Harvard Business

JULY 9, 2018

Finding digital talent is one of the biggest challenges facing companies today. These are the three biggest challenges we’ve seen: Integrating digital talent into the core business. However, one serious challenge that often arises with accelerators is how to integrate new talent into the core business.

Talent 29

Talent Recruiting Recruitment Boston Consulting Group 29

Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2017

Another example I often give concerns the use of fuel- and carbon-efficient flight practices in the airline industry. All four groups increased their implementation of fuel-efficient behaviors. The intervention, it appears, encourages a new habit, as fuel efficiency measures remained in use after the study ended.

Efficiency 50

Efficiency Airlines Study Operations 50

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Which jobs should remain within the company, and which should be accessed via talent platforms, or perhaps shared with peers, or even competitors? Let’s look at an example that most of us directly interact with for hundreds, if not thousands, of hours annually: the airline industry. What set of skills should companies invest in?

Airlines 28

Airlines Talent Company Efficiency 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2017

Ask people how to develop a good corporate culture, and most of them will immediately suggest offering generous employee benefits, like they do at Starbucks, or letting people dress casually, as Southwest Airlines does. I’m not just talking about the obvious problem of managers who treat their employees poorly.

Culture 28

Culture Company Cash Flow Operations 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2016

For many executives battling through economic headwinds in emerging markets, the answer tends to be wherever they think someone will provide the strongest boost to top-line growth, which usually means hiring an additional sales or marketing manager to support the commercial front lines. This is a problem for several reasons.

Sales 28

Sales Marketing Survey Finance 28

Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2016

The increased prediction accuracy, in turn, makes it possible to achieve large increases in operational efficiency — having the right inventory in the right locations. Advances in measurement technology increasingly allow offline firms to benefit from these types of gains through more efficient pricing. Predictive maintenance.

Data 37

Data Advertising Operations Case Study 37

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Most businesses focus on serving customers, owning resources, being efficient and growing — but the Centennials don’t. They are incredibly strategic, looking 20 to 30 years ahead, to understand how society is evolving, how they can shape it, and how they can get the talent to do this.

Study 32

Study Recruiting Recruitment Engineering 32