Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 17, 2013

Employee Trust: 82% of employees say they trust a company more when the CEO and leadership team communicate via social media. eCommerce Influence: By 2016, more than half of the dollars spent in US retail will be influenced by the Web. Influence on Retail: By 2016, $689 Billion will be influenced by mobile retail.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 14, 2016

It refers to preparing to compete using familiar techniques, against competitors you’ve faced before, in the same markets or industries, only to discover that the rules have changed. In these market battles everyone eventually loses, because quality, customer service and margins fall. You’ve heard the saying “fighting the last war”.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Hess and Katherine Ludwig Smart technologies will become ubiquitous, invading and changing many aspects of our professional and personal lives and in many ways challenging our fundamental beliefs about success, opportunity, and the American Dream. And so teams choose the wrong people to lead them. New skills will be needed.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It is more accurate to define it as a new protocol or technology which powers up a new line of cryptocurrencies. In its inception, Monero had a core team of developers with five members. Monero gained an incredible amount of traction in 2016 when it captured the interest of the dark web. CryptoNote is not a cryptocurrency.

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Long-term Finance Report Follow-up 111

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 9, 2019

The researchers gathered data on around 230,000 patients who had been admitted to intensive care in the Danish health system between 2004 and 2016. Whilst the early results are interesting, the technology is still an awfully long way from market.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In companies who are market leaders because ‘they have always done things that way’ innovation can face an uphill battle to drive change. They can lead a diverse team in setting the business requirements for funding new ideas. In some industries that is daunting. To grow you must be innovative. To be innovative you must take risks.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 13, 2019

These include the following: Help Enhance Team Productivity. It helps develop stacks but also allows non-technical teams to manage and create APIs as well. There are thousands of cloud apps in existence today and this technology has become a vital part of every enterprise. Easier Connection to Cloud Apps.

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Finance Technology Tools Insurance 57

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 10, 2020

At a firm level, this is usually translated into higher wages for employees at the most innovative firms, with new research from the London School of Economics showing that over 12 years, from 2004-2016, the typical worker in a non-innovative firm in the U.K. market however, things weren’t quite so straightforward.

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Skills Emotional Intelligence Stress Storytelling 88

Chart Your Course

MARCH 29, 2016

It’s a feat for businesses to retain employees for five years or more in today’s market, and the cost of losing them is high. Besides providing exemplary benefits, annual pay raises and monetary rewards, such as stock options, here are four ways for employers to boost employee engagement: Give Technology Perks.

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HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

We needed to shift faster to public cloud and new technologies such as IoT, machine learning, SAP Cloud Platform and advanced analytics. Besides growing the skills of the current workforce, we also focused on attracting the best talents with new skills from the market and at the same time retain our best talents in the organization.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Ad fraud poses a risk to the ad tech industry compromising the technology industry as a whole. This causes nearly 60% of digital display ad budgets to be lost due to fraud cases annually, according to the ANA and White Ops, 2016. Why is Ad Fraud Difficult to Curb? Adopt Private Marketplaces Deals. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Moss is an award winning marketer who focuses on engaging organizations and applying technology to drive growth. Randal has spoken at conferences such as SXSW (3X), State of Play, National Human Services Assembly National Meeting, Disney Institute’s Digital Now, and the American Marketing Association Hot Topic Tour. References.

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Innovation Real Estate Management Metrics 50

Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2016

Can nuclear plants be operated competitively in today’s market? An evolving energy market, led by cheap natural gas and subsidized renewable generation, threatens the long-term financial viability of America’s remaining nuclear power plants. Copyright 2007-2016 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 13, 2016

marketing avenues were limited, as was advertising (Sears Catalogue, Life Magazine, The Farmer’s Almanac, the local paper or general store). Obviously there was no technology, or global competition. It’s now 2016. Selling focused on natural customers – face-to-face relationships with neighbors and friends. Differentiation?

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2016

There is an additional cost in the poor performance of one employee affecting the entire output of a team or department. In a job seekers market unfulfilled employees will leave the company. Copyright 2007-2016 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Add up all of those hours, it’s a scary number. Missed Opportunity.

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Cost Emotional Intelligence Follow-up Training 51

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Cyber attacks spiked 164% in the first half of 2017, compared to the same period in 2016, entailing 918 disclosed breaches-according reports on broadcaster CNBC. Broadly speaking, public company CFOs are more likely to outsource cyber-security to third-party firms, while private CFOs tend to invest in in-house IT teams.

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Chief Technology Officer Short-term How To Long-term 76

Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2016

At the end of a particularly long and grueling strategy meeting with the executive team of a major consumer services business, Alan, the chief executive officer, turned to me and said, “Living quarter by quarter is madness, but in a few years’ time people will laugh at us for developing three-year plans.” He was right. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

How do organizations achieve longevity, the kind of longevity that survives long past the founder or any particular leader or leadership team? It is fashionable today to have management committees, at various organizational levels, working as teams. Teams can be entrepreneurial, but they first need to function effectively as a team.

