First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 19, 2011

Here’s an excerpt from article written by Jamie Campbell, Kenny Kurtzman, and Adam Michaels for strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company.

Business Intelligence 85

Business Intelligence Class Metrics Magazine 85

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

Digital technology continues to transform both the retail and consumer experience. That transformation requires adopting new digital technologies in every aspect of business — from product design and operations to customer service and marketing. To stay competitive, brands must innovate and transform.

Innovation 170

Innovation Strategy Competitive Advantage Incubator 170

Strategy Driven

MAY 20, 2021

The myriad benefits of integrating technology in everyday businesses are limitless. Technology is essential for providing quick solutions to problems your company might face, whether from clients or while you’re trying to accomplish your organization’s goals. Tech support companies help you manage big data.

System 74

System Technology Business Model Follow-up 74

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 31, 2013

Businesses now have more and easier access to vital information than ever before. One of the reasons for this is because of the advances being made in information technology (IT) and business intelligence (BI).

Maturity 100

Maturity Business Intelligence Information Technology Technology 100

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

A good sales intelligence software must be able to merge with other sales software, business intelligence, and analytics or data management solutions. Some of the best sales intelligence software include: Vainu. Datanyze focuses on website technology.

Software 87

Software B2B CRM ROI 87

Engaging Leader

APRIL 7, 2015

GamEffective strives to be the “Fitbit of work,” taking the place of traditional performance management, feedback, and even continuous improvement practices such as kaizens. Previously, was CEO of Gilon-Synergy Business Insight, a national leader in Business Intelligence.

Kaizen 100

Kaizen Business Intelligence CEO Trends 100

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

A leader’s view on competition will not only reveal a lot about their beliefs on current and future market trends, but also on innovation, branding, talent management, supply chain issues, constituency management, capital markets, and customer facing. Do you have a business intelligence platform?

Leadership 310

Leadership PR Disintermediation Supply Chain 310

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 30, 2019

In case you run a business with a high environmental impact, you might consider installing a ground water monitoring system to ensure you are not putting communities at risk or breaking the law. It might also be a good idea to do your research and invest in the latest technology, or you will be left behind by your competitors.

Long-term 50

Long-term How To Reputation Trends 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 14, 2013

A growing number of organizations are moving toward having more pervasive Business Intelligence (BI) by turning to evidence-based decision making supported by a range of BI and analytics technology and processes that enable decision makers to have the best possible intelligence about customers, finances, operations, suppliers, and the market.

Resources 50

Resources KPI Strategy White Paper 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 25, 2013

There is a lot of hype and buzz around business intelligence. Companies are investing millions of dollars in business intelligence technology. So by learning how pilots are successful, leaders can get a much better return on their business intelligence initiatives. How is the pilot successful?

Business Intelligence 8

Business Intelligence Information Technology Uncertainty Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

By Ayman Sayed, President and Chief Product Officer, CA Technologies. You’ve probably already heard of the rise in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) across many industries and applications. But, what about the application of AI and ML to agile development, testing and even portfolio management?

Agility 8

Agility Technology Development Content 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 7, 2013

In interviews with more than 100 mobile innovators, they have found four places where mobile engagement transforms services and processes: customer engagement, process acceleration, employee productivity, and new business services. Complimentary Resource – The Truth About Mobile Business Intelligence: Five Common Myths Debunked.

Forrester 64

Forrester Report Resources Business Intelligence 64

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 27, 2015

But this new world of Big Data is proving to be much more demanding and complex than expected, requiring companies not only to adopt different technologies, but also to make significant changes to their business strategy, internal skillsets, and organizational structures. Unstructured data is very different.

CIO 50

CIO Technology CRM Competitive Advantage 50

Coaching Tip

JULY 9, 2013

The new retail-oriented CEO decided to close down their website, fire their internal website experts and contract out information technology by having their books sold through Amazon.com. Unfortunately, the Borders CEO didn''t recognize that the Internet was changing everything.including the book retail business.

Chief Executive Officer 97

Chief Executive Officer eBook Leadership Leadership Styles 97

Strategy Driven

APRIL 7, 2013

Improving Business Operation Performance With Innovations. Learn how using analytics to guide a business operations function is the path to continuous improvement and achieving higher operational performance. Arguably no technology is changing job functions within organizations more than analytics.

Operations 50

Operations Resources Innovation ROI 50

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 16, 2021

Now that almost every good or service combines digital and physical, leaders need to be able to manage and drive both digital and physical in a company.” -Rob And now that almost every good or service combines digital and physical, leaders need to be able to manage and drive both digital and physical in a company. Rob Siegel.

Strategy 140

Strategy Venture Capitalist Innovation Company 140

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Over the past two decades, technology has advanced exponentially; and with that burgeoning growth, IT organizations have seen tremendous expansion. Innovation begins with management; by fostering a culture that prioritizes innovation, creativity is incentivized among team members.

