You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

And yet its usefulness is so often diminished because the vision is developed “at the top” of the organization and seldom shared by those who are expected to work toward its achievement. You have given me incentive to do that. Announces Social Media, Branding & Diversity Strategies" by @ bizshrink. Great post!

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Learning Organization Senge Organization Learning-by-Doing 56

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The report’s beginnings trace back to 2009, when the annual UN global climate conference resulted in an agreement that the world should hold warming to 2.0°C The list of actions companies take is well-developed and documented, and most large companies do the following: Slash energy use and emissions in operations.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 11, 2010

Many teammates take their vacations, and there are weeks where simply getting a quorum at on a conference call or a meeting is a major accomplishment. 1) Focus on individual, rather than team, incentives - Take advantage of the fact that others are vacationing, and spend some extra time with specific teammates.

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Incentives Blog Seminar Short-term 232

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2013

One predictable result of this activity has been increasing demand from marketing and sales leaders to find more such advocates to showcase, in some cases creating a "beast that needs to be fed" similar to what you see in traditional media channels — like sports or the entertainment industry — that experience rapid growth in popularity.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Real estate developers are integrating automation systems, sensors, and mobility options into their properties. The technology and media company Intersection builds on revenue from advertisers to offer cities free “Links” kiosks to expand public Wi-Fi. Pharmacies are adding telemedicine kiosks.

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Real Estate Company Transportation B2C 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

companies spend over $900 billion on their sales forces, which is three times more than they spend on all ad media. Simultaneously, sales managers went through a series of development sessions to develop their coaching skills. Sales is, by far, the most expensive part of strategy execution for most firms.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Given the growing sensitivity to widening income inequality in many developed economies, it is no wonder that criticism of soaring executive pay has intensified. Attempts to slow the rapid ascent of executive compensation have made little headway in North America, Western Europe, and Australia. Governments.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

You can’t read the pages of the mainstream or business media without being impressed by the opportunity. Second, data confers insight and advantage. The incentives of individual teams are unlikely to encourage data sharing as a primary requirement. Predictive analytics, data science, artificial intelligence, bots.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

Between ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandising, and media rights, Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates global sports revenues will grow to total roughly $145 billion. We now have entire conferences dedicated to the analytics of our business and our basketball operations. These aren’t mom and pop operations anymore.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

Standing on stage on September 9, 2014 at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC), Tim Cook announced, “We’ve created an entirely new payment process, and we called it Apple Pay.” It focused on developing a critical mass of cardholders and restaurants in a small geographic area—Manhattan.

Retail 8

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

Western media has been quite critical of the Chinese miracle. Having a manufacturing ecosystem confers several benefits. A prototype that takes two weeks to develop in Silicon Valley can be created overnight in Shenzhen. It also provides several incentives for overseas Chinese to return. Unlike in the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

At Hootsuite, the social media management platform, marketing and human resources executives collaborate to do this. Companies need to develop ways for employees to interact with customers directly, even in “back office” functions. .” Hire for customer orientation. Facilitate direct interaction with customers.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

media has come under intense scrutiny, with analysts , politicians, and even journalists themselves accusing it of bias and sensationalism — of having failed us — in its coverage of the presidential election. The media did exactly what it was designed to do, given the incentives that govern it. A caveat is in order.

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