Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

For example, GE has created a digital platform in the energy sector that its own and third-party software developers can write applications to. He built a team to develop Predix, a cloud-based platform that underlies all of GE’s industrial businesses. Many such leaders are relatively young and highly sought after. Cut layers.

Short-term 8

Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The world's biggest and fastest search engine can't help but generate terabytes and petabytes of actionable investment intelligence. In fact, Google chief economist Hal Varian (and other economists and forecasters) already use the search engine's data and analytics to predict economic futures.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2016

They held about 40 meetings with companies that had bought renewable energy and with big project developers. They had framing conversations with the CEO and CFO early on to discuss any financial or operational challenges. Get early buy-in. For Owens Corning, the locations matter.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Finance CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

Retailers combine data on demographics and weather to predict sales and develop merchandising plans. Banks and lenders have predictive analytics engines that tell the lender the probability that a customer will pay them back. The issue is that they operate as artisans, not scientists.

Marketing 8

Marketing Root Cause Analysis Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2013

Their son-in-law (married to their eldest daughter) had recently been named chief operating officer. The COO''s newly developed strategy was very comprehensive: •Do better in every customer segment currently served plus add a couple of new ones. (I''m not naming it to protect client confidentiality.) the family was asking.

COO 8

COO Chief Operating Officer Strategic Planning Project 8

Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

We work really hard on developing smart solutions, only to see them fail because we don’t have enough juice in the organization. For years, I operated with the belief that all I had to do was come up with the most brilliantly creative and strategically sound solution. And I say “we” because I’ve been as guilty of this as anybody.

Influence 275

Influence Blog Politics Learning-by-Doing 275

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

Recommendation engines (or recommenders ) force organizations to fundamentally rethink how to get greater value from their data while creating greater value for their customers. ”We didn’t think a recommendation engine was necessary at the time,” said one of the company’s web developers.

Engineering 8

Engineering Company White Paper Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

But platforms and networks can be developed in many different ways. Consider how Nest is networking its thermostats, smoke alarms, and cameras to create home security solutions, or how Caterpillar and GE are each networking their equipment and engines to save millions in maintenance costs. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Susan Fowler, a former site reliability engineer at Uber, recently wrote about her “very, very strange year at Uber,” characterized by a pervasive culture of alleged sexual harassment. Are these acceptable growing pains? In one word: No.

Compliance 11

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

Retooling HR makes organization leaders smarter by applying their existing sophistication about finance, engineering, operations and marketing to HR and talent decisions. It does require that leaders reach across functional boundaries, but thats different than simply placing compensation and benefits under the CFO.

Charan 13

Charan Finance Human Resources Supply Chain 13