many emerging economies nurture and shield their national champions from competition? In fact, by some measures, the best emerging-market firms are more competitive than firms in advanced economies including the United States and the United Kingdom.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation Long-term Short-term GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

You need to look at costs as strategic investments that ultimately drive growth: which costs, if cut, would actually destroy shareholder value by diminishing growth or competitive advantage? What advantage do we have — or can we create — in the market, and how do we maintain and extend this advantage?

Management 8

Management Short-term Constraint Apparel 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. Lock up the good drivers and you lock up the market. Just as with the ride-sharing drivers, technology is making alternative jobs easily available to your pivotal talent.

Industry 8

Industry Supply Chain Engineering Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2018

competitiveness and its position in technology development will likely be central to the lobbying that will surround any efforts to change laws or boost federal regulations. Both consumers and companies will likely have to manage different rules for different markets, and different technologies. In the U.S.,

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Constraint Self-aware Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

For the former, we examined the presence and market penetration of disruptor companies; we also considered incumbents’ financial performance. Incumbents in these industries often own established brands, proprietary technology, and control of distribution channels. Supermarkets are a case in point.

Industry 8

Industry Fixed Assets Retail Market Penetration 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point. These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

The EU has spent twenty years trying to create the kind of market conditions needed for explosive growth seen elsewhere in the digital economy. Few of these rules were made with computing, or even technology, in mind. So far, nothing has worked. Of the 15 largest public Internet companies today, none are European. Bygrave and Jeffry A.

Policies 8

Policies Offshoring Engineering Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Executives are bombarded with bestselling ideas and best practices for achieving competitive advantage, but many of these ideas and practices contradict each other. Should you create a blue ocean, be adaptive, play to win — or forget about a sustainable competitive advantage altogether?

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2014

The aim of innovation policies, by contrast, is to foster the development of technologies that don’t yet exist and whose business models and markets are unknowable. Organizations capable of inventing these technologies must be attracted or built, and the result of their labors must be channeled into economic growth.

Policies 8

Policies Innovation Finance Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

The data also shows that younger founders and founders with prestigious educational backgrounds or prior experience in large technology companies tend to be more successful. Good investments are increasingly coming from burgeoning technology centers in Texas and North Carolina. Of course, some caveats are in order.

Succession 8

Succession Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Due Diligence 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. Driving competitive advantage through stakeholder engagement. “Stranded assets” are investments that become obsolete due to regulatory, environmental, or market constraints.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

A company that can show it is different from other companies, in a way that is relevant to customers, gains a major competitive advantage. But starting in the early 2000s, the advantages of scale were mostly eliminated, in large part because of globalization, deregulation, and the rise of digital technology.

IAM 8

IAM Productivity Products Company 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

So you look at past projects, gather and analyze relevant market data, make predictions about how much revenue you’ll be able to generate, decide what resources you’ll need, and set milestones to reach your targets. You’re working on a new venture and you know you’ve got to create a plan to execute it. Not so fast.

Planning 8

Planning Benchmarking Project Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

They became a tight group as they went down to the factory floor and built products together and looked at market research together. They built 75 of version 6 in January 2014 and response so far has been positive. And you will have a production product in 11 or 12 months.”. The cross-functional team was thrown into a room together.

Ries 8

Ries Waterman Finance Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Competition has become more complex too, with companies increasingly sourcing or manufacturing globally, facing technology-based rivals trying to disrupt incumbents, and taking on emerging giants with unexpected sources of competitive advantage. Leading teams Managing people'

Cooper 15

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Competition has become more complex too, with companies increasingly sourcing or manufacturing globally, facing technology-based rivals trying to disrupt incumbents, and taking on emerging giants with unexpected sources of competitive advantage. Leading teams Managing people'

Cooper 8

Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 8