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How to Solve Complex Problems Fast

Skip Prichard

Don’t tell people that the answer lies in insourcing or outsourcing or technology or big data or acquisitions or divestitures… Let them conclude for themselves what the answers are, having explored your broad question, from the universe of possibilities you open to them. Don’t treat your stated strategy as a given if it’s not.

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Insourcing at GE: The Real Story

Harvard Business Review

GE''s " insourcing " of appliance manufacturing to the U.S. GE''s insourcing is actually quite similar. So, how did GE do it? The workplace was divided into functional areas; no one knew how to work together. I see it differently: as a "NUMMI deja vu" story. All the laboratory equipment had been given away.

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HBR’s Guide to Obama’s 2014 State of the Union

Harvard Business Review

MIT’s Zeynep Ton says a higher minimum wage could help employers , provided they know how to structure their business around a “good jobs” strategy. Manufacturing and Insourcing. ” For a little more nuance on the insourcing trend, read Brad Power on GE.

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Stress Test Your Company’s Competitive Edge with These 4 Questions

Harvard Business Review

How to make your company more nimble and responsive. This “insourcing” of household chores hurt many of the small , service-oriented businesses that had previously handled these tasks. How to use the four questions. Insight Center. Competing in the Future. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. If you’re not qualified don’t try to work around your lack of qualifications, go get the qualifications you need to compete. We will then no longer have to play with only half a deck.

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Zappos and the Connection Between Structure and Strategy

Harvard Business Review

The new approach was very successful, and Zappos scaled it by insourcing operations to increase efficiency and by expanding the product line to handbags, eyewear, and other clothing, to benefit from economies of scope. And it worked. Today, still under the marvelous management of Tony Hsieh, Zappos sales are well over $2 billion.