Strategy Driven

JANUARY 15, 2014

One of the major STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) debates currently underway today in the United States revolves around whether or not there is, in fact, a STEM workforce shortage in the country. She is responsible for providing human resources strategic leadership to meet the challenges and objectives of the business.

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Survey Human Resources Engineering Diversity 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The last decade ushered in an economic meltdown and technological breakthroughs that have forever changed the business world as we knew it. His processes – which were based on the assumption that employees derive personal value from a job well done – required more skilled workers and a team-oriented environment.

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Ohno Productivity Products Six Sigma 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

Instead, they appeal to and connect with their clients through emotion, brand story-telling, and thought-leadership. In doing so they take the attention off price and features and appeal to the feelings customers value and the identities they want to experience and express. Great brands ignore trends.

Brand 8

Brand Disintermediation Price Long-term 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2014

7 Biggest Communication Obstacles: Lack of people skills, manners. Rather than risk going out on a limb, employees either don’t learn or use their communication skills. The irony is that its principal corporate contributor (Eastman Kodak) fell by the wayside, a victim of changing technologies. Book value is not guaranteed.

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Strategy Budgeting Audience Risk Management 97

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

economy spent one trillion dollars fixing and treating the so-called Y2K Bug, which we now know was a manufactured “crisis” by technology consulting companies. As was discussed in Chapter 8, technology constitutes one tenth of 1% of any organization’s overall Big Picture. Book value is not guaranteed.

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Crisis Crisis Management Retail Budgeting 58

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

That having an E-mail address or a website makes one an expert on technology. That technology is the most important driving force in business and society. That professionals can get by without developing public speaking and writing skills. These executives have poor human relations skills. “Might makes right.

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Self-aware System Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Technology is but one tool of the trade. In the 1940s, technology brought us the 45-RPM and 33-1/3-RPM records… adding up to the ‘mother speed’ of 78-RPM. Today, with parents and communities severely neglecting children and their life-skills education, schools have evolved back to being full-scope community centers.

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Planning Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing Budgeting 61

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2018

Our study , published in the Journal of Corporate Finance, found that CEOs with strong connections to people of different demographic backgrounds and skill sets create higher firm value. We also found that this greater firm value comes from better corporate innovations and successful diversified M&As.

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Diversity CEO Sample Financial Leverage 10