Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

By developing a leadership team that can make strategic decisions and build a strong organizational culture, organizations can achieve better financial results, improve customer satisfaction and increase market share. Technology: Executives need the curiosity to adapt and leverage technology.

Training 52

Training Execution Leadership Emotional Intelligence 52

The Practical Leader

MARCH 25, 2020

In Technology and Cooperation Help Fight the Pandemic Chelsea writes, “The threat from COVID-19 should be taken seriously, but there are reasons for rational optimism even during a pandemic.” Based on this sharp change, he predicted all of China would improve in two weeks and stop in China by the end of March.

Crisis 91

Crisis Levitt Peer Review Sharpe 91

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 20, 2021

The pandemic has obviously wrought huge disruption to the labor market, both in terms of the jobs that are available and the skills required to fulfil them. The report, which focused on the UK market, reveals that not only has the frequency of training declined, but so too has the duration and quality of training. in 2011 to 6.4

Training 82

Training Participative Skills Short-term 82

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 295

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Authority on new technology and communication. Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Telisa Yancy – Chief Marketing Officer at American Family Insurance. Former SVP at Citi in both marketing and business development roles. Dorie Clark – Marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

Uses technology effectively to enhance communication and collaboration. They train hard and practice relentlessly to hone their skills and stay sharp. However, Xerox failed to capitalize on these groundbreaking inventions, and it was Apple who ultimately brought them to market and revolutionized the computer industry.

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Review Performance Review Ethics Teamwork 105

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

Technology, of course, has also been a powerful influence on the Re-Generation, so much so that Bill Gates proposed that we call this next wave Generation I, for Internet. This is the generation of mobile technology, wireless communication, and clouds of constant content. Mobile technology. Cloud Computing. hours a day.

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Technology Wireless Stage-Gate Content 15

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

"Unleashing Collective Genius" As globalization takes a sharp turn from government to business, the issue of global talent mobility rapidly moves up the agenda. They’ve helped drive the development of mobile payment solutions to promote financial inclusion in emerging markets.

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Resources Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Learning-by-Doing 40

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Being sharp means being succinct. Evaluate organizations online: their mission, major products/markets, history, and biographies of key participants. If you rely on searches for your background research, so will those you work with (if they are sharp). Base marketing initiatives on shared values and multiple-agendas.

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Refuse to use the technology and we end up behind the curve. Use the technology and we risk wasting our time or, worse, embarrassing ourselves. Pinterest founders Ben Silbermann , and Evan Sharp are mapping American culture. So it's a double bind. I pressed on, because, as I say, you can't know unless you do.

Marketing 14

Marketing Bottom-up Sharpe Follow-up 14

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

In The Essential Advantage : How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy , Booz & Company’s Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi maintain that success in any market accrues to firms with a coherence premium – a tight match between their strategic direction and the capabilities that make them unique. Let’s go after it.”

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Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 16, 2017

The battle that is fought in the trenches is the marketing campaign. Exposing your brand to new markets should be treated like a well-orchestrated battle plan. Whether you’re trying to expose your brand to a new market, releasing a new product or service or expanding to another country, you want to give cause to your actions.

Marketing 50

Marketing Brand Advertising Marketing Strategy 50

Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

It’s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington’s corridors of power, they didn’t even stand out.” Now, Xerox is reviving its copying business by focusing on the value added by advanced technologies and color copying. The initial costs of entry, especially for marketing, will be prohibitive.

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Waterman Automotive Learning-by-Doing Industry 140

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2014

labor market of the 2000s coincided with a sharp deceleration in computer investment — a fact that appears first-order inconsistent with the onset of a new era of capital-labor substitution. job market troubles of the past decade than new technology had. job market troubles of the past decade than new technology had.

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GDP Information Technology Company Christensen 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

At last," the chairman had said, "we have a foothold in the electric vehicle market. While Blue Sky is an SOE, I think they really want to differentiate themselves, and they're willing to use a lot of our technology.". It was among the fastest-growing Chinese automakers, and it was racing to get into the hybrid market.

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Case Study Technology Tacit Knowledge Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2017

labor market over the past 30 years. Previous research has suggested that a primary driver of this job polarization is something called routine-biased technological change (RBTC), an unfortunate mouthful whereby new technologies substitute for repetitive, middle-skill jobs and complement analytical, high-skill jobs.

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Skills Sample Technology Depreciation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

This is a sharp contrast with the investment that senior leaders used to make in employees. For example, if you’re a brand marketer, you might give yourself an “A” in advertising development, a “B+” in pricing analysis, “C” in trade marketing, etc. Liane Davey. Monique Valcour.

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Career Development Company Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2011

My crystal ball devoted to the intersection of business and digital technology brought forth six predictions for 2012. There will be at least one instance of a science fiction technology becoming reality. The two forces of trade and technology are combining to create a tough labor market for lots of workers in the U.S.,

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Simon Sharpe Technology eBook 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

I've reached this conclusion after years working with clients — both on the business side and in technology — carefully observing the ways data help organizations create value, as well as in discussions with other experts (I've won at least a few over). And a recent academic report concurs. Most of these moments don't occur in IT.

