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Complimentary Resource – Best Practices for a BI and Analytics Strategy

Strategy Driven

A growing number of organizations are moving toward having more pervasive Business Intelligence (BI) by turning to evidence-based decision making supported by a range of BI and analytics technology and processes that enable decision makers to have the best possible intelligence about customers, finances, operations, suppliers, and the market.

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The Problem with the Profit Motive in Finance

Harvard Business Review

has a new "white paper" out with the rah rah title, " Financial Services: Safer & Stronger in 2012." It drives hard work, innovation, and the success of the capitalist system. You can make a lot of money in finance doing things that are bound blow up in someone's face a few years down the road. The largest U.S.

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A Novel Idea for Putting Sidelined Cash to Work

Harvard Business Review

To drive shareholder value and be a catalyst for economic recovery, our nation's largest companies must deploy their assets in a productive manner, either internally for innovation and organic growth, or externally for corporate venture capital investments, research partnerships, joint ventures and alliances, or acquisitions.

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A Guide to Winning Support for Your New Idea or Project

Harvard Business Review

“Organizations need to keep changing, adapting, and innovating,” he says. “You need to be seen as credible” when you’re talking about the financial implications of your initiative to the finance group, for instance. “You can’t expect to write a white paper and slap it on people’s desks.”

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The Leadership Vacuum | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Before I go any further, today’s rant should not be construed as a call for elitism, but rather a call for authenticity, innovation and professionalism. As leadership advisors and coaches we counsel our clients on the need for change and innovation, but have we become the proverbial shoe maker without shoes?

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