Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2014

It’s become commonplace for observers to tout the transformative potential of digital technologies and bemoan the allegedly slow pace at which companies support these initiatives. Both cite a McKinsey survey which, ironically, found that “Organizations’ efforts to go digital. are picking up steam.”

Media 9

Media ROI McKinsey Survey 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

USC’s John Boudreau, CEO adviser Ram Charan, and consultants at Bain & Company , McKinsey, and Korn Ferry have made similar arguments. The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Increasingly, the largest retailers in markets across the country are employing sophisticated personalized marketing and thereby becoming the primary shopping destination for a growing number of consumers. Retail has entered the era of Big Data. The biggest retailers are investing accordingly. But it is fast becoming cannon fodder.

Retail 15

Retail Brand Marketing Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

No wonder that a 2008 McKinsey survey found that only 20% of senior executives believe that their corporate philanthropy is effective in achieving social goals. To do this, Goldman used its competencies in understanding markets, convening needed expertise and business networks. Back pet charities, not those with a strong track record.

Core Competence 15

Core Competence Market Segmentation Globalization Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2014

Should we bring product A or B to market? Which marketing strategy should we use? In this same article, he points out that a McKinsey study of more than 1,000 business investments showed that when companies worked to reduce the effects of bias, they raised their returns on investment by seven percentage points.

Kahneman 8

Kahneman Skills How To Marketing Strategy 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2010

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. Indeed, a 2008 issue of the McKinsey Quarterly noted that women tend to make deeper emotional connections with colleagues and business partners. Know how others perceive you.

Self-aware 72

Self-aware Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 72

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2015

” Companies measure the market results of their sales investments. adults who use social media say these sites have no influence on their purchasing decisions and only 5% say they have a great deal of influence. .” Technology changes fast — remember MySpace and Friendster? Because 90% of U.S.

Media 8

Media Advertising Public Relations Forrester 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

McKinsey may have been hired in 2013 by the Vatican, the Bank of England, and the owners of the Rangers and Knicks, but they’re also acting to stave off threats to their business model. Technology offers real hope for Africa’s economic future. The best way to influence and lead others, they say, is to begin with warmth.

Management 16

Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2014

While retailers and cable companies moved their businesses online years ago, many insurers, struggling with legacy technology and outmoded organizational structures, are playing catch up. In a recent McKinsey survey of the digital practices of more than 30 leading U.S. Technology'

Insurance 8

Insurance Company Maturity Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

Beyond its power in binding Americans together, the US brand promise has a powerful influence abroad. It''s a powerful message in every frontier market I''ve visited. He said it with a bit of a wonder, because in many markets it''s not true. Born in Kenya, James earned his way to Harvard and then to jobs with McKinsey & Co.

Brand 8

Brand Entrepreneur Media Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

Even better, they would respond 10 times faster to market moves than existing processes while requiring minimal human intervention. McKinsey, Bain, and BCG are the management models here. They frequently find the technologies are less of a hassle than the people. That was the challenge. The Autonomous/Autonomy Advisor.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

You're invited to play a real role in influencing the destiny of the company by joining your colleagues in a stock market-based game called "Mutual Fun." Imagine a typical stock market portfolio, but instead of buying and selling shares of stock and other financial instruments, players float, advance and develop portfolios of ideas.

Innovation 12

Innovation Webinar Proposal Hamel 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. McKinsey reports that the value at stake from sustainability concerns can be as a high as 70% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

And the Fundaments of managing by objectives : Cascading of organizational goals and objectives, (For example, a top level goal of increasing sales by 20% over a defined period may require a bottom level goal of increasing marketing effectiveness or marketing coverage in order to reach the sales set.). the number of jobs increases.

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Facebook, Google, and Apple have 17%, 19% and 23% women in their technology staffs, respectively. And a study of Kenya’s popular M-PESA mobile money service suggests that digital financial services can increase the participation of women in the workforce and create opportunities for women in the formal market economy.

Globalization 8

Globalization Participative Telecommunications Technology 8

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 22, 2019

The last few years have seen a number of reports attempting to explore how the future of work will unfold, and one of the most commonly cited was that produced by McKinsey in 2017. The report predicted that while less than 5% of occupations were fully automatable, some 60% of jobs had tasks that could be automated around 30%.

McKinsey 64

McKinsey Technology Ethics Report 64

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

” Vodaphone is considering moving its headquarters out of the UK and its CEO Vittorio Colao had told the BBC that a Brexit would preclude it from a giant new single market. The digital talent market in the UK is already tight. Scaling Up Will be Harder Without Common Platforms and a Single Market.

Safe Harbor 8

Safe Harbor Industry Uncertainty Crisis 8