The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Consulting giant McKinsey recently argued that the talk about Asian economic hegemony has been largely underestimated. billion raised by the wealth management platform Lufax. There is also a supportive regulatory environment that has helped fintech innovators to emerge. Digital dominance.

Marketing 40

Marketing McKinsey Innovation GDP 40

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

But a problem that’s becoming ever more visible is that some organisations have made authenticity their marketing strategy, rather than a business one. This isn’t a marketing issue, this is a business-wide issue, involving every facet of the organisation. Because business has to be about more than just profit.

Brand 189

Brand Supply Chain Ethics Reputation 189

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Workers who adapt and grow with the organization in a time of accelerated change will be able to launch products and services that meet market needs. When I was a technology marketing exec in 2009, I heard the words nurture marketing. When I was a technology marketing exec in 2009, I heard the words nurture marketing.

Skills 145

Skills Emotional Intelligence CFO Power 145

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 2, 2023

One Chartered Manager has developed a way to measure and monitor EDI Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) has been at the forefront of board agendas for several years, and rightly so. They also have a 20% higher rate of innovation, according to a Boston Consulting Group study. Managers need to know what works, and what does not.

Metrics 52

Metrics KPI Diversity Long-term 52

CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

Employee discretionary effort and focus are being challenged for many reasons, including the labour market and working from home. Yet, too often managers see them as negotiable. Gallup estimates that managers account for at least 70% of the variance in employee engagement across business units. Engagement at work matters.

Motivation 130

Motivation McKinsey Attrition Influence 130

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2022

Indeed, McKinsey recently argued that one of the few plus points from the pandemic was it reinforced the importance of building change capabilities within our organizations. The importance of organizational agility was reaffirmed in a second report , from the Institute for Management Development’s (IMD) Future Readiness Centre.

Company 100

Company Hofstede Supply Chain Agility 100

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 6, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Customer CEO: How to Profit from the Power of Your Customers Chuck Wall The Referral Engine: Teaching Your Business to Market Itself John Jantsch Disney U : How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, [.].

Kleiner 80

Kleiner Schein Blog McKinsey 80

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In The Ecosystem Economy , McKinsey’s Venkat Atluri and Miklos Dietz paint a picture of the future of education that will see the ways in which we learn transformed. As the labor market loosens, however, there is a growing call for recruitment to be based more on skills than on credentials.

Education 110

Education Learning-by-Doing Skills McKinsey 110

Strategy Driven

JULY 8, 2019

How is Ecommerce Transforming Logistics and Transportation Management? The latest trend in last mile delivery management focuses on the localization of distribution, where the goal is to leverage the existing infrastructure and optimize it through technology. It is changing the entire logistics industry and the world we live in.

Transportation 50

Transportation Parcell Supply Chain Management 50

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In fact, it were the L&D teams that were instrumental in bringing about wider acceptance of innovative measures, processes and strategies, including reimagining how employees learn to work in a digitized world. Training Remote Managers. The labor market is skewed in favor of the employee. Training modules will be hybrid.

Efficiency 105

Efficiency Operations Training Diversity 105

First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 25, 2013

Bob''s blog entries "Givers take all: The hidden dimension of corporate culture" "How Do You Create Innovation in Your Business? Bob''s blog entries "Givers take all: The hidden dimension of corporate culture" "How Do You Create Innovation in Your Business?

Blog 75

Blog ROI Film McKinsey 75

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

While it can feel like a localized issue, such market changes are just as possible in U.S. It takes an active HR department and research team to keep their eyes on shifting trends in order to find innovative ways to retain employees. industries and it emphasizes the importance of the retention process in HR.

Process 59

Process Attrition Trends Training 59

Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 14, 2009

Today’s post is a link to Stewart Rogers ‘ blog the Strategic Product Manager , which contains several great leadership quotes from McKinsey. Take a few minutes and learn about Leadership Lessons from McKinsey. 2 Responses Stewart Rogers , on August 18, 2009 at 6:40 am said: Thanks for the mention!

Rogers 100

Rogers McKinsey Leadership Taylorism 100

Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2019

This isn’t a marketing issue, this is a business-wide issue, involving every facet of the organisation, hence leadership being so important. This approach very much links to social innovation and indeed conspicuous altruism. But just running an advertising campaign stating that a brand is trustworthy isn’t good enough.

Supply Chain 75

Supply Chain Brand Advertising PR 75

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 2, 2019

I had the opportunity to speak with Charles Conn and Robert McLean, two McKinsey alums who share a seven-step systematic approach to creative problem solving that will work in any field or industry. Technology change is speeding business up and providing an edge for disruptive innovators. 7 Steps to Problem Solving. 2: Disaggregate.

Disaggregation 79

Disaggregation McKinsey Skills Gordon 79

ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 5, 2021

In 2015, McKinsey and Company found that companies with a diverse workforce performed 15 to 35 percent better than the national industry median. McKinsey followed up with a 2018 report that echoed the finding of the first: diversity is good for the bottom line. Include minorities in your company’s marketing campaigns.

Diversity 111

Diversity Compliance McKinsey Bottom-up 111

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

According to McKinsey , companies succeeding at diversity are 35 percent more likely to enjoy profit margins above the median for their industry. Most hiring managers would agree a currently employed candidate is more appealing than a jobless candidate. Quality of Direct Manager. A diverse workforce is good for your business.

