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Are CEOs Really Necessary Anymore?

Strategy Driven

If we have enough past information of competitive successes and failures, BDAI is capable of helping leaders develop options. Famously, Steve Jobs had no interest in market research when imagining where Apple needed to go next. But, what about agency, or intentionality, or what today we generally call strategy?

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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

It turned out that the unit was driving profits by raising prices and cutting marketing and advertising expenditures. Higher prices and reduced advertising created an opening for competitors to take away market share, which they did. So while profits were rising and ROIC was high, market share was declining.

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Effective Meeting Models

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Our ability to predict the future is getting more and more difficult as the population grows, markets shift, competitors switch strategies, and systems interact. As a result, the organization never truly deals with these issues and begins to develop work-arounds and work-avoidance behaviors. They know where they’re headed and why.

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8 Reasons Companies Don’t Capture More Value

Harvard Business Review

But in truth businesses rarely focus on only profitability; most strive to satisfy various stakeholders and meet the goals of balanced scorecards. Growth: A TV cable company offers special subscription plans for new customers, aiming to achieve a strong market position within 24 months.

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Big Data Doesn't Work if You Ignore the Small Things that Matter

Harvard Business Review

So why do companies spend millions on big data and big-data-based market research while continuing to ignore the simple things that make customers happy? Big data is today's panacea, the great new hope for unlocking the mysteries of marketing. We all have. Shut down their customer service on weekends? But don't expect an easy payoff.

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Making Hospital Partnerships Work

Harvard Business Review

The assumption is that a merger will make it easier to achieve economies of scale, develop a large but narrow network of preferably healthy patients, establish data registries, and integrate expensive technology. The committee recently held a half-day retreat to develop a three-year plan for the program and set strategic priorities for 2016.

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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities. Rather, they were abandoning their businesses because of bad bookkeeping.

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