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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

Ironically, the most empathic FTSE companies are a bank and a tobacco firm. banks are proving quicker to wake up to the benefits of empathy, scoring 50% higher than UK ones. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Royal Bank of Scotland/NatWest.

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Yes, Managing IT Is Your Job

Harvard Business Review

Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s. It told how American Airlines and others had introduced systems to help their customers choose their products and services. These "channel" systems helped steer business to American Airlines.

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The Tempting of Rajat Gupta

Harvard Business Review

They paid their executives accordingly, as did the banks, brokerage houses, hedge funds, and private-equity outfits whose share of U.S You might think that, for a retired McKinsey managing director, board memberships at Goldman Sachs, Procter & Gamble, and AMR, the parent of American Airlines, might be enough insiderness.

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50 Companies That Get Twitter – and 50 That Don’t

Harvard Business Review

The best, like American Airlines, make it feel natural. The energy, finance, and technology sectors tend to tweet using a male-biased tone of voice. American Airlines again provides a good example. The algorithm is able to infer gender based on language.