Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

By developing their talent – their uniquely human ability to communicate – your organization will flourish in the digital age. Analyzing your audience and then using that information to target your message is your key to making your presentation memorable. At the heart of every employee is talent.

Planning 50

Planning Audience Succession Library 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

By developing their talent – their uniquely human ability to communicate – your organization will flourish in the digital age. Additional Information This is the second of a series of articles, developed exclusively for StrategyDriven , that highlights the breadth and depth of Communispond’s LearnTO Library.

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Library Kaplan Newsletter Audience 70

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Managers should rarely take an important analysis at face value. They should almost always dig into the data and develop a deeper understanding of the hidden insights that lie within. Look for them and develop an understanding of how they differ from one another. Information & technology'

Information Technology 9

Information Technology Analysis Trends Follow-up 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Develop a robust root cause analysis capability. The retailer example mentioned above used root cause analysis to answer the question around what factors contributed to an unsuccessful marketing promotion. Using a CoE affords functional managers the ability to make collaborative and informed decisions.

Root Cause Analysis 8

Root Cause Analysis Metrics Analysis Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Analytics requirements can span business units, database and analysis systems, and reporting hierarchies. Who will champion enterprise-level analysis as opposed to business unit–level analysis? Information & technology Leadership' It is often easier to see where a CAO role should not report.

Company 8

Company COO Information Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

P&G''s Connect and Develop ) to increase velocity and quality of their new product introductions, the IT infrastructure support for this business process change is critical. A new component of the IT function must be developed to support this category of work: the Distributed Innovation Group (DIG). Improving Operational Efficiency.

Enterprise Architecture 8

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2013

There is a pressing need for more businesspeople who can think quantitatively and make decisions based on data and analysis, and businesspeople who can do so will become increasingly valuable. Gottman, working with a statistical colleague, developed a "marriage equation" predicting how likely a marriage is to last over the long term.

McKinsey 9

McKinsey Press Release Information Technology Analysis 9

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

By developing their talent – their uniquely human ability to communicate – your organization will flourish in the digital age. Bill is responsible all aspects of the business including sales, marketing, content development, and the delivery of Communispond courses by certified faculty. At the heart of every employee is talent.

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Power Audience Kaplan Short-term 56

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

IF YOU WILL LEAD, LLC Leadership Development, Executive Coaching, Infrastructure Consulting IF YOU WILL LEAD recognizes that your personal and professional success depends, in large part, on your ability to effectively and powerfully lead. The firm focuses on leadership development, organization excellence and information technology.

Leadership 56

Leadership Newsletter Executive Coaching Follow-up 56

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2014

From predicting the locations of roadside bombs to pinpointing the next government collapse, exploiting available data requires high-performance collection and rapid, thorough, and transparent analysis. Information & technology Knowledge management Risk management' We will need to be faster.

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Analysis Information Knowledge Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

” Associate Justice Stewart probably didn’t know how new data technologies would soon begin to blur those boundaries. For sales and business development, this is an invaluable tool. Supreme Court, once said , “Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have the right to do and what is right to do.”

Ethics 8

Ethics Company Committee Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Management education today is largely about educating for judgment —developing future leaders’ pattern-matching abilities, usually via exposure to a lot of case studies and other examples, so that they’ll be able to confidently navigate the business landscape. Information & technology' Big Data Demands Big Context.

Information Technology 10

Information Technology Analysis Software Guidelines 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

All too often analysts study historical data to develop a model that explains that data and then apply the model to the exact same data to make a prediction about the future. Using predictive models of demand developed during growth years or for a price sensitive market segment may fail miserably when market conditions change.

Credit Scoring 9

Credit Scoring Price Market Segmentation How To 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2017

As I was doing research and analysis for my recent book , I found that one of the best ways organizations can create a sense of purpose for their employees is to help connect their day-to-day work with the impact it has in their community and globally. I’ve identified several common themes in our talks, which I’ll share here.

Execution 12

Execution CIO Chief Information Officer Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

For example, savings are to be had in analysis of inventory stockpiles, thermal imaging of pipelines and rail lines, three-dimensional modeling of insurance claims, and non-destructive terahertz imaging for buildings. Factors such as investment horizon, need for data security, and desired development speed will influence this choice.

Competitive Advantage 9

Competitive Advantage Company Outsourcing Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2011

The Asian headquarters of this new organization has been established in partnership with the Economic Development Board of the Singapore government. I'm in Singapore again now, this time to help launch the Deloitte Analytics Institute (DAI). The Singapore government has provided some money to help meet these goals.

Health Care 12

Health Care Information Technology Seminar Trends 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

It has not had the same impact on median incomes and living standards, and I think one important reason why is that information technology is increasingly substituting for cognitive human labor. Insight Center. The Global Digital Economy. Sponsored by Accenture. Strategies for growth in a connected world.

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Gordon Transportation Tourism Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2012

But when the change involves a new information technology, it's harder to make incremental updates. The software is driven from the top and often imposed on the organization with little upfront process analysis. If there are, people will develop a sense of ownership and many will become ambassadors of change.

