In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 6, 2016

Taking a lesson from the signature phrase in the illustrated children’s book, The Little Engine That Could , the Leamington community did not throw in the towel. Loblaws , Canada’s largest food retailer, announced that they were discontinuing French’s ketchup, claiming that the new brand’s sales weren’t cutting it.

Retail 100

Retail Restructuring Brand Ethics 100

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2018

But it’s poised to transform all sectors, from retail, telecommunications, and agriculture to health, trucking, and the penal system. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Ethics is among the field’s biggest challenges. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

Ethics 8

Ethics Learning-by-Doing Industry Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The world's biggest and fastest search engine can't help but generate terabytes and petabytes of actionable investment intelligence. In fact, Google chief economist Hal Varian (and other economists and forecasters) already use the search engine's data and analytics to predict economic futures.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Operating a small business is not unlike owning a really old house: things break a lot, and you need to fix them, over and over and over. To this day, I get excited about seeing Subaru’s new products and learning about the engineering that went into making them. Ours did; over 700 did not.)

Learning-by-Doing 255

Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 255

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

Of the companies who continue to operate without a plan, 40% of them will be out of business in the next 10 years. That 2% includes all the doctors, lawyers, accountants and engineers… those of us who actually advise. Employee theft and shoplifting accounting for 15% of the retail cost of merchandise.

Budgeting 83

Budgeting Succession Consultative Crisis 83

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

It’s now done by economists, data engineers, IT operatives, and anyone who has access to the data. These tools are especially attractive to retail and service companies because they have so many employees and such high turnover, which means they are hiring all the time. But a few things have changed with the rise of big data.

Succession 10

Succession Human Resources Information Technology Software 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

It’s now done by economists, data engineers, IT operatives, and anyone who has access to the data. These tools are especially attractive to retail and service companies because they have so many employees and such high turnover, which means they are hiring all the time. The psychologists have lost control of the effort.

Succession 8

Succession Software Commitment Report 8