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5 Why's and a How

CEO Blog

The value I thought I could add here are some of my experiences on what outcomes are discovered by using the 5 Why''s process: 1 - Training gaps. Often the process uncovers that staff need more or better training. That is when research kicks in - talk to someone with similar issues, search the internet, tour other operations etc.

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The Precarious Nature Of Youth Employment

The Horizons Tracker

“The problem is that many people who are in low-paid work – or who aren’t working at all – aren’t able to access the information they need to plan for the future or the relevant training they need to gain new skills,” the authors say. Do do they seek to operate within such a system rather than actively oppose it? A helpless situation.

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The Importance of Risk Assessment in Business

Strategy Driven

Risks are part and parcel of everyday life. Training, testing, and monitoring of the plan is also essential. Legal liability is reduced, and the stability of your operations increases. Risks are an integral part of the business world with organizations of all sizes having to face a myriad of them in their daily operations.

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Psychology of Time – The Impact on Your Orientation

CO2

Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc., His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009).

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Why the Future of E-Commerce Depends on Better Roads

Harvard Business Review

This is the reassuring physical signal that his part of the never-ceasing, get-it-now economy has successfully turned one more notch on its endless loop — a cycle repeated at 2,000 similar United Parcel Service delivery hubs around the country and the world. This would be particularly attractive as suburban conduits to major airports.

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Use Big Data to Create Value for Customers, Not Just Target Them

Harvard Business Review

To address these questions, marketers have trained their big-data telescopes at a single point: predicting each customer’s next transaction. Answering these makes marketing more efficient by improving targeting and by identifying and eliminating the famed half of the marketing budget that is wasted.