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How Companies Say They’re Using Big Data

Harvard Business Review

.” Survey respondents included Presidents, Chief Information Officers, Chief Analytics Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, and Chief Data Officers representing 50 industry giants, including American Express, Capital One, Disney, Ford Motors, General Electric, JP Morgan, MetLife, Nielsen, Turner Broadcasting, United Parcel Service, and USAA.

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Transforming Rural India Through Agricultural Innovation

Harvard Business Review

On my last trip to India, I witnessed an innovation experiment, National Agro Foundation (NAF) , that addresses this wicked problem. Addressing the agriculture value chain—soil testing, facilitation of inputs and credit, market linkage, and field advisory services—is part and parcel of agriculture development initiatives.

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Mary Barra Brings Teaming to General Motors

Harvard Business Review

She had “an ability with people” and a track record of bringing new models to market faster and at lower cost. That’s part and parcel of Mary’s success, and the rest of the team plays well together, too.” Innovation is always the product of teaming. They play well as a team. Top-down leaders simply can’t get that done.

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How the Internet Saved Handmade Goods

Harvard Business Review

A recent article in The Economist , citing the work of Ryan Raffaelli at Harvard Business School, points to what it calls a “paradox” in the aftermath of disruptive innovation. Today, the company does roughly $50 million in total sales, with the home market accounting for over 80% of them. That’s a healthy company. There is no paradox.

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Workforce Analytics Isn't as Scary as It Sounds

Harvard Business Review

How many organizations would rely mainly on intuition when taking a new product to market? 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. Take Thomas Gradgrind in Hard Times.

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