Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. True, we can point to the fact that airplanes are massively engineered for reliability, but let’s look beyond the machinery. They result in information hoarding and lack of communication. This issue can become a major performance barrier.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For more than a decade, leading human resource strategists have hit on a recurring theme: You want your star players working in the roles that matter most to the business. This role is common in technology, engineering, and life sciences companies, where domain expertise in narrow and arcane areas can be crucial to market success.

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McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

As gerajohm commented, "The best executives I have met have had a great understanding of how to use technology to gain competitive advantage and improve operations. They worked together to identify the technologies that could improve the company''s competitive advantage versus technologies that were needed to support the business.

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CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

. “The machine learning model is not a static piece of code  —  you’re constantly feeding it data,” says one Google engineer. It’s a different kind of engineering.” They’re analogous to autonomous resources, as opposed to human resources, departments.

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Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 9, 2021

In their new book, TALENT MAKERS , Greenhouse co-founders Daniel Chait and Jon Stross present their step-by-step guide for implementing a structured hiring process that attracts great talent and turns hiring into a competitive advantage. I spoke with them about the challenges around hiring, and how they can be surmounted. Talent won.”

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2013

A scientist or engineer would retire from the organization, wait the mandatory six months, and then field a call from a former manager with an offer to re-engage. That can be devastating to competitive advantage. Prior to 2008, GE Global Research Center (GEGRC) followed this process.

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Consultative Competitive Advantage Long-term Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2014

Every year, the Manpower Group, a human resources consultancy, conducts a worldwide “Talent Shortage Survey.” Those workers who acquire the latest skills earn good pay; those employers who hire the right workers and train them well can realize the competitive advantages that come with new technologies. Economy Hiring'

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Skills Short-term Technology Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

Each of these companies has aligned and integrated its culture and brand to create a powerful engine of competitive advantage and growth. But in fact, it’s having a distinct corporate culture — not a copycat of another firm’s culture — that allows these great organizations to produce phenomenal results.

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Brand Company Operations Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Successfully implementing such a capability could dramatically affect headcount in human resources functions, but also in other functions, such as sales. For one thing, they will have a competitive advantage in the political environment we have entered.

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