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A Sisyphean Struggle: Insights from BCG’s Treasury Benchmarking Survey 2016

BCG

In the two years since The Boston Consulting Group conducted its last ­Treasury Benchmarking Survey, banks have remained locked in a Sisyphean struggle. See Time for Rebalancing: Insights from BCG’s Treasury Benchmarking Survey 2014 , BCG Focus, December 2014.). Focus Thursday, November 03, 2016.

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2014 List of Strategy Consulting Firms in Sydney

Tom Spencer

The definitive 2014 List of Strategy Consulting Firms in Sydney. Below is our 2014 list of strategy consulting firms in Sydney. The firms on the 2014 list are: Nous Group. Pacific Strategy Partners develops practical solutions by deploying low leveraged teams guided by deep Director expertise. Source: Flickr ).

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Research: Hiring Managers Are Biased Against People with Longer Commutes

Harvard Business

during the summer of 2014. But the comparison at least provides a benchmark. Are there similar programs that could be developed for lower-wage workers as well? I was particularly interested in whether perceptions of place can perpetuate poverty and inequality. We sent 2260 résumés from fictional people to these jobs.

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Your Whole Company Needs to Be Distinctive, Not Just Your Product

Harvard Business

The heart of differentiation therefore is your company’s ability to develop and promote distinctive products, services, and branded experiences on a consistent basis. Our recommendations include: Be skeptical of benchmarking. But differentiation needs to be sustainable; it shouldn’t live or die with individual offerings.

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A Refresher on Discovery-Driven Planning

Harvard Business

I talked with Rita McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School, who together with Ian MacMillan, of the University of Pennsylvania’s business school, developed this classic methodology for planning innovation. It’s a technique that any manager can use when developing and launching a new venture.

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How the Architecture of Hospitals Affects Health Outcomes

Harvard Business

Unlike design thinking, an iterative process for developing alternative ideas and strategies based on understanding a “user” and a specific problem, social design addresses the needs of whole communities or societies. In 2014, Murphy made a presentation on the history of hospital design at Ariadne Labs.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

How have the firm’s growth, profits, and stock performance compared to a relevant benchmark (NASDAQ for a tech company, for example, or DAX Index for a German firm) during the transformation period? ” They Develop a Road Map Before Disruption Takes Hold. Financial performance.