Eric Jacobson

MARCH 20, 2021

Mid-February brought the visually-engaging, coffee-table-styled book, Fast Times: How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, and Adapt , written for senior executives who are frustrated by the slow pace and limited return on investment (ROI) of their digital transformation, and are unsure what’s holding them back. He is based in Paris.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2021

Mid-February brings the beautifully presented, coffee-table-styled book, Fast Times: How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, and Adapt , written for senior executives who are frustrated by the slow pace and limited return on investment (ROI) of their digital transformation, and are unsure what’s holding them back. He is based in Paris.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 26, 2020

But with advances in technology, today it’s possible to get it done in days, not months or years, and take immediate action on the insights to boost your bottom line. This is where the art and science of data segmentation can really come together to enhance your marketing strategy and content for greater ROI. About the Author.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 17, 2019

According to a recent study from the University of Technology Sydney, it’s satisfaction that is the most prized of all. In today’s digital technology-intensive and data-rich environment, it is important for managers to know which metrics count.” ” Key metrics.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 4, 2016

Art writes, “The emerging digital and technology-driven world demands that we rethink everything about how we manage, lead, structure and run our organizations. Jim summarizes: “This is a story about a rural-born and raised country girl who though hard work and adversity rose to become one of Canada’s most respected CEOs.

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Tony Mayo

JANUARY 4, 2011

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? Want to improve ROI & speed growth.

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Chart Your Course

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Case in point, Jay Patel, CEO of Wintergreen Hospitality in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Advancing work technologies are changing the ways in which companies and their employees work. More companies will hire for soft skills and culture fit. . For years, we have heard employers say, I hire for attitude and train for aptitude.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

billion , entrepreneurial companies with technology at their core have disrupted entire industries and threatened or eliminated incumbents. A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation.

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Sales Wolf Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

 Steve shares three things that CEOs can do retain their most valuable employees. .  Steve shares three things that CEOs can do retain their most valuable employees.  Steve shares three things that CEOs can do retain their most valuable employees. .  Enjoy! .

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Almost any enterprise you can think of, no matter the industry or sector, is trying (or being pressured by competitors) to use new technology to harness the vast new oceans of data being generated by smartphones, sensors, digital cameras, GPS devices, and myriad other sources of information originating from customers and markets.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

For a brief period, as they were being built into the infrastructure of commerce, all these technologies opened opportunities for forward-looking companies to gain real advantages. This argument was derided by IT supply-side executives such as Steve Ballmer, Carly Fiorina, and Scott McNealy, but CEOs quietly applauded it.

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Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 25, 2010

During a recent conversation with the CEO of a debt collection company I was told, "I reduced my staff by 30 percent and we actually collected more debt." During a recent conversation with the CEO of a debt collection company I was told, "I reduced my staff by 30 percent and we actually collected more debt."

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

And we have figured out why: analytics forces changes on the C-suite that the CEO has to anticipate and manage, but many don’t. The findings show that fewer than half of analytics programs met initial return-on-investment (ROI) goals. But poor ROI is only part of the story. CEOs must anticipate this reaction.

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Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 10, 2010

"  Usually this is a question asked by an exasperated sales manager or CEO. "  Usually this is a question asked by an exasperated sales manager or CEO. The "symptoms" are fairly obvious.    Twenty percent of the sales team brings in eighty percent of the results. 

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

 However, The Conference Board does much more than just report on leading economic indicators.  However, The Conference Board does much more than just report on leading economic indicators.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 9, 2010

 Equally diverse are the faculty members who weigh in on these issues, which has included CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, leaders of small non-profits, entrepreneurial junkies, the occasional student, and everything in between.

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Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 21, 2010

  An examination of their organization chart  will further show just how serious they are about learning and sharing with others as an entire division of their organization (that reports to the CEO) is devoted to managing this knowledge center.    Why do they do all this? 