Technology 15

Technology Sharpe Middle Management Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

And while two years of shrinking GDP growth , sanctions , and a volatile ruble have led some companies like GM to leave the market, there has not been a large-scale exodus of MNCs from Russia. For multinational firms, Russia’s attractiveness lies primarily in the size and sophistication of its market.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

It''s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington''s corridors of power, they didn''t even stand Out." Now, Xerox is reviving its copying business by focusing on the value added by advanced technologies and color copying. The initial costs of entry, especially for marketing, will be prohibitive.

Waterman 56

Waterman Follow-up Automotive Learning-by-Doing 56

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

For example, this study examining the rivalry between sales and marketing showed that conflicts between managers from these historically warring functions were not driven by interpersonal issues. Neither alone controlled speed to market, but together they could significantly influence it.

How To 8

How To Sharpe Operations Marketing 8

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

​ For example, the job function I have now, digital marketing , didn’t exist when I left college, and had I focused on other areas without adapting as my career progressed, I might’ve missed my calling in digital marketing. Always keep up with emerging trends and technologies in your specific sector.

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Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

These changes are driven by seismic shifts in consumer behavior and an explosion of both consumer- and B2B-facing technologies. The tension between human-driven and technology-driven capabilities is often miscast, positioning automation as a threat to the people that drive our industry. Humans and Automation. Distribution strategies.

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Media Advertising Audience Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Then I read Clay Christensen and Joe Bower's 1995 article "Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave" in HBR. This process leaves companies vulnerable to competitors who develop new forms of technology that initially fail to serve the "best" customers well, but quickly improve.

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Disruptive Innovation Christensen Telecommunications Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2017

” Rapid technological advance in computers and automation has led to a huge fall in the quality-adjusted price of capital equipment. Moreover, China itself is experiencing a sharp decline in labor’s share. Firms with a cost or quality advantage have always enjoyed higher market shares.

GDP 8

GDP Video Sharpe Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Wield a sharp hatchet: Once you've gathered lots of material, start cutting mercilessly on your audience's behalf. Then brainstorm new content using stickies (they're easy to move and arrange), whiteboards, mind maps, and other tools. But you probably don't need to get into trends such as agility and serendipity.

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Audience Brainstorming Sharpe Software 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

. “Eliminating my commute frees up seven more hours per week I can spend reaching out to clients,” or “my being in Chicago allows the company to cover the Midwest markets efficiently and at no additional cost” are more compelling, inarguable statements than “I wanted to spend more time at home.”

How To 8

How To Long-term Tactics Commitment 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.

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Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

—Andrea Ovans Getting the Vapors Kodak Moment The Economist With the European Parliament set to vote next week on whether electronic cigarettes should be regulated as medical products, this is a good time to reflect on the inroads this disruptive technology is making in the slow-moving, not-very-innovative tobacco industry.

Management 8

Management Health Care Insurance Sharpe 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

Here’s a truth: many in the marketing industry today don’t really understand brands. The emergence of the iPhone and smart technology completely altered the way consumers interact with media and brands. Data-Driven Marketing. For example, Nike fulfills seasonal needs of the market (i.e. Insight Center.

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Brand Productivity Products Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

I seldom, if ever, hear that apologetic tone from students choosing technology companies or consulting. Finance is different from other fields in two ways: Financial markets provide near immediate and easily quantified feedback, and the consequences of decisions can be inflated by leverage.

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Finance Insurance Career Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

Position yourself in market segments that will grow. The recession eliminated some market segments and redefined others. This is the time to revisit the market spaces you occupy and position yourself to ride the uptick. Market growth has shifted to the US, and change happens faster than ever requiring smooth coordination.

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Budgeting Market Segmentation Venture Capitalist Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2011

We discovered some of these pushes and pulls in our research for our upcoming book, Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets: Why Women Are the Solution. Not surprisingly, the most stress is felt among women between 25 and 55 years of age, who are trying to balance demanding careers with obligations at home.

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Stress Human Resources Pharmaceuticals Sharpe 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Wield a sharp hatchet: Once you've gathered lots of material, start cutting mercilessly on your audience's behalf. Then brainstorm new content using stickies (they're easy to move and arrange), whiteboards, mind maps, and other tools. But you probably don't need to get into trends such as agility and serendipity.

Audience 9

Audience Brainstorming Sharpe Software 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2013

Experimentation has a rich and storied history in product development and market research. And not just design — industrial experimentation has contributed to improvements in the technologies and processes needed to grow corn, assemble cars, find oil, and so forth. Information & technology Tech industry'

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Sample Information Technology Industry Sharpe 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2012

Both teams should include operational business leaders as well as risk-focused technology, policy and legal experts. In particular, the necessity of the sharp focus provided by the Red Team/Blue Team structure is vividly illustrated by the recent official report of "The Fukishima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission."

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Risk Management Supply Chain Crisis Report 11