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Retail Bank Operational and Digital Leaders Reap the Rewards

BCG

BCG’s Retail-Banking Excellence benchmarking study (REBEX) profiles the operational and digital practices and performance of 20 of the world’s leading retail banks, a group of 40 institutions chosen for their size and the strength of their capabilities. At the heart of the benchmarking are core operational metrics.

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Replacing the Sales Funnel with the Sales Flywheel

Harvard Business

I’ve been using the sales funnel for 28 years, my whole career. It is highly efficient at capturing, storing, and releasing energy. When I started my career, the most profitable application of force was in sales. Back in the 1990s, sales reps had a lot of information, while customers had relatively little.

Sales 48
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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

These include offsetting greenhouse gas production by purchasing carbon credits, investing in more efficient gas turbine engines, using sustainable aviation fuel, and manufacturing with novel materials and 3D printing methods. Companies such as GE Aviation and Safran are working on improving engine efficiency in order to reduce emissions.

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How AI Is Streamlining Marketing and Sales

Harvard Business

Turing’s thought experiment spawned scores of science-fiction tales, such as the 2015 hit movie Ex Machina. The company collects thousands of sales leads from the businesses it serves, and it wishes to interact with them in the intimate, personal manner consumers have come to expect.

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If Retailers Want to Compete with Amazon, They Should Use Their Tax Savings to Raise Wages

Harvard Business

I believe the smartest choice — one that will help them compete against online retailers like Amazon — is to create a better experience for customers and to achieve operational excellence in stores. Creating a great customer experience and achieving operational excellence both require a capable and motivated workforce.

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Working from Home

Tom Spencer

In 2015, the company transitioned a select group of employees from WFO to WFH as part of a randomised experiment run by Nicholas Bloom, Economics Professor at Stanford University. It is not efficient. For Christian, that means setting up key deadlines or how many sales his team wants to make a day.

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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business

This was Sasha’s summary: Department Administrator – Efficiency Expert – Staff Manager - Crisis Handler. ” Voluntarily led response to 2015 flooding of School of Design building. Initiated contact with Director, staff, students, and faculty to minimize disruption of department’s operations.