Women on Business

MAY 24, 2012

Seventy years have passed since women left the confines of being homemakers and joined the work force en mass. Today, in 2012, there are only 12 Fortune 500 companies are led by women CEO’s. Out of fifteen industry categories women scored better than men in twelve. You know your strengths better than anyone else.

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Chief Operating Officer Quinn Discount Goal 256

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

When people talk about the jobs that are likely to be automated in the coming years, trucking is one of the most common to be cited, with innovations by companies like Otto used to exemplify the risk drivers face. With some companies actively developing tech at this level, it seems a reasonable place to start testing assumptions.

Short-term 62

Short-term Automotive Long-term Technology 62

QAspire

JANUARY 9, 2011

What fascinates me is how the company has continued to grow with a leadership that is set on throwing money and more people at the problem rather than any other approach to remedy. I have observed that on a longer run, such companies hit a ceiling because all customers (internal and external) get frustrated. Thabo Hermanus´s last blog.

Learning Organization 160

Learning Organization Organization Senge Blog 160

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Most of the category killers that have come to this impasse haven’t been able to do it. Thankfully, Burger King has developed a workaround to prevent such a travesty, equipping its to-go boxes with special vents that keep fries hot and crisp en route. New App Aims to Create a Peer-to-Peer Dining Experience (Fast Company).

Retail 8

Retail Price Learning-by-Doing Review 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2013

But there were also many who did not believe that such low wages were a moral dilemma for companies paying them, and their arguments fell into three general categories. In the end, we are left to ponder why so many successful companies set pay so low that their employees need government assistance to eat.

Cost 9

Cost Morale Human Resources Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2017

.” The stampede to connect anything and everything in the home to a mobile app – a stampede that I’d argue has been driven by grossly inflated numbers and speculation – has the potential to lure companies into unfamiliar territory, with no guarantee of a safe or profitable return. I know because I’ve been there.

Productivity 9

Productivity Products Early Adopters Software 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2013

Those sealed by fear are more durable: [M]en have less scruple in offending one who is beloved than one who is feared, for love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.

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Market Penetration Industry Telecommunications Strategy 8