Technology 13

Technology Software CIO Information Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2014

These concepts allowed BCG to develop a prism through which any potential action can be evaluated. There is also no clear causal explanation for how PSA is related to the development of cancer. This possible explanation could be tested by adding additional data to the analysis. Decision making Information & technology'

Insurance 14

Insurance Information Technology Loyalty Bottom-up 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2018

Since electronic health records (EHRs) became widespread over the last decade, there has been growing frustration over the inability to make electronic data liquid — to have it follow the patient throughout the health system and to be available for more sophisticated analysis in support of improved patient care and research.

Health Care 10

Health Care System Industry Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2013

Consider the situation faced by a leading provider of outsourcing and information technology consulting services with approximately $1.5 But network analysis revealed that the company had a long way to go. But, when a company has only a few network-central players, they can become significant points of weakness.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Analysis Globalization Information 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2014

These skills are now reaching beyond data analysis to encompass information architecture, application development, and technology project management. Information & technology Marketing' into digital-marketing efforts.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain CIO Chief Information Officer Budgeting 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2014

In talking with companies that are using big data for these purposes—UPS’s Project ORION for real-time routing of delivery vehicles, or Schneider National’s analysis of fuel tank sensor and GPS data to designate fuel stop locations to drivers—the project managers emphasized how important change management is.

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Project Business Objectives Information Technology Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

For example, in developing countries, mobile network operators can estimate household income of their subscribers from how much and how often they purchase airtime. For the UN, this ability to glean real-time information could transform our work to protect development gains among the world's most vulnerable populations.

Analysis 15

Analysis Globalization Crisis Price 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Thus, as the McKinsey Global Institute team states, and its analysis of 80 years of data shows, "over the long term. A static analysis would end there, rather than asking: and then what? It takes a dynamic analysis to anticipate the kind of effects captured by McKinsey's results. Add a steam drill, and you can fire John Henry.

McKinsey 14

McKinsey Efficiency Long-term Analysis 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Information & technology Leadership Strategy' Strategy-making can now happen in real time.

Strategy 9

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

For some, the decision-making process involves developing the case supporting a decision after you''ve made it, while ignoring other evidence along the way. People figure out what you''re up to and develop a healthy mistrust pretty quickly. You have analysis-paralysis. Information & technology Leadership'

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Information Analysis Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2014

The immense promise of big data to reveal new opportunities and deliver practical business results has so far been focused on technologies and models, and less on the human challenges of staffing roles and processes to take advantage of big data’s promise. Information & technology'

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Technology McKinsey Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2014

What’s really interesting, though, is that the two of them ended up in complete agreement about the conditions required for good intuition to develop. In contrast, radiologists obtain little information about the accuracy of the diagnoses they make and about the pathologies they fail to detect.

Kahneman 8

Kahneman Information Technology Environment Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2013

A revolution in information technology has transformed businesses around the globe over the past two decades. More recently, companies have discovered that technology-enabled data is an underappreciated but highly valuable asset. Data collection and analysis is built into the organization's DNA.

Education 8

Education Technology Information Technology Report 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

One important way to achieve enhanced security is to design it from the start, in new application development, in how data is managed, and in the construction of IT infrastructure. Education IT management Information & technology' Better yet, hiring enterprises can find ways to join forces with academic programs.

Education 8

Education Information Technology Policies Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2015

The convergence of mobile, analytics, context-rich systems, and the cloud, together with an explosion of information, is transforming sales, and enabling buyers and salespeople to engage with each other in more effective and efficient ways. At least five of these trends have significant implications for sales forces, including: 1.

Trends 8

Trends Technology Pharmaceuticals Team 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

In fact, China is already experiencing a labor shortage: Wages are rising and it is losing its labor-cost advantage to other developing countries. Policy makers and scholars generally agree that China must rebalance its economy toward a consumption-driven development model. China, too, needs more technological innovation.

GDP 10

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Imagine one of your managers walks into their subordinate’s office and says, “Our data analysis predicts that you will soon get restless and think of leaving us, so we want to make you an offer that our data shows has retained others like you.” Human resources Information & technology Managing people'

Human Resources 9

Human Resources Information Technology Report Human Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2014

Thus, Bob and his team sought to develop deeper insights into the frequency and severity of errors. In a separate analysis, Bob and his team discovered that the vast majority of problems occurred on the interfaces between steps C and D, and D and E. Information & technology Operations' Where is it broken?

Cost 9

Cost Company Information Technology Process 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

Let me offer three in particular: a) you don't need a lot of data to be more successful; b) you don't necessarily have to do the analysis yourself; and c) you can benefit from data-based decision-making at the smallest level of the organization. Its challenge was what to do about a house that wasn't selling.

Organization 13

Organization Real Estate Analysis Technology 13

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

I think our principal observation was that what was happening was that disruptive innovations driven by largely information technology but lots of other technologies on the fringe here that are getting ready to exhibit the same kind of characteristics were entering the market in kind of this better and cheaper way.

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Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60