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Workforce Analytics Isn't as Scary as It Sounds

Harvard Business Review

ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you what it comes to." Most importantly, they do fewer headcount reductions because they have lean and efficient workforces to begin with. So early on, Finance and HR collaborated to simplify the process, reducing the number of data metrics. A man who is.

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Mindfulness Can Improve Strategy, Too

Harvard Business Review

For the sake of efficiency, we tend to make new decisions based upon old frames, memories, or associations. One of us recently had the opportunity to test the concept of mindful strategy with a group of middle managers and senior executives from the legal, advertising, finance, and non-profit sectors in the Bay Area.

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At Amazon, It’s All About Cash Flow

Harvard Business Review

For example, if you sell a service that you’ll be delivering for the next twelve months, the costs and revenues are supposed to be parceled out over those twelve months, regardless of when the cash changes hands. Super-efficient retailers such as Walmart and Costco have been able to bring their CCC down to the single digits.

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