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7 Steps to Bulletproof Problem Solving

Leading Blog

Step Two: Disaggregate the Issues. How do you disaggregate the issues and develop hypotheses to be explored? Step Seven: Prepare a Powerful Communication. A weak problem statement is a common problem. Rushing into analysis with a vague problem statement is a clear formula for long hours and frustrated clients.”.

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Making Diversity Central to Success: Q&A With Chevron’s Chief Diversity Officer

HR Digest

An early champion of the Men Advocating Real Change (MARC) gender inclusion program, Chevron recognizes the true power it can have to build self-awareness, foster individual inclusion skills, and sustain a culture of inclusion across the organization. How do you measure the value these programs bring to the company?

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How Demand Forecasting Can Boost Business Efficiency

Strategy Driven

Although there are many ways to do demand forecasting right, these key tips can help a business get more out of their investment in the practice: Remember that demand is not monolithic and try implementing a disaggregated model.

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From Zipcar to the Sharing Economy

Harvard Business Review

They enable the disaggregation of physical assets in space and in time, creating digital platforms that make these disaggregated components — a few days in an apartment, an hour using a Roomba, a seat in your drive from Berlin to Hamburg — amenable to pricing, matching, and exchange.

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Automation Will Make Us Rethink What a “Job” Really Is

Harvard Business Review

To answer these questions, we need to begin disaggregating work and understanding how automation and AI can differentially handle various aspects of work. Disaggregate the different parts of the curve shown in the chart above and determine how AI can play a role.

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The 3 Ways Work Can Be Automated

Harvard Business Review

Developments in machine learning, powered by scalable computing resources in the cloud and heavy investment in exceptional human talent by the large players in the IT industry, are making computers capable of recognizing patterns and understanding meaning in big data in a cunningly human-like way.

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Approximately Correct Is Better than Precisely Incorrect

Harvard Business Review

What they should be doing is disaggregating the drivers of these results, and focusing instead on who, or what, comprises those averages. So he identified high-power users, then used his customer database to find and focus on attracting customers within that desired demographic sub-segment.