Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2022

At Freeman, we streamline our supply chain by taking a beginner’s mindset and breaking down the process. She is a dynamic and empathetic leader who has succeeded by putting people first in the process of transformational leadership. Her dual-role leadership made a tremendous impact on strategy and performance.

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COO Supply Chain Globalization Learning-by-Doing 125

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Finance for the Now Normal: financial stability in the hotel industry CMI Sri Lanka recently hosted a webinar titled 'Finance for the NOW NORMAL' with Mr Nirmalan Nagendra FCMI FIH, who is a senior Hospitality Finance Professional and Consultant for KPMG. Dileepa de Silva for the completion of 25 years of membership.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Committee Hotels Webinar 52

Skip Prichard

APRIL 27, 2020

And then keep adapting as we learned more about how to deal with health issues, work-from-home issues, finances, family, school and technology. I think most of us, especially in leadership roles, are probably more comfortable dealing with “fast” than “slow.” So many things changed all at once. And what do we do?

Supply Chain 108

Supply Chain Crisis Learning-by-Doing Finance 108

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2022

There was then a gap to access to finance and a non-supportive policy environment. Across retail, automotive, financial services, and technology a number of common factors emerged that underpinned the ability of companies to weather the Covid storm. The existential difficulties posed by Covid were also reflected, with 43.8%

Company 102

Company Hofstede Supply Chain Agility 102

Six Disciplines

MARCH 21, 2011

Products and Services (price, quality, Finances (stability, profitability, debt to equity ratio). Operations (facilities, capacity, distribution channels, supply chain, costs, use of technology). Organizational (leadership, accountability, commitment, engagement). Technological (pace and changes in technology).

SWOT 118

SWOT Debt to Equity Ratio Analysis Supply Chain 118

N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

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Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 344

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

3 May Dear all, On a recent episode of the FT ’s Working It podcast, Ann Francke discussed how to turn around a toxic workplace culture and the importance of holding senior leadership to account. How can AI and future technology aid, rather than impair, inclusion? Here are CMI's highlights from 2022 and 2021. You can listen back here.)

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Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

As one example; if you are a manufacturing organization, innovation in your core could include new and improved materials, new techniques, novel approaches to supply chain management etc. We did not formulate our own style but tweaked it to our leadership style and vision plan. Many things in the church world do cross over.

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2015

But with the rapid implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), CNOs are now expected to master new trends in health care information technologies to engage hospital leaders in strategic discussions about major technology investments. The primary driver for new learning is increasingly complex and essential technologies.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Health Care Supply Chain Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

The company’s leadership moved proactively to accelerate it and shape it. “If CEO Ginni Rometty took the top job in 2012, and identified Africa as a locus of technological growth early in her tenure. GE did more than take advantage of growth as it came. IBM is doing something similar in data analytics. It’s neither.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

8, to invest in small firms to test out new technologies – such as advanced data analytics or new ways to deliver products – before bringing them in-house. By streamlining store complexity, the team was also able to slash the retailer’s supply chain costs by 20 percent.

Retail 10

Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

His group’s data science, procurement, and supply chain teams crafted algorithmic ensembles that, by all measures and simulations, would save hundreds of millions. They frequently find the technologies are less of a hassle than the people. Human leadership defers to demonstrable algorithmic power. All-In Autonomy.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

They were bold and brash and injected fresh new ideas that challenged existing policy and practice in many quarters of the Department of Defense administration (such as finance, human resources, procurement, and supply chain processes). For example, it implemented an Internet service that answers the question "Where's my refund?"

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2016

As part of our ten-year longitudinal study on executive transitions, which included more than 2,700 leadership interviews, we did a rigorous statistical analysis (including more than 90 regression analyses) to isolate the skills of the top-performing executives. In comparative rankings they were generally at or near the bottom of the list.

Execution 8

Execution Supply Chain Analysis Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

We have been deploying technology, re-engineering, training, and adopting modern IT-enabled management platforms to help our workers improve their productivity, hence their income. Suppliers play far more than a supplementary role in our supply chain.

Industry 11

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In addition, pricing conversations held at HQ also rarely involve representatives from R&D and supply chain, who can offer creative ways of maintaining profitability while minimizing price increases. Country and regional leadership teams should ask: 1) What is our broad objective in this market? dollars, unable to pay them.

Price 8

Price Globalization Depreciation Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Technology and new concepts of living, as well as progressive notions of urbanization, industrial capitalism, consumerism, ecotourism, and renewable systems, could meld to fashion a new shared-growth paradigm. The technology systems that undergird this effort are far-flung.

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Supply Chain Globalization Politics Franchising 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In this letter, I’d like to explain more fully why I view the $51 billion already spent by Apple on open market (including accelerated) share repurchases under your leadership as a major misallocation of resources for both the company and the U.S. Yes, Apple already has some sustainability initiatives in its supply chain and other areas.

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Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

employees can be 25 percent or greater of total workforce; its supply chain of third parties is vital. The cash from high revenues and margins is also often used to enhance the corporation: for improving its operations, productivity, technology and products, or for increasing reach and scale efficiencies through acquisitions.

Offshoring 14

Offshoring Outsourcing Supply Chain Globalization 14