Harvard Business

MARCH 9, 2018

In 2011, GE embarked upon an ambitious attempt to digitally transform its product and service offerings. The company’s stock price has languished for years, and CEO Jeff Immelt—a powerful advocate of the company’s digital ambitions—recently departed the company under pressure from activist investors.

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BCG

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Today’s most intriguing value creation opportunities relate to the new digital technologies that support the work of ECS companies. This points to the potential to create shareholder value by spinning off proprietary technologies into standalone companies. Report Wednesday, October 26, 2016.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

It is by now abundantly clear that, left unchecked, AI algorithms embedded in digital and social technologies can encode societal biases , accelerate the spread of rumors and disinformation, amplify echo chambers of public opinion, hijack our attention , and even impair our mental wellbeing. Thoth_Adan/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Companies are spending millions on digital transformation, yet studies find many leaders feel their projects aren’t achieving their objectives. Workfront CEO Alex Shootman says digitization is happening in most companies on a function-by-function basis, leaving teams to work in silos instead of executing new strategies together.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2018

One of the most recent automation technologies to emerge is robotic process automation , or RPA. RPA is a category of software tools that enable complex digital processes to be automated by performing them in the same way a human user might perform them, using the user interface and following a set of predefined rules.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

In our recent HBR article , we argued that financial statements fail to capture the value created by modern digital companies. Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

” This and a slew of similar maxims reflect a common view of strategy execution: that it’s distinct from strategy, harder to pull off than defining a strategy, and therefore more critical to success — underpinned by seemingly indisputable virtues such as diligence, discipline, consistency, alignment, and focus.

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Melissa Agnes

OCTOBER 12, 2014

We also explore the emergence of new technology for emergency management and how it is presenting a drastic change and challenges – as well as great opportunities – within this field. In fact, today so much of what is available to emergency managers to help them better do their job is digital. Running time: 55:14.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2016

Today’s technology does allow global and instantaneous communication, but most of us still commute to offices for work every day. What early digital commentators missed is that even if we can work from anywhere, that does not mean we want to. The well-known prediction by U.S. History has charted a far different course.

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1 to 1

JULY 20, 2020

Retailers (digital): Zappos.com (79.3) Customer expectations evolve, technology changes, and new ways to communicate emerge, but the need for human connection stays the same. Customer expectations evolve, technology changes, and new ways to communicate emerge, but the need for human connection stays the same.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

That’s why digital services in general, and mobile advertising in particular, make superior templates for evaluating business model design. This highlights a fundamental dynamic that’s transforming digital product and services worldwide: Dynamic pricing is being superceded by dynamic opportunism.

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The Management Centre

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Working in local government has never been so tough. The economic, political and social context means more and more services are feeling the strain. The outlook is a bit on the bleak side, with damning reports from the UN on UK austerity highlighting a disconnect between policy and reality. Wealden District Council are doing just that.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Bosses, colleagues and friends all questioned the wisdom of quitting his high-paying job and steady paycheck for the unknowns of starting his own consulting business. After over 15 years of consistent and growing consulting success - they now understand exactly why he did it. But sets him apart from his peers is that no matter what, he JUST.

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Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2016

Sustainable success requires the right touch; sustainable digital success requires the right touchpoints. Much of Go’s global appeal comes from an augmented reality sensibility that literally and figuratively transforms real-world environments into digital playgrounds. ” Touchpoint form follows touchpoint function.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2018

This demand has been turbocharged by the recent technological revolution. Indeed, one of the major cultural and intellectual changes of the digital age is that information has been commoditized, and access to it is now ubiquitous. As children, we are naturally curious and free to explore the world around us. You and Your Team Series.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

Historically, the term “marketing creative” has been associated with the words and pictures that go into ad campaigns. But marketing, like other corporate functions, has become more complex and rigorous. Marketers need to master data analytics, customer experience, and product design. Create with the customer, not just for the customer.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2017

Today, when so much work and leisure time involve staring at screens, I see a different struggle arising: a struggle to find a healthy balance between technology and the physical world, or, for short, “tech/body balance.” We carry our phones around everywhere as if they are epi-pens and we all have fatal allergies.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Here are three important ways that AI and machine learning will redefine how organizations use the Pareto principle to digitally drive profitable innovation to levels beyond conventional analytics. Digital networks consequently become Pareto platforms that transform vital vectors of variables into new value. Smart Paretos.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 30, 2018

