Harvard Business

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The rapid pace of change in business and technology means that more and more companies will find themselves being disrupted. Should you force everyone to learn about mobile computing and digital business models? Should you force everyone to learn about mobile computing and digital business models? Insight Center.

Leadership 28

Leadership Metrics Operations Culture 28

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

For our final project, the class was broken into small groups and each group wrote a 40 page paper examining a thesis in an industry of their choosing. Last week we held an MC exclusive subscriber giveaway contest – entrants told us in 200 words or less how they became interested in consulting. You wowed us! market for latex condoms.

Consulting 204

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

oil pipelines, smart cities, connected homes and businesses, etc.) With the pace of digital “always on” streaming devices and technology innovation accelerating, one might think technology would continue to pose a challenge for businesses. Turns out that isn’t the case today.

Banking 28

Banking Data Analysis Retail 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

” For this group, IT is for back office support for their business ideas. They typically hire third parties to help them with IT and never make it part of their core business. Insight Center. How Digital Business Models Are Changing. Entrepreneurs have historically taken one of two approaches to IT.

Construction 34

Construction Airlines Data Travel 34

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

What these stories underscore is that our digital evolution and our productive use of new technologies rests on how well we can build digital trust. What these stories underscore is that our digital evolution and our productive use of new technologies rests on how well we can build digital trust.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Not only is technology capable of rivaling humans on these core management tasks, it is already playing a pivotal role in helping humans to more effectively accomplish these tasks. Insight Center. Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. The Next Analytics Age. Sponsored by SAS. Avoiding fights.

Management 28

Management Film Hotels Talent 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. Client-server technology begat enterprise resource planning systems, and the consequent system-wide visibility that was required for what we call business process management (BPM).

Change Management 44

Change Management Management Software Productivity 44

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

But in our conversations with executives about what they’ve learned, we’ve seen a tendency to focus on superficial elements rather than on the root causes of companies’ success. Sure, speed and boldness are important, but what is it about the culture of these companies that cultivates them?

Company 28

Company Talent Culture Leadership 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 1, 2017

Use recommenders to make it easier to gain better insight into customers while they’re getting better information about you. Recommenders’ true genius comes from their opportunity to build virtuous business cycles: The more people use them, the more valuable they become; the more valuable they become, the more people use them.

Engineering 28

Engineering Company Data Enterprise 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 18, 2017

But today, there’s nothing linear or traditional about the way businesses and their brands can explode in scale overnight—sometimes before the product even makes it into the hands of customers. At Microsoft, we continuously collaborate with businesses in an industry whose customers already self-identify as fans: sports.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Today’s workforces are designed for speed and flexibility. Our research at the Agile Talent Collaborative reinforces findings from Accenture and other consulting and research firms: the use of freelancers — or agile talents as we call them — is growing, and for reasons that go well beyond cost efficiency.

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