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Companies Collect Competitive Intelligence, but Don’t Use It

Harvard Business Review

The second requirement is to anticipate response to your competitive moves so that they are not derailed by unexpected reactions. In my experience, the competitive perspective is almost always the least important aspect in managerial decision-making. This competitive intelligence sign-off is simple to institutionalize.

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How to Get More Value Out of Your Data Analysts

Harvard Business Review

We don’t declare victory when a great model or application is developed – only when it’s being used to improve business performance and create new value. The key to overcoming these shortages is to develop talent in both cadres together. The most effective employee development happens on-the-job, day-to-day, often one-on-one.

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The Future Is Scary. Creative Thinking Can Help.

Harvard Business Review

Insist upon a culture that allows people to constantly challenge the most fundamental beliefs, hypotheses, and assumptions that they have about your organization, the industry in which it does business, and the world in which it operates. The established “rules” under which you or your organization generally operates?

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Cyber Security in the Internet of Things

Harvard Business Review

In particular, expect it to challenge your conception of cybersecurity and your ability to deliver it in IoT-enabled digital networks, your commercial operations, and your partner ecosystems. What''s more, as systems built by different OEMs interact, there is infighting among them as to what constitutes sensitive or competitive intelligence.