Company 98

Company Diversity Career Quality 98

HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The number of women in high paying jobs and entering the job market has risen progressively through the years, but there are many hurdles in their journey up the ladder. . For every 100 men promoted to manager, only 85 women were promoted. . Computer and information systems managers. Human Resource Managers.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Chemicals Software Engineering 52

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Examines ways to maintain and grow value through mergers, acquisitions, and portfolio management.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

According to McKinsey , companies succeeding at diversity are 35 percent more likely to enjoy profit margins above the median for their industry. Most hiring managers would agree a currently employed candidate is more appealing than a jobless candidate. They witnessed several historical events before entering the job market.

Company 52

Company Diversity Career Quality 52

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

According to McKinsey , companies succeeding at diversity are 35 percent more likely to enjoy profit margins above the median for their industry. Most hiring managers would agree a currently employed candidate is more appealing than a jobless candidate. Quality of Direct Manager. A diverse workforce is good for your business.

Company 52

Company Diversity Career Quality 52

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. million times.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

In the creative economy, innovation is more important than ever. Innovation is the only insurance against irrelevance. Innovation, in operations, products, business models and ecosystems, isn't merely a competitive advantage, it's the competitive advantage. We all get it: innovation is the lifeblood of every organization.

Innovation 15

Innovation Process Competitive Advantage McKinsey 15

First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration Leigh Thompson This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking John Brockman, Editor Unrelenting Innovation: How to Build a Culture for Market Dominance Gerard [.].

Blog 89

Blog Creativity Review Innovation 89

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 1, 2019

The research was arguably the first study that attempted to predict how technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics would impact the labour market. While there are good reasons to be optimistic about the long run, such optimism is only possible if we successfully manage the short-term dynamics,” he writes.

Technology 64

Technology Short-term Osborne Long-term 64

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2014

One of the first, and most lasting, pieces of career advice I received came from Linda Bush, my first project manager when I was a wee pup working at McKinsey & Company. Research by Hal Gregersen and Jeffrey Dyer in fact shows that questioning is one of the behaviors that successful innovators share.

Innovation 12

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Learning-by-Doing Participative 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

The result, I think, is a set of ideas that together are important, useful, and original, and that feel like quite an accurate account of the management concerns many of us shared in 2013. The right kind of project management — and project manager — really matters. government, excellent project management is extremely rare.

Management 19

Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 19

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Game-changing innovation is a beautiful thing. New markets are created. The problem is that large companies find game-changing innovation staggeringly difficult to achieve. Apple was the only incumbent in this period to grow by creating new markets repeatedly through disruptive innovation. What's not to like?

Innovation 9

Innovation Incubator Disruptive Innovation McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A recent McKinsey report found that while 84% of corporate executives think innovation is key to achieving growth objectives, only 6% are satisfied with the innovation performance of their firm. Even if executives try to prioritize it, innovation often gets crowded out by more “urgent” short-term pressures.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Take the case of Dominic Barton, who served as the Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Company from 2009-2018. When I later became head of McKinsey Asia, he helped me see that I had to hire a solid COO to work with me—which substantially increased my leadership effectiveness in that bigger role.”

Skills 15

Skills McKinsey COO Handbook 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Nowhere else in the executive suite of a typical corporation are two functions as closely intertwined as sales and marketing. Yet for all the shared responsibility, the marketing and sales relationship has often been a contentious and lopsided one, with sales dominating in B2B sectors while marketing leads in B2C ones.

Marketing 11

Marketing Guidelines B2C Analysis 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2011

We're delighted to announce the finalists for the Management 2.0 Just because an entry wasn't selected doesn't mean it's not a worthy and important contribution to the shared goal of making all organizations more resilient, innovative, inspiring, and accountable. You can read them all here. ). Story by Barry K. Hack by Sonja Dieterich.

Management 14

Management Innovation Storytelling Bottom-up 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

For more than two years, we and others have been talking about the need to shift the prevailing view among managers, boards of directors and investors from "quarterly capitalism" to what we call "capitalism for the long term". 1) Believe in your power to make markets efficient — but abandon the efficient market dogma.

Marketing 11

Marketing Power Short-term Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

The McKinsey Global Institute, in conjunction with FCLT Global, recently released research stating that long-term-oriented companies perform better than those that focus on short-term results. FCLT and McKinsey rely on readily available and machine-readable accounting data to measure myopia. Are all share repurchases myopic?

EPS 8

EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2012

The Elusive Emerging Market Consumer (McKinsey Quarterly). Most of us are well aware of the growth potential of emerging-market consumers, an opportunity McKinsey estimates could exceed $20 trillion annually by 2020. 12 Tips To Encourage Innovation (VentureBeat). Do with this as you will. LOCATION, LOCATION, PRICE.

McKinsey 11

McKinsey Price Tips Budgeting 11

HR Digest

APRIL 4, 2024

The idea of creating an experimental workplace culture sounds quite inviting at first glance—creative ideas, engaged workers, a reputation for being the center of innovation—what’s not to like? A report by ZipDo indicated that about 30 percent of large companies prefer to have a partnership with businesses that showcase innovation.

Innovation 52

Innovation Project McKinsey Learning-by-Doing 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

New research from the McKinsey Global Institute simulates the potential global macroeconomic impact of five powerful technologies (computer vision, natural language, virtual assistants, robotic process automation, and advanced machine learning). But how will AI impact the economy in broad terms? Why do laggards not jump into AI?

GDP 10

GDP McKinsey Long-term Technology 10