How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. After a blizzard of hype surrounding the electronic health record (EHR), health professionals are now in full backlash mode against this complex new tool. They can and must be made into useful, easy-to-use tools that liberate, rather than oppress, clinicians. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

Something’s wrong when optimizing process technologies take precedence over how work actually gets done. As digital assistants become smarter and more knowledgeable, their task range and repertoire expands. How should smart management teams maximize the economic value of smarter systems? • Assistants. • Guide.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

See More Videos > See More Videos > With agile processes and new technology permeating every corner of our organizations, there is surprisingly little published knowledge about how to integrate HR and other crucial supporting functions into the product development process or how to increase the agility in the ways they work.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent. Even when the boom in MBA programs coincided with the rise of Marketing as a discipline, Sales was treated like a stepchild at best. paul garbett FOR HBR.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

He hired salespeople and marketers from Google, who transformed Volvo’s use of technology and social media in those disciplines. He hired salespeople and marketers from Google, who transformed Volvo’s use of technology and social media in those disciplines. “Once, you needed mechanical engineers.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

“Information overload and the pace of our digital lives have [led to short attention spans].” “Information overload and the pace of our digital lives have [led to short attention spans].” “Information overload and the pace of our digital lives have [led to short attention spans].”

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 6, 2014

But maybe the thrill of accomplishment in these pockets is diverting senior managers’ attention from another, even more critical opportunity: Digital technologies are also rapidly changing how managers can acquire and assess the information they use to develop and execute on enterprise-wide strategy.

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Tsavo Neal

MAY 8, 2020

Every week, I write about web design, copywriting, and digital marketing for independent consultants and small firms. Technology — specifically, the internet — has changed the way people network. But technology has changed the way we develop relationships — in our personal lives and in business. How did you pick a niche?

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 23, 2017

We see five no-regrets steps that organizations can take: Start Using Digital Engagement Tools. Harry Haysom/Getty Images. Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. Are some managers better than others at delivering messages to employees?

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Seth Godin Blog

JULY 10, 2014

The second was to grow a network, technology and the confidence to be able to take on projects too big for the typical solo venture. Thanks to digital tools, it''s cheaper than ever to build and launch something based on content. Thanks to digital tools, it''s cheaper than ever to build and launch something based on content.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Therefore, training should be augmented by constantly updating technology, which has now evolved to detect errant behavior. It now includes insider threats, which are much more complex and difficult to manage, as evidenced by some very serious recent insider breaches, such as those involving Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Lastly, hospitals are continuing to absorb newer technologies that make it possible to perform what historically have been inpatient surgeries in outpatient settings. The losses of U.S. As aging baby boomers continue to join the program, Medicare enrollment will rise at 3% a year until the end of the decade in 2029, and 2.4% Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2018

Technology is disrupting every industry and area of life, and work is no exception. One of the main career implications of the digital revolution is a shift in demand for human expertise. Buda Mendes/Getty Images. ” You and Your Team Series. Learning to Learn. Erika Andersen. You Can Learn and Get Work Done at the Same Time.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2016

In virtually every advanced field, whether it’s information technology, biotechnology, agriculture, or renewable energy, America holds a leading position. Take a look at any significant innovation, such as an iPhone , and you’ll find that most, if not all, of the technology came from some government program.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The bank was using a project management tool, but the lack of discipline in keeping it up to date made it largely fruitless. Like many other postal services, the company has been struggling to survive in an era of increasing competition and digital substitutes. Every organization needs what I call a “hierarchy of purpose.”

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Harvard Business

JULY 27, 2017

Your organization’s growth opportunities fall into four different categories, and in order to develop your business in a commercially sustainable manner, you need four specific types of project manager to pursue them. 2) Can a reliable business case be made? The Four Types. In that respect, they complement each other.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 23, 2018

So what makes artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) champions confident that their technologies will be immune to comparably counterproductive outcomes? Digital empowerment all too frequently leads to organizational mismanagement and abuse. For too many managers, the technology’s costs often rival its benefits.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 26, 2017

They recognize that the world is filled with “soft data,” relevant sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures that are yet to be digitized — and hence are unavailable to those working at their computers. It also includes cleaning data, dealing with gaps, and sifting through incomplete poor definitions.

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