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Supply Chain Real Estate Resistance Competitive Advantage 52

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 29, 2016

Luckily, the age we live in offers more opportunities than ever to build a team of experts on a tight budget. Do so and you’ll race past your bigger and slower competition and take their market share. 3) Harness the new value chain: New technology and the old wisdom of the assembly line go quite well together.

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Efficiency Tactics Outsourcing Bottom-up 51

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Wall Street analysts, marketers and corporate communicators understand the importance of a CEO’s personal brand and how it affects demand for a company’s products or services and its market value. They had to show they were good team players in order to win the support of colleagues. What’s behind their reticence?

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Brand CEO Strategic Planning Public Relations 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Blockchain has important implications for marketing and advertising. But according to The CMO Survey , only 8% of firms rate the use of blockchain in marketing as moderately or very important. Blockchain technology is not well understood and subject to a lot of hype. The Marketing Impact of Near-Zero Transaction Costs.

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Marketing Advertising Technology Content 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

What makes marketing creative? Is a creative marketer more artist or entrepreneur? Historically, the term “marketing creative” has been associated with the words and pictures that go into ad campaigns. But marketing, like other corporate functions, has become more complex and rigorous.

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Creativity Marketing Agility Budgeting 11

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Value-added leadership requires a senior team commitment. You employ state-of-the-art technology and are in the vanguard of your industry. Study and utilize marketing and business development techniques. Copyright 2007-2016 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Operations are sound, professional and productive.

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Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Over the past few decades, Silicon Valley has been such a powerful engine for entrepreneurship in technology that, all too often, it is considered to be some kind of panacea. The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

Accordingly, in the latter half of 2016, CenturyLink made a small investment in an AI-powered sales assistant made by Conversica to see if it could help the company identify hot leads without hiring an expensive army of sales reps to comb through the leads. Insight Center. Putting Data to Work. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Marketing Tools Follow-up Telecommunications 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 6, 2016

Even technology – the supposed enemy of peace and quiet – can help. Businesses that want to help their employees avoid burnout can provide unique experiences, such as sponsoring a company cycling team or organizing regular outdoor retreats. Copyright 2007-2016 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Real Estate Bottom-up Trends Motivation 50

ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 5, 2021

Companies with culturally diverse executive teams outperformed their competitors by 33 percent. Companies that fail to cultivate gender and culturally diverse teams perform up to 29 percent worse than their competitors. Leveraging diversity on teams will lead to more creative solutions and innovations.

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Diversity Compliance McKinsey Bottom-up 111

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2013

The Obama campaign's techniques, tools and technologies deserve detailed and dedicated attention from every organization that takes data-driven decisions seriously. Although superbly presented as a case study in campaign organization and technology, its essential lessons go way beyond the mechanics of procuring donors, donations and votes.

Marketing 8

Marketing Chief Technology Officer Case Study Critical Success Factor 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2016

For example, Gillette has successfully encouraged consumers to trade up again and again by continually introducing razors with the latest and greatest shaving technology. For example, Breyers, the ice cream brand, recognized that the gelato market was booming, but that super-premium gelatos were selling for 2.5

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Mass Marketing Marketing Price Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2017

While it’s still early days (we launched this accelerator in early 2016), we believe the accelerator has scored enough successes to prove that the model can work. But only 34% were actively piloting a digital technology in clinical practice. This rapid feedback, high-touch model provides high value to our clinical teams.

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Health Care Company Innovation Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

In 2001, a new approach to technology development was created by a daring group of developers. Once again, it has started in the bowels of technology companies and startups. And that satisfaction leads to a more attractive work environment in a competitive talent market. aleksandarvelasevic/Getty Images. Insight Center.

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Agility Development Organization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

Many conversations about data and analytics (D&A) start by focusing on technology. A robust, successful D&A function encompasses more than a stack of technologies, or a few people isolated on one floor of the building. reduced instances of teams playing four games in five days by 26%.

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Organization How To Supply Chain Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Despite the East Coast roots of technology entrepreneurship and venture capital (VC), by the 1990s Silicon Valley had gained a major advantage over the Cambridge-Boston area. Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society. The same underlying technologies (e.g., Silicon Valley dominates these platform technologies.

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Biotechnology Drucker Software Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2017

Compare that with 67% and 66% in 2016 and 2015, respectively. The survey, conducted among 2,200 technology executives, identified critical skill gaps such as cybersecurity and privacy. It’s not that employees are getting less tech-savvy; it’s that the market demands more of each and every one of them. Insight Center.

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Skills Company Technology Tools 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

While most bosses would frown on playing Halo at the office, it’s video games that are driving much of the innovation in video, virtual reality, and collaboration technologies today—something that has important implications for how we work, especially with far-flung colleagues. Virtual reality promises a solution.

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Technology Video Conference Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

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. Furthermore, early AI adopters are 3.5

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Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

With a $25,000 personal investment and a small office in her home, she began aggregating sales leads and aggressively acquiring customers through very traditional marketing means — like yellow page advertisements. Data-Driven Marketing. It was 2001, and online advertising was at its nascent stage. The situation was untenable.

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