Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Posted by Thornton May on November 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment The classic Harvard Business School case “Otisline (A)” 1 begins with the quote, “… our objective is to go unnoticed.” In the elevator business, you can be hugely successful and highly profitable by going unnoticed.

Magazine 51

Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 51

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Drew Conway and I discussed his company Alluvium, which “uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to turn massive data streams produced by industrial operations into insights.” Insight Center. Adopting AI.

Ethics 8

Ethics Learning-by-Doing Industry Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

If you want to put analytics to work and build a more analytical organization, you need two cadres of employees: Analytics professionals to mine and prepare data, perform statistical operations, build models, and program the surrounding business applications. million business people with the know-how to put big data analytics to use.

How To 8

How To Competitive Intelligence Information Technology McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2013

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.

Incentives 8

Incentives Chief Information Officer Business Intelligence Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

You put together ad-hoc teams that involve not only analysts with relevant domain expertise but also represent skills from other domains, which brings new ways of thinking to old analytical problems. This approach works well in business. Here''s how it works in data analysis.

Analysis 8

Analysis Storytelling Brainstorming Telecommunications 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 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. Given the skills, location and mobility of this work force, how should these resources be allocated most effectively?

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Resources Process Constraint Objective 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Which of those skills gets the pedestal? If your primary skill is analytics (or data-mining or business intelligence), chances are that your self-confidence has taken a beating as machine learning and statistics have become prized within companies, the job market, and the media. What about analysts?

Organization 15

Organization Engineering Learning-by-Doing Storytelling 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In 2015, there was a surplus of people with data science skills. What they do need are analyses that solve key commercial and operational problems. What’s missing, more often than not, is a clear strategy and operational model for using these capabilities in ways that are specific to the company’s business requirements.

Analysis 8

Analysis How To Tools Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The transformation will necessitate substantial investments in finance, technology, human capital, operations, and infrastructure, and a substantial disinvestment of legacy resources in these areas. Our interviews indicate that care organizations are not yet ready to make such substantive operational changes and resource investments.

Health Care 8

Health Care Industry Business Model Finance 8