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The Right Way for an Established Firm to Do an Innovation Pilot with a Startup

Harvard Business Review

” A fintech start-up enjoyed greater success piloting a security offering with a global bank. The startup initially offered a similarly comprehensive approach, but the bank — driven by unhappy customer feedback — was interested in improving a particular aspect of the online user experience around security.

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How is Big Data Transforming Your 80/20 Analytics?

Harvard Business Review

Indeed, even organizations where top management keeps their eyes glued to KPI-driven dashboards have trouble agreeing on what their Top Ten Most Important Customer/Client 80/20 analytics should be. Should management refine and dig deeper into existing 80/20 KPIs? What 80/20 analytic will matter most tomorrow?”

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8 Reasons Companies Don’t Capture More Value

Harvard Business Review

One typical reason is that top executives haven’t managed to clarify something even more fundamental: how much priority they place on increasing profit margins. The challenge for executives is, of course, to manage their conflicting goals, or so-called trade-offs. Why is it that? That might sound strange.

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Strategic Planning Steps

CO2

Because growth is unpredictable, it’s unwise to bank on a certain set of assumptions. Review all Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and select the top eight Choose two from each of the four Balanced Scorecard categories. The KPIs you select should drive the outcomes you and your organization hope to achieve.