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From meeting-heavy to essential meetings only

Asamby Consulting

Newport, 2016, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World) This leaves employees with little control over their workdays - which reduces productivity even further. This is surely ringing alarm bells for CEOs, Business Managers, and Operations Managers. And with less productivity comes less impact and/or innovation.

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Without support from leadership, your AI transformation might not succeed.

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Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation

Harvard Business

In 2016, another event focused on the opioid-use crisis in Massachusetts and resulted in 18 innovation proposals. Leadership and teams find it hard to come together to scope and resource projects appropriately as well as put projects on the shelf (or kill them) when needed. Challenges.

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What Creativity in Marketing Looks Like Today

Harvard Business

Each outbound communication is measured individually for immediate ROI. The leadership team conducts a weekly evaluation to assess, “Is what we’re doing working?” Today, creative marketers need to operate more like entrepreneurs, continuously adjusting to sustain “ product/market fit.”

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How Vineyard Vines Uses Analytics to Win Over Customers

Harvard Business

This principle has always been a priority for the leadership team at Vineyard Vines and it is still top of mind today. Like many competitors in the apparel industry, Vineyard Vines has kept their operations lean in order to preserve operating margins. This cross-channel move resulted in a 182% ROI.

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