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

BCG

See Time for Rebalancing: Insights from BCG’s Treasury Benchmarking Survey 2014 , BCG Focus, December 2014.). Pressure is also on banks to refine their steering, IT, and ­analytics approaches to eke out basis points of margin, improve their operating ­efficiency, and enhance their insight-generating capabilities.

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Uber Shows How Not to Apply Behavioral Economics

Harvard Business

Checklists describe several standard critical processes of care that many operating rooms typically implement from memory. In a related paper published in 2013 , Alexander Arriaga and colleagues had 17 operating-room teams participate in 106 simulated surgical-crisis scenarios. following the introduction of checklists. The result?

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How to Solve Your Talent Challenge (Creatively)

Organizational Talent Consulting

At BASF, chemical production sites are highly interlinked product flows resulting in efficient uses of resources. It is an alliance of strategic process and systems research, universities, industry partners, innovative startups, and operating divisions. We make a lot of the products you buy better.". McKinsey & Co. Michalko, M.

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The Consulting Value Proposition

Tom Spencer

An example from 2014 occurred when McKinsey poached two partners from AlixPartners, one of the world’s best-known restructuring firms. A firm may find this appealing because implementation may be a dedicated project unrelated to the firm’s ongoing operations. Turnarounds. Independent Advice. Cost Effective Solution.

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

Only operating in the short term or taking too much risk and gambling on one specific future are frequent traps leaders fall into when facing economic uncertainty. Examples include social media usage and engagement, organizing survey results, and operational efficiency data trends. Performance Accelerator 1: Scenario Planning.

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Virgin Atlantic Tested 3 Ways to Change Employee Behavior

Harvard Business

An estimated 21% of carbon emissions in the United States are attributable to companies, and yet to date there is scant research on how to make firm operations more efficient in terms of reducing pollution. For many years, teams at Virgin Atlantic have been testing ways to motivate efficient decision-making in the cockpit.

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Examples of Organizations Who Have Top Business Training Programs

Clarity Consultants

Many companies are already operating with lean staff, due to high attrition rates and not replacing staff, not to mention downsizing as a result of a difficult economy. In this kind of environment, focusing on worker retention and cross training to make existing workers more efficient makes a lot of sense. Booz & Company.