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2013

Have you ever pondered what you''d ask the CEO if you were made chairman of the board for 10 minutes and could pose one question? Nothing about markets or strategies — CEOs have canned answers for that kind of thing. You''d want a question that would strip away the cloak of invincibility and reveal the CEO''s innermost fears.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

While it’s clear that CEOs need to consider AI’s business implications, the technology’s nascence in business settings makes it less clear how to profitably employ it. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2018

A recent survey by Deloitte of “aggressive adopters” of cognitive technologies found that 76% believe that they will “substantially transform” their companies within the next three years. There probably hasn’t been this much excitement about a new technology since the dotcom boom years in the late 1990s.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

The Conversation is also a 1974 film by Francis Ford Coppola whose themes include the role of technology in society and being so focused on what you are doing that you forget why you are doing it and become oblivious to what is happening around you. made me break out in cold sweats. CIOs today must adapt or risk being marginalized.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

A group inside his office, New Urban Mechanics , is charged with coming up with different technological solutions to city problems. Alfred Sloan, the late CEO of General Motors, was known for his focus on maximizing return on investment (ROI). Their major constraint, as described to me by one of its members, is capital.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

Everyone always wants new equipment — new computers or other hot technologies. From our point of view, in other words, most people use ROI analysis as a way to justify something they really want to do anyway. The two founding partners were both engineers who loved technology. Not long after, the board fired the CEO.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. As the chairman and CEO of Mzinga ® , a company that provides social software to businesses, quite literally, it’s my job to be social media savvy.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2011

The CEO and CFO responded with, "A failure to hit ROI and NPV targets." To state that it didn't hit ROI, or whatever the metric is, doesn't answer the question. In interviews with a dozen senior managers from a large company, two particular failures came up over and over again. If an innovation initiative failed, ask why.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2010

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. He is Chairman and CEO of Mzinga ® , the leading provider of social software, services, and analytics that improve business performance.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2017

Determining the ROI for any cybersecurity investment, from staff training to AI-enabled authentication managers, can best be described as an enigma shrouded in mystery. Even the known costs, such as penalties for data breaches in highly regulated industries like health care, are a small piece of the ROI calculation.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2018

About 30 minutes prior to her weekly one-on-one with the CEO, the chief marketing officer at a multibillion global financial services firm received a cryptic email from him with the subject line “The Trouble with CMOs.” The CEO, grinning, agreed with her. Don Farrall/Getty Images. What came next was a pleasant surprise.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

These new EVs will cost less to run, use better technology to increase efficiency, and build intangible brand value for the company. ” Adding digital controls to the electric propulsion — a kind of internet-of-things technology play — will yield more precision in driving. The EVs will use much less energy.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Here, I think, are five important reasons that companies fail at business model innovation: CEOs don't really want a new business model. The most obvious reason companies fail at business model innovation is because CEOs and their senior leadership teams don't want to explore new business models. Product is king. Nothing else matters.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

CIOs and CEOs of large enterprises are faced with an overwhelming demand to transform their IT enterprise services and with a bewildering, often conflicting landscape of advice. Today, CIOs and CEOs of large companies are faced with an overwhelming demand for digital transformation and a bewildering, often conflicting landscape of advice.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

The first side, which is generally represented by big content , is that piracy (and any new technology that facilitates it) is an existential threat to any business based on intellectual property. Well, they have been mostly characterized as the "technology industries." And on the other side of the argument?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

An executive friend in an organization and industry riven by digital disruption and declining margins confided over lunch how dramatically her new CEO had impressed everyone at a recent executive offsite. ” Responsive CEOs are wonderful. . ” Responsive CEOs are wonderful. How technology is changing the way we work.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

CEO Gary Loveman noted that he knew that Caesars (then Harrah’s) had low levels of customer loyalty across its nationwide network of casinos. Loveman insists on an ROI from each analytics project at Caesars. Decision making Information & technology Knowledge management'

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

This means there are too many ways that an attacker can take advantage of any part of the technology infrastructure in most companies to breach them or create harm. In fact, cybersecurity has become, and going forward will always be, an issue where even CEOs and boards will be held accountable , so major internal investments are guaranteed.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Twenty years ago, Louis Gerstner transformed IBM by emphasizing consulting and technology services — not just technology — to solve customer problems. CEO Ginni Rometty is leading the company into new areas, betting big on its Watson software and cloud computing. How technology is changing the way we work.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2018

With all the recent advances in technology, there is no doubt the health care industry as a whole gets an “A” in science. The tradeoff, however, is that we’ve become so focused on using the technology (as this HBR article points out) that we spend far less time listening to individual human stories. Insight Center.

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