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Design Offices to Be More Like Neighborhoods

Harvard Business Review

More businesses are striving for vibrant, youthful spaces, but they must be careful not to let eco-friendly water coolers dilute the bigger picture; wall decals and a foosball table don’t equate to company culture or employee satisfaction. Apply your company’s CRM or business intelligence systems to internal operations.

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Just Adding a Chief Data Officer Isn’t Enough

Harvard Business Review

The proliferation of C-suite roles is an indication of the increasing strategic and operational complexity organizations face. Brad Peters, CEO of Birst, a business intelligence company, raised the issue of incentives and structure with me in an interview at Saleforce.com’s Dreamforce conference.

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Five Steps to Resource Optimization: Any process can be improved.

Strategy Driven

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. About the Authors Ed Hughes is a SAS Product Manager and frequently published SAS Institute author and conference presenter.

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How IT Professionals Can Embrace the Serendipity Economy

Harvard Business Review

This perspective created the industrial economy lens through which most managers perceive their operations. A presentation developed for a conference does not produce much value until it is actually presented, an event which may occur weeks or months after the document is completed. Technology investments work the same way.

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