Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2017

A case in point is the recent United Airlines public relations fiasco that resulted when security personnel forcibly removed a ticketed customer from his plane seat to make room for one of its employees. Honor customers’ “perceived contract,” not the company’s legal contract.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 2, 2015

Your client is a low-cost airline headquartered in Philadelphia with frequent service to cities along the East Coast of the United States. Emirates Airline is considering signing an agreement with Ben and Jerries Ice-cream, which would allow them to serve several flavours of ice cream on Emirates flights. Operations.

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1 to 1

MARCH 2, 2023

While being more strategic about CX means seeking out savings, the panelists wondered how Frontier Airlines’ recent cost-cutting move to eliminate live telephone support will play out. The aspiration should be: Meet the customers where they are and deliver amazing service,” he said.

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Martinka Consulting

JUNE 3, 2015

I’ll write this without giving any examples from airlines, cable companies or cell service providers. My executive suite operator (Regus) informed me I could only book meeting rooms in even-hour increments as their system can’t handle half-hour blocks (so I can’t book a 90 minute time block).

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Management Consulted

JULY 5, 2015

Having been impressed with a car he bought from Henry Royce, Edmunds arranged a meeting between Royce and a motor enthusiast friend of his, Charles Rolls, thinking they may be able to work something out together. Rolls and Royce did eventually meet in 1904 and set off into business together and the rest is history.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2016

This situation exists because, believe it or not, a lot of organizations lack any mechanisms to help them actively manage the evaluation, selection, monitoring, and adjustment of digital investments to achieve clearly defined business results while meeting clear risk and return expectations.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 25, 2016

Airline operations are a huge optimization challenge. The result is that millions of people self-organize in a way that the supply of rides rises to meet the demand for them in a very efficient manner. Consider that the holidays are the busiest time of year for airlines. How does Uber handle the holiday crunch?

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Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

Suppose you owned an airline and ordered an engine from Rolls-Royce or GE. A piece of machinery to meet a product need? This question has been top of mind lately among manufacturers aiming to drive profitable growth, triggering a fundamental shift to the way a business operates that increasingly focuses on outcomes.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Southwest Airlines) and some strong cultures hurt performance (i.e., Aligned Culture What few behavior changes would have the greatest impact on meeting strategic and operational imperatives? Some strong cultures help companies perform (i.e., The Department of Veterans Affairs). Know how they are performing?

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Culture is learned behavior — it’s not a by-product of operations. For example, I sit on the board of United Airlines. At the start of every board meeting, the first topic of discussion is about where the fire exits are, how to access the stairs, and where we will meet up afterward. It’s not an overlay.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 1, 2016

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. Challenging captains to meet higher performance targets proved to be the most cost-effective intervention.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 26, 2016

I think I have the idea of the final-round process down, where there is the screening portion, and then you come in and you try to view the culture of the company and meet the interviewers, and you already may be connected with some people inside the firm which will help you a lot. More just “I really enjoyed meeting you.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. People do not need to know how to fly a plane to be able to spot sensible new airline routes. It’s a search best undertaken by as many people within the organization as possible. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

For instance, we examined predatory pricing in the airline industry and illegal product tying by Apple, Microsoft, and AT&T. No other occupation offers you an insight into corporate strategy or operations in such a short time. I found it interesting as it sounds extremely dynamic – team work, meeting clients and new projects.”

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 1, 2016

Some very well-known companies such as Whole Foods (founder John Mackey dedicates a whole chapter to love in his book Conscious Capitalism ) and Southwest Airlines (their NYSE ticker code is LUV) make explicit reference to love. Love is like an operating system. They let their actions, policies, products, and services do this instead.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Members of the hospital’s design thinking team were inspired by something they saw when they boarded a KLM Airline flight: During a pre-flight huddle of the cabin crew, team members introduced each other and then asked each other two questions on flight safety. Insight Center. The Future of Health Care. Sponsored by Medtronic.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 16, 2016

.” And yet the lean startup methodology, born in Silicon Valley as a way for startups to tune in to customer needs with limited resources, has been gaining major momentum inside big companies like General Electric, Alaska Airlines, Telefonica, 3M, and W.L.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2017

From airlines to autos, and from TVs to taxis, individual entrepreneurs have upended one industry after another. If these conflicting positions emerge during a meeting, all forward progress will cease. Company founders would seem to be a natural fit for change management programs. Executing proven conflict resolution protocols.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 8, 2018

Like banks, airlines, and retailers, health care providers will need to offer an easy, digital front-end experience to their customers. For some providers, virtual care is about meeting a perceived and growing consumer need: this is what my patients want and will increasingly expect. Insight Center. Health Care’s New Frontier.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants

MARCH 18, 2013

Everyone knows consultants are driven by money, but most dont realize just how "coin operated" their firms can be. They marched in, sat through meetings, and handed over THE EXACT SAME REPORT I had prepared. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Monday, March 18, 2013. They Have Money! Propose Something! and they "delivered" in my place!

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MishTalk

JANUARY 27, 2015

Dan was "disgusted" with US operations stirring up trouble in numerous hotspots including Ukraine. It also has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in operational service. In 1953 the US and UK orchestrated the Iranian coup d''état in an operation called " Operation Boot " in the UK and the " TPAJAX Project " in the US.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

Following up with the people you meet is where the magic happens — and your “Hello” page makes following up easier. If you think that way, you’re operating with a scarcity mindset. Did you notice how many people were chiming in on the United Airlines incident back in April of 2017? Newsjacking.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2016

Under the guise of acting like owners, many leaders operate as bureaucrats or, far worse, in some cases as personal-wealth maximizers. Companies with a strong founder’s mentality focus relentlessly on freeing up cash from their operations, but not so that they can hoard it or return it to creditors or shareholders.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The UN also agreed to slash emissions from the airline industry. Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards. Speaking from this year’s UN global climate meeting – which happened to coincide with the U.S.

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