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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. The inaugural version of our Top CHRO List was published on Forbes in 2015. Selection Methodology. and a development manager at Oracle Corp.

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business Review

Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.

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10 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2015

Harvard Business Review

The year 2015 was a pivotal time when humanity turned more decisively toward building a thriving and sustainable world. Here are eight cross-cutting themes and stories from 2015 that are driving us toward a sustainable world (and two that are doing the opposite): 1. in the first six months of 2015, 70% was renewable.

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How to Know Which Digital Trends Are Worth Chasing

Harvard Business Review

All too often, much-touted “revolutionary” innovations offer only incremental benefits at best; at worst, they are a costly distraction. The right technologies, however, can be incredibly valuable, driving customer satisfaction and possibly even providing a sustainable competitive advantage. Eliminating customer pain.

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Marketers Need to Stop Focusing on Loyalty and Start Thinking About Relevance

Harvard Business Review

And with today’s technologies, companies now have the ability to see and act on these fluctuations in the moment. As new technologies shift customer journeys and expectations, they can (and should) also enhance companies’ abilities to engage with customers in the most relevant ways. Don’t be loyal to the status quo.

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How One Clothing Company Blends AI and Human Expertise

Harvard Business Review

The company offers a subscription clothing and styling service that delivers apparel to its customers’ doors. And third, various machine-learning techniques should be combined to effectively identify insights and foster innovation. Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. Insight Center.

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The Benefits of Hiring Your Best Customers

Harvard Business Review

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week.