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The Lockdown Unlocks Real Work

Markovitz Consulting

According to BCG’s analysis , productivity at companies that have shifted to remote work has increased between 15% and 40%. At a $500M footwear company I once worked with, the founder and CEO—long removed from his role product development—decided that he didn’t like a particular style his product team had designed, developed, and purchased.

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Study Says 20% of Mall Space Should Close to Achieve 2006 Productivity

MishTalk

One of the lingering economic debates concerns productivity growth. Despite reports we see nearly every day that robots are taking … Continue reading →

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(Re)Designing the HR Organization (Kates, Human Resource Planning, 2006)

Kates Kesler

Human Resource Planning, 2006. Since 1970, the world’s 50 biggest companies have tripled in size, and the number of consumer products introduced each year has increased 16-fold (Useem & Useem, 2005). If there are multiple products, customers, geographies, or service lines, then HR needs to support them all.

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How to Solve Your Talent Challenge (Creatively)

Organizational Talent Consulting

Recently economists have connected what is now labeled Quiet Quitting to a fall in US labor productivity output. Like me, you may have first learned about this company from their marketing campaign: "We don't make a lot of the products you buy. We make a lot of the products you buy better.". BASF at a glance. Broderson, M.,

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Does Your Team Hoard Information?

Harmonious Workplaces

They may also miss key data points to drive productive ideas. Increased Efficiency and Productivity: Knowledge sharing helps avoid duplication of effort and allows for more efficient processes. DOI: 10.1002/job.2152. Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. Organizational Behavior (18th Edition). Pearson Education (US). link] Srivastava, A.,

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How Customers Come to Think of a Product as an Extension of Themselves

Harvard Business

That’s when consumers feel so invested in a product that it becomes an extension of themselves. Companies that encourage psychological ownership can entice customers to buy more products, at higher prices, and even to willingly promote those products among their friends. It’s called psychological ownership.

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Your New Hit Product Might Be Underpriced

Harvard Business

The odds are stacked against new products or services. We have diagnosed thousands of product failures over the last 30 years, and have found recurring patterns. Often new products are over-engineered with too many features, usually at too high a price. The problem with wildly successful products. How could they not have?