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Knowledge Is Power. Data Isn’t.

In the CEO Afterlife

Thanks to technology, we have access to an endless source of data at our fingertips, at any place and at any time we choose. Technology gives us more and more data, but analyzing and understanding ‘more and more’ is arduous and time consuming. Now, I don’t want anyone to think that I don’t value information technology.

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What Spinning Off a GE Business Taught Me About Managing Ultra-Fast Change

Harvard Business Review

We hired roughly 1,000 new employees in approximately 15 months to build our operations, human resources, compliance, and technology teams. (We We sat down with small groups of employees across functions and talked about everything — including leadership, operations, compensation, benefits, and staffing.

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6 Ways to Build a Customer-Centric Culture

Harvard Business Review

Some companies don’t have the systems and technology to segment and profile customers. Others lack the processes and operational capabilities to target them with personalized communications and experiences. At Hootsuite, the social media management platform, marketing and human resources executives collaborate to do this.