Organization 58

Organization Open-book Innovation Technology 58

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

If you're looking to conduct cross-continent business, know that you can, but the task is not easy. Managing one location has it's own challenges like keeping up with all of your departments including Human Resources, sales, marketing and the like. The best advice I can give you is to keep your global business connected.

Tips 50

Tips Globalization Compliance Competitive Advantage 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Data, Data Everywhere : A Special Report on Managing Information. Learn how businesses are transforming themselves based on the abundance of data, and benefits found in the various uses of information and the new methods of visualizing data. Complimentary Resource – Managing Environmental Risk. Consider leaving a comment!

Information 50

Information Report Resources Management 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

IT has long played a critical role in helping organizations deliver better products and services, improve operations, better manage risks, and develop new business models to stay relevant. Core technologies such as cloud, mobility, modern applications, and networks continue to evolve. That’s still true.

Technology 8

Technology Content Market Segmentation Business Model 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

by Intermec Technologies Corporation. Complimentary Resource – The Truth About Mobile Business Intelligence: Five Common Myths Debunked. Top 5 Tips for Choosing Mobile Computers. This white paper from Intermec explains the top 5 tips for how to choose the best mobile computer for your organization.

Resources 50

Resources Tips White Paper Business Intelligence 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Increased sales can be directly attributed to how successfully a business collaborates with the entire supply chain. Supply chain management has immense potential to enhance business operations, improve productivity, and increase a business’s agility to changing market trends and customer demand.

Supply Chain 106

Supply Chain Agility Management Operations 106

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

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. To learn more about SAS, its products and services, visit www.sas.com. Be extraordinary.

Real Estate 66

Real Estate Magazine Rogers Long-term 66

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s. Their strategic use of information technology (IT) presaged the dot.com boom of the 1990s when the Internet made this kind of online ordering commonplace.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. While there’s no silver bullet, performance management philosophies suggest there are positive options before us. We just need to understand how to best deploy, grow or manage them.

Tools 56

Tools Black-Scholes Magazine Rogers 56

Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2018

In this article, the focus will be on the pros of using SharePoint as a business technology solution. say that SharePoint reduces costs by consolidating intranet, extranet and internet sites in a single platform – either internally or through the use of Cloud technology. Is Sharepoint Adequate For Your Business?

Technology 51

Technology CRM Document Project 51

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

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. To learn more about SAS, its products and services, visit www.sas.com.

Magazine 52

Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 52

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2017

Business intelligence is projected to grow to a nearly $26.9 Establishing a data backbone is one part of the business intelligence equation, but fleshing out the ribs (contact information, credit history, competitive intelligence, etc.) can make data seem overwhelming without a good process for managing it.

Business Intelligence 8

Business Intelligence Affiliate Marketing Competitive Intelligence Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

It served its purpose by raising awareness of a new set of technologies based on new principles of peer-to-peer discussion, openness, and cross-boundary communities. Indeed: the marketing organization has put social media technologies to work with very visible effect. We need to move beyond social media as a technology tool.

Media 15

Media Marketing Technology Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

Today's CIOs are under pressure to deliver on requests for innovation, cost reduction, connectivity, and a growing demand for business intelligence. Many next-generation technology leaders will still come from traditional tech backgrounds, but business leaders with a technology bent will also have a shot.

CIO 15

CIO Chief Information Officer Budgeting Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

In just a few years digital technology has connected an ever-growing number of people, sensors, and devices. It’s created new business and social networks, resulted in new ecosystems, and transformed our economy. While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind.

Company 8

Company Operations Human Capital Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

As Tom Davenport and DJ Patil note in their October Harvard Business Review article on the rise of the data scientist, the advent of the big data era means that analyzing large, messy, unstructured data is going to increasingly form part of everyone's work. They must know how to construct intelligent hypotheses.

Skills 17

Skills Pharmaceuticals Sample Business Intelligence 17

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. Slowly but surely, as the little database grew bigger and bigger, the manager would wedge the cost into her operating budget.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

But maybe the thrill of accomplishment in these pockets is diverting senior managers’ attention from another, even more critical opportunity: Digital technologies are also rapidly changing how managers can acquire and assess the information they use to develop and execute on enterprise-wide strategy.

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2012

I'm not suggesting that these folks need to run SPSS, or sit in front of a business intelligence tool all day. But they do understand the importance of data in addressing business questions. The future of customer management means individually optimized touchpoints, and CI pros are already halfway to the finish line.

Company 14

Company Business Intelligence CRM Marketing 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2017

One major reason for the update is that analytical technology has changed dramatically over the last decade; the sections we wrote on those topics have become woefully out of date. Some technologies from a decade ago are still in broad use, and I’ll describe them here too. But we’re here to talk about technology.

Open-book 8

Open-book Software Supply Chain Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Carr predicted that an organization''s ability to compete through investing in information technology was about to change dramatically. The IT boom of the 1980s and early ''90s had brought information technology to the corporate masses, unleashing the first full-scale technology revolution in the enterprise.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8