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What It Takes To Turn Your Failing Business Around

Strategy Driven

Identify what could have gone wrong with the leadership team. It involves reassessing your business operations, starting with leadership. You may discover that some poor leadership decisions may have been responsible for your establishment doldrums. If that is the case, you have two options to explore.

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Are CEOs Really Necessary Anymore?

Strategy Driven

With increasingly vast bodies of knowledge about experiences, one can see how business Intelligence, with enough computing power, became Artificial Intelligence. And that’s why we’ve come so close to going from data that one human can process, to Big Data, which requires dozens of sensors to process. No driver necessary.

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Yes, Managing IT Is Your Job

Harvard Business Review

ERP systems, RFID , knowledge management, business intelligence) have washed over organizations. I believe that IT will become a more integrated operational component of delivering business results, as at ING. IT went from being a potential source of competitive advantage to being a necessity for competitive parity.

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China, South Africa Advance Sustainability Efforts

Harvard Business Review

His friend, Dr. Shiping Liu, founder and CEO of Global Business Intelligence Consulting Co., agreed and added, "More and more of my clients are making sustainability a core part of their business strategy and they want to be able to report on this, with integrated reporting being the best way for them to do so.". Stay tuned.

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Why CRM Projects Fail and How to Make Them More Successful

Harvard Business Review

Front-line sales professionals and managers rarely find the majority of these capabilities useful in winning more business for the company. CRMs today also serve a lot of masters, from executives in the C-suite, technology, marketing, finance, and, oh yeah, sales. Broadcast this message loud and clear from the CEO and sales leadership.

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We Interviewed Health Care Leaders About Their Industry, and They’re Worried

Harvard Business Review

What legacy costs will be incurred as providers strive to optimize their business processes to deliver comprehensive value-based health care? How will leadership teams and boards of directors orchestrate the strategic transformations of their currently successful businesses? What new investments will be required?