Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Bernstein studied assembly-line performance at a company he called “Precision.” Similarly, when Starbucks baristas make your latte the same way across cafés, or when a software engineer delivers the expected features each sprint, you are witnessing tactical performance. This is also true of executives.

Organization 12

Organization Tactics Call Center Metrics 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Before then, I would have guessed that Goldman’s switch to becoming a public company had led it to take more risks, and that this would have been reflected in higher leverage over time. The design engineers kept taking incremental risks that they thought were acceptable and normalized them — until the disaster.

Incentives 8

Incentives Banking Ethics IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Acutely aware of the competitive edges timely data offers sophisticated investors, the company's ever-entrepreneurial cofounder once proposed that Google launch a hedge fund. After all, what company on earth enjoyed greater access to more insights more quickly from more people searching for more information?

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA? The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.&# - Harry S.

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Definition Blog Leadership Covey 313

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

We have been deploying technology, re-engineering, training, and adopting modern IT-enabled management platforms to help our workers improve their productivity, hence their income. Much of our corporate strategy is geared towards the long term, and this is where I believe lies the strength of private companies.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

How to Pick the Right Consultants for Your Company. Selecting the most appropriate consultant for your company and optimizing their expertise is the greatest challenge facing a decision maker. Any company or organization is like a tree. Consultants conduct programs designed by their companies, in repetitive motion.

Consultative 60

Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 60

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. That is like setting up a finance organization to do exotic risk hedging before putting in place basic reporting and compliance.

Compliance 11

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

This point was underscored by Unilever CEO Paul Polman when he courageously told short-term investors who did not support sustainability efforts not to buy his company’s shares. Meanwhile, Al Gore’s Generation Foundation sees sustainability as the new engine of economic growth. The Moral Frame.

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 13, 2011

Some companies (like ours) receive 90% of their business through website requests. Your page ranking in search engines is determined by the relevancy of the content on your website. Most customers start their research on the Internet: give them ways to find you when they use a search engine. 2) Always add a contact form.

Press Release 145

Press Release Discount Content Directory 145

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

As the founder and president of a new ethical bank focused on environmental sustainability, Jay McGuane realized that he and his board needed to set guidelines about which loans to approve and which to reject on “values” grounds. Ethical banking had seemed so benign when Jay had decided to enter the industry. A Green Vision.

Case Study 8

Case Study Banking Ethics Guidelines 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

First, data science and AI are affecting many industries globally, from healthcare and government to agriculture and finance. Although it has not yet been formally incorporated into data science workflows, I have added data ethics as the fifth key concept because ethics needs to be part of any conversation about data.

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Ethics Article Analysis Objective 11